Avon River Heritage Society/Avon Spirit Co-operative
http://www.glinx.com/~arhs/co-op.htm

Winner of the 1998 Nova Scotia CED award for "Best New CED Project".

Cape Breton Economic Development Groups
http://highlander.cbnet.ns.ca/cbnet/govtinfo/economic/ecomenu.html

A site that lists economic development groups located across Cape Breton Island.

Coastal Communities Network(CCN)
http://www.gdlewis.ednet.ns.ca/~coastal/index.html

CCN is a coalition of community organizations, social justice groups, churches, fishers' associations, businesses and government representatives that works across Nova Scotia to develop strategies and action plans to promote the survival and development of coastal and rural communities. A finalist in the 1998 Nova Scotia CED Award category of "Excellence in Cooperation."

Development Isle Madame Association
http://www.islemadame.com/dima/index.html

Winner of Nova Scotia's first-ever CED Award for "Contribution to Economic Growth."

Information Technology and Community Economic Development in NS

This 1999 paper by Chris Bryant, reviews the current state of the use of information technology (IT) to support and advance the work of community economic development (CED) in Nova Scotia.

New Dawn Enterprises
http://highlander.cbnet.ns.ca/cbnet/govtinfo/economic/newdawn.html

One of the oldest and highly regarded community development corporations in Canada.

Nova Scotia Community Business Development Corporations
http://www.cbdc.ns.ca/

CBDCs are part of a larger network of some 250 community-based corporations funded by the federal government. CBDCS work with small and medium sized businesses, helping businesses to meet their financing and advisory needs. Investment decisions are made by an independent board of directors made up of business men and women from the community.

Nova Scotia Association of Regional Development Authorities
http://www.angelfire.com/ns/amherst/rdalinks.html

Click here for individual RDAs (note to developers - link this to RDA section)

Nova Scotia Women's CED Network
http://www.womenscednet.ns.ca

An initiative of Nova Scotia's Women for Economic Equality Society, the Women's CED Network has offices in several counties across Nova Scotia. The network's coordinator, Doreen Parsons, was a finalist in the category of Outstanding Achievement at the first-ever Nova Scotia CED Awards in 1998.

Strait East Nova Community Enterprise Network (SENCEN)
http://sencen.ednet.ns.ca/frames.htm

SENCEN is an information technology (IT) partnership of the Strait Regional School Board and the Strait Highlands, Antigonish and Guysborough Regional Development Authorities. Operating over 68 public access computer sites in communities across four counties, SENCEN is introducing rural people across four counties to opportunities for business development and CED through the use of IT. SENCEN won the 1998 CED Award for Innovation in CED.

Black Business Initiative
www.bbi.ns.ca

The BBI is a province-wide business development initiative designed to support the development of business and job opportunities among Black Nova Scotians.

Cape Breton Youth Summit Web Site
icon.uccb.ns.ca/youth/

Young Cape Bretoners share their opinions on the future of Cape Breton Island. GPI Atlantic www.gpiatlantic.org GPI Atlantic is a Nova Scotia-based, non-profit research group that is constructing a Genuine Progress Index (GPI) - a new way of measuring our economy, that integrates social and environmental factors into our economic accounts.

NovaKnowledge
www.novaknowledge.ns.ca

NovaKnowledge promotes the development of a flourishing, sustainable, knowledge-based economy in Nova Scotia, enabled by information technologies.

Nova Scotia 4-H
agri.gov.ns.ca/4h

4-H is a group for rural youth between the ages of 7-21 that promotes community involvement. From its start with calf and garden projects, today's 4-H Clubs offer over 40 different projects, and numerous opportunities for friendships, scholarships, travel, and learning skills that will last a lifetime.

Stan Rogers Folk Festival
www.stanfest.com

The Stan Rogers Folk Festival - a CED success in the small fishing community of Canso - * is named after a songwriter who has encouraged others to ?rise again' in the spirit of fellowship ? and in the joy and wonder that only the world of music can inspire.*

IDEA Nova Scotia - Initiative for Developing Entrepreneurial Activity for Persons with Disabilities
http://www.ability.ns.ca/entrepreneur/ideans.html

Sponsored by the Abilities Network, this site offers a wealth of information on entrpreneurship, particularly for and by persons with disabilities. The Profiles page features disabled Nova Scotians who have established their own businesses.