Municipal News

 1)  Victoria County's Strategy to expand broadband applications has been approved by Municipal Council.
      The strategy is for the next 5 years and includes six major recommendations - 1) Sustain Due Diligence, 2)
      Monitor and Expand Broadband, 3) Continue to assist Community Groups, 4) Infrastructure Support and
      Training, 5) Active Community Engagement and 6) Host Targeted Conferences. An executive summary,
      of the report (two pages) is available as well the full report - 46 pages, in pdf format.

 2)  The May newsletter of the Victoria County Heritage & Archives Dept. is now available. 

 3)  Festival Funding assistance for musical entertainment is now available for community non profit
      organizations in Victoria County. Please find the guidelines and an application form. Funding assistance
      is available up to $500.00 and must by matched by your organization. 

 4) Victoria County's Tourism Resource Centre for tourism industry in Victoria County has been updated
     June 26th with a number of news articles on tourism from Atlantic Canada and Canada, International Tourism
     news, Technology news and the Tourism calendar. Some of these articles include: a) NS Tourism Facts
     Flash Newsletter, b) April Victoria County occupancy rates, c) Communities in Bloom, d) GMIST Newsletter,
     e) Living History and Cultural Tourism Best Practice Mission, f) Tech, price and family drive US vacationers,
     g) DMO's can learn from GoogleLabs City Tour, h) 5 tools for building on-line trust in Travel. Blog article this
     week -Tourism Partnership Renewed. Video this week - Nova Scotia Tourism & Social media

  5)  Victoria County Strategic Plan Update - Two workshops in Middle River and Ingonish were well attended
     and represent the second stage of the public engagement process. At these workshop sessions participants
     had a chance to review five statements of community values, grapple with four strategic themes and
     identify roles and responsibilities. The next stage of the strategic planning process will be a draft report
     that will reflect on what we heard from residents as priorities and what recent research data on the
     economy and population shows. Consultants hope to invite further comments and ideas from the community
     with more news in June.

 6) Seaside Wireless, a partner in the Broadband Solutions for Rural Development project in Victoria
     County announced on June 26 - That poles have been erected at final two sites - West Tarbot and
     Tarbotvale. Expect another two weeks or more before they are hooked up, powered up and tested.
     Seaside’s customer service and installation teams are ready to help residential and business customers take
     full advantage of high-speed. Please call 1 888-965-5511 or visit www.seasidehighspeed.com for updates on
     service availability or to book an installation.