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Publishing date: Jan 29, 2021  â¢Â January 29, 2021  â¢Â 2 minute read  â¢Â A new Quinte-based documentary entitled A Place to Call Home has won a provincial award after chronicling students from abroad attending Loyola School of Adult Education. The film was produced by the Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board. SUBMITTED jpg, BI
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Immigration in the Bay of Quinte region was in the provincial spotlight this week. The Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board won an Economic Developers Council of Ontario (EDCO) Award of Excellence in the Workforce Development & Resident Attraction category for its documentary, A Place to Call Home. The film, which also won the Best Local Film award at Belleville Downtown DocFest in 2020, tells the story of new Canadians who have made the Bay of Quinte region their home.
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Bay of Quinte Regional Marketing Board has granted 25 projects with $55,000 in funding to help counter the tourism impacts of COVID-19 pandemic in the region.
The board launched applications for the inaugural Bay of Quinte Marketing Grant to support small businesses in the tourism sector adapting to the ongoing challenges of COVID-19.
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The marketing grant offered businesses in the board’s partnership communities of Belleville, Brighton, Quinte West and with Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte the opportunity to apply for funding of up to $5,000.