Submitted by:Pictou Regional Development Commission

‘Welcome to Pictou County’ Website

Objective:

To create a one-stop-shop for information of available programs, services and settlement through the development of a ‘Welcoming’ section on the pre-existing portal.

The next slide shows The Pictou County Portal homepage (www.pictoucounty.com)

Deliverables: A complete community Event Calendar

that can be categorized to help people find what they are looking for.

Currently, there are various event calendars within the community (some examples are shown in the next slide). The proposed website would combine these calendars so that all this information would be available in one location.

Deliverables:

Current and thorough listings of available housing and real estate (including rental housing).

Deliverables:

Create a Pictou County RSS feed, that would contain press releases of all groups that have submitted and not only those that are available through local media.

Deliverables:

Provide information of the demographics of Pictou County including the various industries, employers and development opportunities.

Deliverables:

Provide contact information and links to various government agencies and other social and settlement services.

Fusion Festival:

As part of the Welcoming Communities Initiative, PRDC and our partners will be holding the second annual Fusion Festival.

The proposed website would be used to promote and market the Fusion Festival.

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