NOVEMBER 2019 BRANTFORD | BRANT SIX NATIONS FREE EVENT GUIDE PAGES 13-16 LIVE MUSIC EVERY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY ALL ROADS LEAD HERE County of Brant is voted 190 King George Road Brantford, Ontario (519) 304-7625 seventh best place to live in Canada BSCENE FOOD SCENE Sweet Isa Catering & Cooking Studio page 5 BSCENE WITH BSCENE pages 7, 23, 26 & 27 YOUR NEIGHBOURHOOD EXPERTS page 8 - 9 ZIG MISIAK The Torch page 21 BCHSF Share Your Ideas with BCHSF page 23 “Growing and leveraging what A LOOK BACK comes naturally,” agri-business, Settlement & Political Division: movie making and more Upper Canada Land Surveys page 24 - 25 STORY PAGE 3 HAND CRAFTED OPEN 7 DAYS BELGIAN CHOCOLATE A WEEK • Corporate Gifts LeChocolatduSavoie.com • Hostess Gifts West Brant (Sobey’s Plaza) • Stocking Stuffers 2 Entertainment & Community Guide INSIDE BE SEEN WITH this issue NOV 2019 Vol. 6, Edition 2 BScene is a local Entertainment & Community County of Brant voted Seventh Best Guide, showcasing the #BRANTastic features of 3 Place to Live in Canada Brantford, Brant and Six Nations through engaging BSCENE content and with the Best Event Guide in our community. 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We’re in a good area geographically YVONNE VAN DE WIELE-COOPER that allows access to acreage while remaining near to their Submitted Photos centres of learning,” he said. email [email protected] The annual “Salute to Brant Business” event, one of the key roundtablepr.com ways by which the county looks at engaging the business Submitted Photo Maclean’s Magazine’s ranking of the County of Brant, as one community, includes an awards presentation of businesses Older photo of Downtown Paris of the best places in Canada to live, was no fluke. Of 415 nominated by the public. Winners are chosen and highlighted communities across Canada, Brant was ranked seventh in six categories. Press says the latest event was a big hit, “360 and social media shows the value of some of the economic based on three people attended, it was completely sold out and we even had activity taking place in the County over the previous month. criteria; wealth and a major announcement of 30 new well-paying jobs coming to Some indicators include the value of industrial building permits economy, crime rate the County.” issued, economic impact of events and origin of visitors to the County. “It’s a report designed to give a results based snapshot and even the weather. On a grass roots level, the County is also closely involved of economic activity over the last month. It also helps us Although they can’t with, the Workforce Planning Board of Grand Erie, Enterprise identify opportunities, gaps and trends we should be aware of,” claim responsibility Brant, Chamber of Commerce Brantford-Brant, Paris & District says Press. for the weather, there Chamber of Commerce and the Brantford-Brant Business are opportunities to Resource Enterprise Centre (BRC). influence the county’s Also, under growing a more diversified local economy is filming. The County of Brant’s popularity as a film location is successful wealth and To help drive investment to the County, Press says they’ve growing as producers leave the GTA looking for that ‘small- economy. made it a bit easier for site selectors to take a look at available town,’ rural landscape or river valley scene. Press says, it’s a lands in the County by investing in a site section tool on the delicate balance to provide what film companies need while Director of Economic County website and it’s already resulting in inquiries. Photos: Jason Freeze Development and also making sure there is as little disruption to the community Tourism, Russell Press, Press says they also work to make sure “the process for as possible, “we have work to do and we will continue to seek says “from an economic development standpoint it will take an investment and expansion is one that’s top of class.” The aim that balance.” ongoing effort and strategy based approach around four pillars is to make it easy to reach the right person within the County. Netflix, Disney and Hallmark have all shot in Brant with to ensure continued success.” They include; growing a more “If that person doesn’t have the information, we know where to Walmart recently using Downtown Paris for its fall fashion diversified local economy, driving investment to the County of go and find it,” he says. Brant, building the county’s downtown core areas and a focus commercial. HGTV is shooting a series in the County currently on communications and engagement. Building Brant’s and HBO recently submitted an downtowns is another application to film. Press says growing the local economy means “growing and key pillar. Businesses in Meantime, Press says being leveraging what comes naturally.” Agriculture is one of the key the downtowns looking designated the seventh best sectors within the County and his team is looking to continue to improve facades can community in Canada to live its’ support by investigating possible ways of generating more be eligible for funding, wasn’t an accolade they purposely revenue streams for agri-business operations including agri- provided they meet were chasing, “We are always tourism, agri-innovation and becoming experts in agri-source the criteria. Although it looking for ways to do our part funding opportunities. doesn’t have to include to help Brant develop. It was historical properties, it sure nice to receive the call from “Recently we were identified by higher learning institutions for does involve maintaining Maclean’s notifying us of our the look and feel of ranking. It shows Brant Works!” the existing facades. Downtown businesses Follow County of Brant Economic in St. George, Paris and Development by visiting Burford, have taken investinbrant.ca and subscribing to advantage of and continue the newsletter and by following @ to access the funding. InvestinBrant on social media. Transparency is also investinbrant.ca important to Brant’s Economic Development Department.