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Enterprising youth are getting a nudge in the right direction from Lennox and Addington County, thanks to a new county pilot project.

The Kidpreneur program gives grades 6 through 8 students in Lennox and Addington County elementary schools a framework for brainstorming and developing their own small business plans.

Developed by Lennox and Addington County Economic Development staff, the Kidpreneur program is being embraced by three Napanee area elementary schools that are preparing students for a Kidpreneur Fair hosted by the county on April 25 in Napanee.

Destination Ontario has developed a Content Toolkit for tourism stakeholders to leverage the ‘Where Am I?’ brand platform. The Content Toolkit is a guide for industry on how to align with the creative platform, provides campaign assets and shares details on how you can implement the brand into the promotion of your own Ontario destination, product or experience.

Lennox & Addington County will soon have a new place where visitors can rest their heads. On March 7th, Choice Hotels Canada, Canada’s largest hotel franchisor, announced the development of a new build Comfort Inn & Suites in Napanee.

Canadian clean tech companies are true global leaders by finding solutions to tough environmental challenges through innovation, including the development of a safe, bio-based formula to protect the environment and firefighters when combating fires.

Whether you’re an established side hustler or are looking to launch a new business, Futurepreneur Canada can help you reach your goals.

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Direct Coil’s incredibly rapid growth and international success demonstrates how entrepreneurship, coupled with specialized industry expertise, can result in a massive, international-scale business in a surprisingly rapid timeframe.

The Millhaven based company, which specializes in industrial heating and cooling coils for a variety of HVACR applications (furnaces, air conditioning units, and most equipment involving air movement) started in 2007.

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Bombardier’s Millhaven facility will see the majority of new hires the company will be making across North America, a company spokesperson said.

“We are looking at 100-plus new roles [mostly new hires] within our footprint in the Americas, but predominantly in Kingston,” Eric Prud’Homme, spokesperson for Bombardier wrote in an email to the Whig-Standard on Wednesday.

Bombardier is setting up a second production line in Lennox & Addington County, Ont. to build TTC streetcars as the company steps up efforts to meet the final deadline for Toronto’s problem-plagued vehicle order.

According to a schedule the company has provided to the TTC, the addition of a second production line to complement the one at its Thunder Bay, Ont. plant will allow Bombardier to deliver 65 cars this year, and 77 in 2019.

That would enable it to meet the contract deadline of supplying all 204 of the cars by the end of next year.

The federal and provincial governments are partnering to help grow Ontario's food and beverage processing sector by supporting local businesses to increase productivity, meet consumer demand and create good jobs.