Everyone wins with Summer Street Works! When you hire through Summer Street Works you gain a loyal employee with a strong desire to do a good job. You also give someone an opportunity for greater independence and inclusion in ways many of us take for granted. Our clients are trained in a variety of vocational skills as well as workplace safety and expectations. We provide job coaching, help with orientation and ongoing support for employers and new employees. Options can include full and part-time employment or subcontracting for specific tasks. Enrich your workplace through diversity and inclusion. Join over 60 businesses and organizations in Pictou County who are experiencing the benefits of hiring through Summer Street Works. Contact us today to get involved or learn more.
Contact Julie Dignan 902-755-1745 ext. 242 julie@summerstreet.ca
When you hire through Summer Street Works you enrich your workplace and help build a better community.
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Race on the River-Pictou County Dragon Boat Festival are also huge draws for business, as is the Riverfront Jubilee. The Farmers Market is bustling with activity and new vendors each week as well as their anchor producers and artisans. There are so many things going on here that it’s rare when a weekend rolls around and there’s nothing to do. FM: For those weekends and after work, we have one of the nicest beaches in all of Canada just a short distance from New Glasgow, Melmerby Beach. We also have Waterside Beach and Caribou Provincial Park Beach. Pictou County is breathtaking. In terms of accommodations for corporate retreats and business conferences, what does New Glasgow have to offer? FM: Between New Glasgow and Stellarton, there are four hotels, but throughout the region there are many more businesses that offer overnight and extended stay accom- modations. Pictou Lodge is a seasonal operation that is just phenomenal. And again, even though it’s not in New Glasgow, it’s an incredible regional asset that should be promoted by the entire region. Corporate retreats and business conferences at Pictou Lodge Beach Resort make for a memorable experience.
The Wellness Centre also offers excellent conference and meeting spaces. Summer Street Industries is another incredible organization here in New Glasgow that offers banquet services and meeting space in a great facility while Glasgow Square offers a beautiful setting for wedding, gatherings and meetings in addition to performances and productions. ND: Summer Street Industries is an inspiring success story. They offer vocational services and life coaching to people with disabilities, mental and physical, and they are key to our community and they really model what we do here in New Glasgow: we lookout for one another and we know that we’re strongest when we’re all engaged together. The non-profit sector in Pictou County is extraordinary and leading the way in their work. Editor’s note: New Glasgow is one of many communities in Pictou County that have actively responded to the Syrian refugee crisis. The Pictou County Safe Harbour Project has provided new homes to several Syrian families throughout the region. Hijab Day was celebrated at the New Glasgow Public Library in January with support from the Multicul- tural Association of Pictou County and the people of New Glasgow. Human Values Day was also recognized in the Town of New Glasgow on April 24.
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