Business Growth
It all comes down to jobs - people can't stay in communities if there is no work. Municipalities have a role to play in encouraging and supporting business growth. Do you know your business community? Do you know the struggles and opportunities they are facing? Can you help?
- celebrate and recognize business success
- encourage entrepreneurs and support those who try and don't succeed the first time.
- facilitate connections - help people find mentors, partners, workers, funding.
- align municipal mandates to support economic growth (planning, permits, taxes, infrastructure, information, quality of life)
- recognize and support benefits of economic growth in the region, beyond own municipality
Research Documents
- Adding Value to Forest Industries (4.57 MB)
- Concise SWOT Analysis of the Nova Scotia Economy (10.28 MB)
- Education and Entrepreneurship (12.71 MB)
- Food Industry and Rural Growth (2.29 MB)
- Fostering Export-based Entrepreneurs (2.53 MB)
- Global Opportunities for NS Food Industry (4.93 MB)
- Gran Fondo Baie Sainte-Marie (135 KB)
- NS Farmers Market - 2014 UNSM Spring Workshop (10.82 MB)
- Snapshots of NS Current Economy (2.50 MB)
- Startup Nova Scotia (5.49 MB)
- The Fishing Industry (4.36 MB)
Additional Links
Business Support Organizations
- Black Business Initiatve
- Cape Breton Partnership
- Greater Halifax Partnership
- Nova Scotia Business Inc
- Innovacorp
Provincial Government Departments
- Nova Scotia Agriculture
- Nova Scotia Communities Culture and Heritage
- Nova Scotia Economic and Rural Development and Tourism
- Nova Scotia Business Programs and Support
- Nova Scotia Energy
- Nova Scotia Environment
- Nova Scotia Fisheries and Aquaculture
- Nova Scotia Labour and Advanced Education
- Nova Scotia Municipal Affairs
- Nova Scotia Natural Resources