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Regarding Cornwallis Street in the Town of Shelburne

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Published: Thursday, 26 January 2023 11:34

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The Town Office invited our Town Historian, Lewis Jackson to discuss a concern that was raised by a fellow Nova-Scotian, asking us to consider taking down the street name Cornwallis, as is occurring across the province, including the Coast Guard vessel.

Mr. Jackson reminded us that Cornwallis Street in Shelburne is named after Charles Cornwallis, born 31 December 1738, NOT his brutal uncle, Edward Cornwallis born 5 March 1713

General Charles Cornwallis fought in the first battle against the Americans in NY, securing it as a peaceful place for Loyalists to live. Charles was also instrumental in the peaceful and diplomatic exodus of British Loyalists from NY at the end of the American Revolution.

 The Town of Shelburne was earmarked to be the capitol of Nova Scotia and, at that time, included what is now New Brunswick and PEI.The Town of Shelburne named streets after those aligned to the loyalist cause and Charles Cornwallis was one of them. Others included Parr, Carleton, Morris, Ham(m)ond, Mowatt, Digby, Rodney, Elliot and Fanning.

In fact, all our street names trace their origins from royalty, politicians, religious or military leaders – commemorating individuals prominent in the Roseway (now Shelburne) settlement and the revolution.

 In the 1978 book ‘King’s Bounty’ written by Marion Robertson, Charles Cornwallis is described positively in his role during the war.

We have been previously asked about our street named Cornwallis (even the CBC asked earlier in 2022) and once they were made aware of the actual Cornwallis that was commemorated in the street naming, they respected the decision to have it remain.

This was discussed in Council on January 26th, 2023.

Winter Parking Ban / Reminder

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Published: Thursday, 19 January 2023 16:33

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Reminder that crews will be working hard to clear snow - this means the winter parking ban is in effect. No parking on streets, one hour after snow has started until 2 hours after snow has stopped - please be courteous and patient.

 

Grow Your Business Online

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Published: Thursday, 12 January 2023 15:35

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$2,400 non-repayable grant money for eligible businesses to adopt e-commerce strategies and grow digitally!

Industry, Science, and Economic Development Canada (ISED) is offering eligible businesses $2,400 non-repayable grant money to adopt e-commerce strategies and grow digitally. This is part of a $4 billion, 3-year program rolling out across Canada. There’s a long list of items that are eligible (which you’ll find about halfway down the page here under ‘eligible costs’: https://digitalmainstreet.ca/atlantic-cdap/). It could be online ordering systems, e-commerce software, search engine optimization support, e-commerce software subscription fees, social media/digital ads, development of a new e-commerce website, or a bunch of other things. Companies are encouraged to invest their own funds beyond $2,400 in the e-commerce strategy, but it is not a requirement.
The main eligibility criteria are that:
• You’re a registered for-profit company.
• You’re a consumer facing business, which means that your sales are not exclusively business-to-business (you can still sell B2B, just not ONLY B2B).
• EITHER:
o You have at least one employee (other than an owner) on payroll, who has been on payroll for at least 3 months when you apply. OR;
o Your business has generated gross revenue of $30,000 or more during the last 12 months
• You are committed to growing your business through e-commerce for at least 6 months.
• You cannot be a franchise, corporate chain, multi-level marketing company, or real estate brokerage

Housing Programs

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Published: Thursday, 17 November 2022 15:51

For more information on these programs see the links above

 

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