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New Oxford County Golf Course Name Unveiled, Adds Top Chef

The Oxford Hills received its name from a crowdsourcing campaign that generated close to 2,300 submissions. The course, undergoing massive reinventions, aims to revitalize golf in Southwestern Ontario while becoming an entertainment hub for Oxford County. [Ingersoll, Oct. 30, 2020]— Extensive renovations of the course formerly known as The Mount Elgin Golfers Club (located just […]

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Bright Country Market

Business, Community, E-Business Grant, ROEDC Programs News / By ROEDC

Opening a new business of any kind in any market is a risky proposition. Opening a small business in a small town is taking the risk to an entirely new level. But that isn’t stopping Sandra Karges who is opening the Bright Country Market this fall. Sandra decided to make the move for two reasons.

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SWIFT to Bring High-Speed Internet to More Locations in Oxford County

News / By ROEDC

SWIFT awards funding to support fibre-to-the-home projects in the Townships of Blandford-Blenheim, East Zorra-Tavistock, Norwich, South-West Oxford and Zorra. In total Oxford County will receive $9.9 million in broadband upgrades to bring high-speed internet to 1,670 underserved premises. (Oxford County, ON) October 15, 2020 – Today Southwestern Integrated Fibre Technology (SWIFT) announced it has awarded

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Morrow’s of Drumbo

Business, Community, E-Business Grant, ROEDC Programs News / By ROEDC

October 15, 2020 Running a small business is a challenge at the best of times. Running a family-owned small business during a pandemic is certainly not easy but this Oxford County store is doing what it takes to survive and even grow. The original Morrow’s of Drumbo was a hardware store when it first opened

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Name Your Course – Mt. Elgin

Community / By ROEDC

It’s not every day you get the opportunity to name a golf course and potentially win a free year’s membership. But that is exactly the contest that partners Steve Bohner and Marco Muzzi are running for the former Mt. Elgin Golfers Club. The online contest has already been an incredible success with over 600 entries.

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Ontario Supports Job Creation and Expansion in the Forestry Sector

Community, Featured / By ROEDC

Investment in state-of-the-art technology to boost productivity at Oxford Pallet NORWICH – The Ontario government is providing $2 million to the wood products company, Oxford Pallet, to expand its operations and introduce innovative robotic and vision equipment to boost productivity and create local jobs. Oxford Pallet is the first company to be approved for funding

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RQC Supply

Business, Community, E-Business Grant, Featured, ROEDC Programs News / By ROEDC

RQC Supply, formerly Ribbon Queen Canada, is your one stop shop for crafting supplies. Ribbon Queen Canada was born out of leftover supplies from an earlier crafting venture that Tammy Harris started in order to fulfill a need for reasonably priced, Canadian sourced baby accessories. When Harris decided to sell off her excess supplies to

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Kintore Custom Hardwoods

Business, Community, E-Business Grant, ROEDC Programs News / By ROEDC

Customize Your Experience Just North and West of the 4 corners in Kintore, at 155999 15th Line, you’ll find the showroom of Kintore Custom Hardwoods where you can have wood custom milled, buy ready-made items, or have custom pieces built from already milled lumber or ready to be sawn timber. Brent Houston along with his

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Recap of COVID-19 Business Impact Surveys

Business, ROEDC Programs News / By ROEDC

In April and May, Rural Oxford EDC staff conducted two COVID-19 Business Impact Surveys. Summary data from Rural Oxford’s first survey was shared directly with the Western Ontario Wardens’ Caucus regional survey 1.0. The second survey was conducted as part of the local Oxford Connection group and summary data was shared collectively with the Western

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Rombouts Pottery & Flowers

Business, Community, E-Business Grant, ROEDC Programs News / By ROEDC

A place where people can inspire themselves If you walk into Rombouts Pottery & Flowers, you are welcomed with open arms by Ineke Rombouts and her beautifully handmade home décor. “If people come here it’s an experience. I want them to feel at home I want them to feel comfortable,” says Ineke. Located south of

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See the Stars Under the Stars this Summer at the Oxford Drive-In

Business, Community / By ROEDC

Do you remember those summer evenings curled up in the back of your vehicle with the family, popcorn in hand, watching classic movies beamed onto the giant screen in front of you? Well it’s back, right here in Rural Oxford! After being closed since 2015, the Oxford Drive-In, located on Highway 2, is back in

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Woodstock Chamber & Rural Oxford Economic Development Corporation launch a new COVID-19 recovery effort to help 100 local businesses

News, ROEDC Programs News / By ROEDC

Woodstock Chamber & Rural Oxford Economic Development Corporation launch a new COVID-19 recovery effort to help 100 local businesses The Woodstock Chamber of Commerce and Rural Oxford Economic Development are announcing the launch of the SafeStarter kit program, a COVID-19 recovery effort designed to help businesses in Oxford County. The SafeStarter kit program will provide 100

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