Partners in Project Green

1. LED Workshop, April 28, 8:30 - 11:00 a.m.
2. Environment and Cleantech Business and Policy Forum, May 4, 7:30 a.m. - 7:00 p.m.

RIC Centre

1. Lunch & Learn: For more information call: 289-373-3050 x 204 or email: communications@riccentre.com:

• Funding Your Company, April 27, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.
• Lean Six Sigma Methods and Product Development, May 11, 12:00 - 1:30 p.m.

2. Entrepreneur Workshop: B2B Sales Process, May 5, 12 & 19, 8:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.

3. Entrepreneurship 101 @ UTM or Humber, every Wednesday until May 20, 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Ontario Centres of Excellence: OCE Discovery, April 27 - 28.

Silicon Peel: Meetup (social networking opportunity for technology startups), May 12, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. Contact communications@riccentre.com for more information and to register.

In less than 100 days, the Caledon Pan Am Equestrian Park and the nearby Pan Am Cross-Country Centre will play host to nearly 150 Pan Am equestrian athletes and horses, and at least 3,000 spectators per day in the Pan Am Games, one of the world’s largest sporting events.

Town of Caledon Mayor Allan Thompson, Town of Mono Mayor Laura Ryan, Town of Caledon Council, and Town Hall staff commemorated the TO2015 Pan Am Games milestone day with a flag raising ceremony at Town Hall yesterday, April 1, which marked 100 days until the Games. Click on image to enlarge. To read more about this ceremony, click here.

For the Pan Am Games travel guide for businesses, click here.

To find out how to keep moving during the Pan Am Games, click here. 

Looking to purchase some Pan Am Games swag, shop online at: shop.toronto2015.org

Caledon launches town-wide consultation for parks and recreation

Caledon’s Parks and Recreation department has launched the Imagine. Plan. Play! campaign – a visioning exercise to check the pulse of municipal recreation services, identify changes in recreational needs, explore ways to fund increased services, and develop a planning strategy.

Recreation services impact the quality of life for all of Caledon’s residents, including your employees. We want to hear from our business community, and over the next two months, there will be plenty of ways to participate.  Visit caledon.ca/imagineplanplay to see the workshop schedules and links to surveys and social media options.

Headwaters Tourism, in partnership with Humber College is launching a Headwaters Pan Am Games Tourism Ambassador Certification program. This free certification program will provide businesses and community groups training in tourism customer service, highlight the events and activities that will be taking place during the Games, provide tools and tips for engaging with visitors and directing them throughout the region. Training will take place during the months of May and June, registration information will be posted on headwaters.ca and Caledon.ca/panam as it becomes available. 

If your business or community group is interested in scheduling or being part of a training session, please email Michele@headwaters.ca

Click on image for details.

The Brampton Entrepreneur Centre will once again be delivering the Summer Company (2015) program for Caledon. The Summer Company program supports students between the ages of 15 to 29 through hands-on business training, mentoring and awards of up to $3,000. Click here to find out more about the program.

In 2014 there were six students from Caledon that started their own businesses through the Summer Company program. To view these youth startups please click on image on the right.

Canada Ontario Job Grant provides an opportunity for employers to invest in their workforce, with help from the government.

Click here or on the above image to learn more about the program.

To learn more about Caledon CIPs click on the image or click here.