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The Chamber received funding through the Atlantic Chamber of Commerce to promote shopping at local businesses as we emerged from the pandemic early in the year. We partnered with the Pictou County Partnership to create a new community website, Pictou County.com., and promotional materials to...

As a member of the Non-profit Sector Round Table and to follow up to the Chamber’s 2019 economic impact study of Pictou County’s non-profit sector, the Chamber has been activating recommendations identified in the study, such as welcoming involvement in Chamber activities and connecting the...

Along with so many businesses, the Chamber has been feeling the impact of three years of COVID as we begin to understand many of the new realities of the business world and the challenges facing our communities and consumers. We are fortunate that we have been able to continue our journey of...

The Chamber AGM business meeting and luncheon was held at Summer Street Industries. The event was well attended and supported by sponsors. Guest speaker, Sarah MacDonald, Chief Operating Officer of Efficiency One, was well received. This was the first of more energy-related Chamber events planned...

In partnership with Patterson Law, the Chamber hosted “Recruitment and Retention – The Need for Innovation” in November. The event features a panel of senior human resource professionals from Royer Thompson, Grant Thornton and J.D. Irving. The event was very well attended, and evaluations were...

During Small Business Week, the chamber partnered with the Pictou County Partnership to host Leanne Hachey from the provincial Office of Regulatory Reform and Service Effectiveness at a business breakfast held at the Pictou Campus of NSCC. A number of positive comments were received regarding the...

This year, the Pictou County Chamber of Commerce will be making some updates to our existing by-laws. Please take some time to review the draft by-laws below before our upcoming AGM.