Spring has finally sprung in Dufferin County and for many of us comes the promise of a busy season ahead.

I hope that many of you were able to make it out to Dream Big Market on the weekend and check out the wares of many of our local young entrepreneurs. Thanks to Diana and her team for all of their hard work putting this event together.

Your Board of Trade would like to welcome Lucy Gallaugher to our team. Lucy will be taking on the role of Community Engagement Manager. I am sure many of you know Lucy already and will look forward to seeing her as she helps to drive our organization forward.

May promises to be a busy month for the Dufferin Board of Trade. We will be hosting a provincial all candidates meeting on May 18^th followed closely by our Annual General Meeting on May 26^th. While it is a busy time for many of you I strongly urge you to participate in both. These events are a great opportunity for both our members and our association to be heard and effect change.

Not long after those events are finished you should see information for our upcoming Business Excellence Awards and our Annual golf tournament. I look forward to seeing you all in person at those two events. It is an encouraging sign for those who are comfortable to be able to start networking in person.

Thank-you for all of your support of the organization. I look forward to seeing you all around the county!

Doug Harkness,

Chair-elect

Dufferin Board of Trade

Join us via Zoom for our 2022 AGM

We'll recap our successes from 2021 and share our exciting new projects coming up in 2022.

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Meet the MPP candidates for Dufferin-Caledon at our televised Election Forum on May 18, 2022. The Forum will be available to everyone in the Dufferin-Caledon area - live on Rogers tv Orangeville and online at 7pm on May 18th. The video will also be available for viewing online a few days after the event.

Learn more about our local candidates and submit your questions for the forum on our website: www.dufferinbot.ca/provincialelection2022

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David is willing to offer his 50 years of business experience to support and help the right entrepreneur, and make leasehold improvements to suit your needs and help make your Broadway store front dream a reality!  Please feel free to contact him at david@potterpartners.ca for more information on this opportunity.