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Staycation Petawawa Promotion
Win a Weekend Staycation
Program Highlights
With COVID-19 still affecting our leisure and travel opportunities the trend this summer, in many communities, is to encourage residents to re-experience their community as a tourist. This includes a hotel stay, guided excursions' and discovering all the wonder and beauty that our dynamic area has to offer.

A tourist is considered someone who has travelled over 40 km to reach a particular destination. This Staycation is for those within that 40 km bubble. This program rewards hyper-local residents for supporting and shopping local businesses and offers them a tourist experience to re-discover their backyard.

The program serves as a give-back to our local, loyal shoppers.

If your business wishes to be part of the Staycation Petawawa Contest there are three ways to do so:

  • Direct Sponsor - offer a service or opportunity for the Staycation winners.
  • Welcome Sponsor - offer an item that would be packaged in a gift basket for the Staycation winners.
  • Location Sponsor - your business agrees to have a ballot box at your site and collect ballot entries from local residents.

Each of these sponsor opportunities come with advertising and promotion exposure to showcase your business. You can find more details about this opportunity on our municipal website.
The Staycation Petawawa Contest will run from April 12 to May 14. During this period we will advertise and promote the Staycation contest and encourage residents to Shop Petawawa and enter the draw. The winners of the Staycation contest will be selected on May 20th and will redeem their Staycation packages in July and August 2021.

If your business wants to participate in this contest, in one or all of the options presented, then please complete the business participation form so we can include your business, as appropriate in the upcoming media campaign.

Advertising will be through local radio ads, social media and at participating businesses through posters and ballot boxes. The reach and the exposure of this contest is to the hyper-local residents in our 40km bubble.

The participation is done specifically by physical ballot to encourage people to get around again to local businesses while still exercising appropriate health and safety protocols.
Support local tourism businesses and nominate them in the 2021 Ottawa Valley Tourism Awards.
Events, Workshops and Notices
Up Coming Virtual Events
Ottawa Valley Virtual Market
March 28, 2021 10 am - 3 pm
A market-feel virtual platform connecting the public with small businesses. Learn about and shop your local businesses through this unique one day online format. Check out their Facebook page for more information.
Upper Ottawa Valley Chamber of Commerce AGM
March 29, 2021 12pm - 1pm
Join this virtual AGM and Q&A session with Acting Chief Medical Officer for Renfrew County and District, Dr. Cushman whom will talk on how the business community can help in the fight against COVID-19 and give an update on the local immunization program. Register today!
Local Food Virtual Conference
March 24, 2021 10 am - 12 pm
Surviving and Thriving: The Resilience of Local Food

March 31, 2021 10 am - 12 pm
Innovations in the Local Food Frontier: Aquaculture, Aquaponics, Greenhouse Production and Vertical Farming
This session includes a meal preparation segment opportunity.

More details and links to register available on our municipal events page.
Service Concierge Webinars

The Service Concierge partnership amongst Petawawa, the City of Pembroke, Laurentian Valley and Renfrew County Community Futures Development Corporation have been hosting a series of financial themed workshops for small businesses. For each of these virtual sessions, registered participants receive a swag bag with session material and local municipal products as well as a treat from a area business. We have two sessions remaining:

Wednesday, March 24: 7-8 pm
Bailey and Maegan are here to answer your questions! In this session, you will have the opportunity to pre-submit questions and engage in a live Q+A. Bailey and Maegan are both CPAs with a wealth of knowledge working with small businesses. Their mission is to support local businesses and individuals navigate the dynamic financial landscape and help them cultivate success over time.

Wednesday, March 31: 7-8 pm
George Gilfillan will be delivering this course based on his years of experience. George is a business support coach with RCCFDC, and will be discussing some of the most common mistakes that business owners make and how to avoid them.
Town of Petawawa
Petawawa Business Advisory Network
1111 Victoria St. Petawawa, Ontario
Phone 1-613-687-5536
Petawawa Businesses be sure to use Shop Petawawa to drive additional sales to your businesses shopping and social platforms. Need help using this FREE resource? Contact Christine