Midland’s butter tart festival becoming national event
It is amazing how far people will go to get their hands on a great-tasting butter tart. An estimated 60,000 to 65,000 people flocked to Midland on June 8 to purchase their fair share of ooey-gooey, sweet-and-sticky, melt-in-your-mouth butter tarts. Along with the...
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YSpace Food Accelerator Program
YSpace is creating the first Food Accelerator Program to help bring consumer packaged goods (CPG) food products to market and scale. The four-month accelerator program is focused on helping CPG food startups get to market and scale rapidly. YSpace is engaging ventures...
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Area partners receive international award for work on regional Agri-Food Study
Midhurst/June 14, 2019 – Area partners, including the County of Simcoe, the cities of Barrie and Orillia, Grey County, Bruce County, Georgian College, Nottawasaga Futures Community Development Corporation and South Georgian Bay Small Business Enterprise Centre, have...
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Whirlwind tour familiarizes staff with Midland-area attractions
A variety of frontline staff from businesses across North Simcoe were toured around the region’s many great attractions on May 21. The Heart of Georgian Bay, a destination marketing organization, set up the tour to familiarize summer students and staff with everything...
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Seventh annual Midland butter tart festival could hit attendance high
The golden egg of Ontario’s Best Butter Tart Festival is the fact that butter tarts are timeless. “I think it can go forever,” said Karen Mealing, Midland’s cultural development co-ordinator. “The love of butter tarts isn’t limited by age. You see some festivals are...
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New partnerships could have enormous impact on Midland-area economy
The Economic Development Corporation of North Simcoe (EDCNS) is fostering a variety of new relationships aimed at moving the region forward. Officials have teamed up with local manufacturers, Georgian College, the Ontario Youth Apprenticeship Program, the Simcoe...
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Willingness to work together helping move north Simcoe forward
Midland, Penetanguishene, Tiny and Tay are more than just neighbours. The four municipalities collaborate on a number of fronts, share services and work together to ensure they each run as efficiently and effectively as possible. Read the full story here.
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We want your feedback: future Huronia Airport development
The Loomex Group welcomes members of the community to respond to a survey to support strategic positioning and gain feedback on future development priorities of the Huronia Airport (CYEE). The survey is available online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/HuroniaAirport...
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Region ready for tourists: Visitors will have lots to do this summer
Communities Team up to Promote North Simcoe Tourism. Read the full story here.
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Southern Georgian Bay Farmers’ Market returns downtown
We're very happy to announce that the Southern Georgian Bay Farmers Markets will be returning to the 526 Bay Street Parking Lot (behind Subway) Downtown Midland for the upcoming season (May 19th - October 13th, 2019) every Sunday from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.!
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