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New Glasgow is the third largest town in Nova Scotia with close to 9,100 resi- dents. It’s known as the commercial-ser-
vice centre of Northern Mainland Nova Scotia and is working to become known as the ‘Mobile Work Capital’ of Canada. The Town has several active business corridors and is located along the East River of Pictou County. Big and small busi- nesses alike call it home. Art, culture, entrepreneurship, business and industry all coexist here with great lifestyle amenities and close proximity to fantastic beaches. Diversity is not only the cultural reality here; it’s the rule in commerce. The Town of New Glasgow, along with the Pictou County Chamber of Commerce, offer a focused support for business that has been a lifeline for local entrepreneurs, a guiding light for industries, and a thing to be admired by many other communities. The dynamic nature of its economy is the result of careful consideration. Director of Community Economic Development, Geralyn MacDonald and Business Development Officer, Frank MacFarlane are what you would call best...
TAKE A LOOK at the Store Locator at Liv- ingLighting.com. You’ll notice two outlying GoogleMapspins.Oneof thesewandering franchises is well north of Living Lighting’s Eastern and Southern Ontario stronghold, in Timmons. The other is east, in Dart- mouth, Nova Scotia. Lauren Langlois is an American Lighting Association (ALA) certi- fied lighting associate and the Showroom Manager at Living Lighting and Progressive Cabinets at Station 12, Living Lighting’s only location outside of Ontario. Lauren spoke to Spotlight on Business Magazine early this spring – and please, forgive the idiom – to shed some light on Canada’s largest franchiser of residential lighting and its Maritime connection.
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