They say to make an omelet; you have to break a few eggs. Well, here at the Halifax Industrial Development Authority, for the past several months we've been doing just that – along with everything else in the kitchen - including the sink.
Since last fall we have been working with Glerin Business Resources to improve our technology and make finding the information you are looking for more accessible. To that end, we have completely overhauled our website, updated our Twitter and Facebook homepages (please follow and like us!) and added more information to YouTube (with our partners at the Riverstone Energy Center). We invite you to check out all the updates and give our website a hard workout. Check the links, open the tabs, download the pdf's, evaluate the navigation and if you find something that isn't working, or if you can't find something you are looking for, please let us know. After all we are building this resource for you, so by all means, take it for a spin and provide us feedback.
There are more exciting things on the horizon, so we hope you will continue to read our newsletter and stay tuned. From all of us at the Halifax IDA, we hope your 2013 is off to as an exciting and productive start as ours.
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