Great news for Westport businesses!!!! Thanks to the Province of Ontario and the Ontario BIA Association, Digital Main Street is offering two types of grants to help small main street businesses across Ontario strengthen their digital and online capabilities. LIMITED NUMBER OF GRANTS AVAILABLE SO APPLY EARLY!.
Digital Transformation Grant Program
The Digital Transformation grant provides $2,500 to each qualifying small main street Ontario business to purchase and adopt digital tools and technologies. There are ONLY 2000 grants available until March 2020, so apply EARLY. To start the process to apply for a Digital Transformation Grant as a main street business.
Digital Service Squad Grant Program
The Digital Service Squad Grant provides $10,000 to qualifying municipal and business associations to set up Digital Service Squads to provide one-on-one assistance to small main street businesses in communities across Ontario. Squads will provide training, consulting and advisory services. There are 300 Digital Service Squad Grants available until March 2020.
Bell ringing, xylophones, piano solos, choirs, performers, original scores and break dancing – the kids (and their amazing teachers and volunteers) packed a lot of talent and fun into 90 minutes tonight. The gym was packed with proud parents, grandparents and other family members who all preened with pride when their child was on stage. Thank you Mr Campbell – opportunities like this are great community builders.
Lots of great improvements were made to Lockwood this year, including the new stage and the basketball court. The court took three kicks to get it right! After the court was finished to our specs, a keen basketball player suggested adding another 7′ to its length creating a full half court. We agreed and he volunteered to do the concrete pad. Amazing. This past week the final work was completed when the fence was built. Thank you Josh Doornekamp, Frank Huth, Joel Kimmel and the rest of the 2014-2018 Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and Public Works Supervisor Peter Evans.
Remember, no tax dollars have been used for the improvements to the park. Lockwood Foundation gave a generous grant 4 years ago that required matching dollars to be fund raised by the Village. And the Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee and others did it! Fantastic Team! Thank you.
Council’s first Committee of the Whole meeting is scheduled for TUESDAY, DECEMBER 18 @ 6:00 P.M. One of the items on the agenda for discussion is whether Westport “opts” in or out of allowing cannabis retail stores.
The Public is always welcome at Committee of the Whole and Council meetings, however participation is limited to questions at the conclusion of the meeting. I have heard opinions and thoughts from many of you on this topic. If you have questions or wish to discuss, pls call me (9195) or email at rjones@villageofwestport.ca.
When Dancing Moon Gallery and Tea Room told me this summer that they wanted to donate a 13-ton piece of marble to the Village for Lockwood Park, I was thrilled. CAO Paul Snider and I checked it out where it was being stored and we were even more impressed once we saw the beauty that only nature can create.
The past several months have been spent trying to arrange for this amazing 13-ton gift to be transported to the park. Without the strong support of Paul Rodgers and Tackaberry & Sons Construction, that wouldn’t have happened. But it did – on Wednesday this week.
Thank you again, Tara and John. We are hoping to arrange for a sculptor to work in-situ this summer. If you have any suggestions, please let me know.
Robin, The Mayor 
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