Digby provides excellent development opportunities in business. The Town and surrounding communities welcome and foster entrepreneurship and new businesses every day. There are many significant opportunities in the area with unlimited growth potential. Let us help get you started! Prospective developers are encouraged to contact Town Hall at townhall@digby.ca to obtain information on starting or relocating a business in Digby.

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Town of Digby

Municipality of Digby

​Awesome Digby
​The Awesome Foundation is a global community advancing the interest of awesome in the universe, $1000 at a time.
Each fully autonomous chapter supports awesome projects through micro-grants, usually given out monthly. These micro-grants, $1000 or the local equivalent, come out of pockets of the chapter's "trustees" and are given on a no-strings-attached basis to people and groups working on awesome projects.

Atlantic Chamber of Commerce

Nova Scotia Business Inc. (NSBI)
Provincial assistance for businesses is available through NSBI. They help businesses across the province grow exports, and work with innovative, globally competitive companies that are looking to make Nova Scotia their business solution. 
For more information: www.novascotiabusiness.com

​CBDC
​As CBDCs, we assist in the creation of small businesses and in the expansion and modernization of existing businesses by providing financial and technical services to entrepreneurs.

• Financial assistance is available in the form of loans, loan guarantees and equity financing to existing and aspiring entrepreneurs.
• Business counselling, help & advice is available to small businesses. We help businesses to succeed and therefore we give high priority to the advisory role of our mandate.
• Entrepreneurship development and training to individuals and small business owners/managers is available in many of our offices.
• Technical assistance usually takes the form of guidance and coaching, and sometimes advocating on behalf of our clients to other lending establishments or regulatory agencies.

The Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
ACOA provides financial assistance to business in the following sectors/areas:

• manufacturing & processing
• ​ocean industries, oil and gas, aerospace and defence
• life sciences
• tourism
• aquaculture and fish
• innovation (new/improved product, service, or process)
• information and technology based industries
• non-commercial services to business which are not personal in nature

For more information visit www.acoa-apeca.gc.ca or phone 1-800-565-1228.

​WESTERN REGIONAL ENTERPRISE NETWORK (WREN)
​A partnership between the Province of Nova Scotia and seven municipal units, the Western Regional Enterprise Network(Western REN) leads an extensive network of business and public sector partnerships. This network works to create a business and investment friendly environment in Southwest Nova Scotia.
With a focus on workforce, business succession, and infrastructure improvements, the Western REN has been Informing, Connecting, and Accelerating economic development since 2014. The approach balances direct business-facing services with region-wide collaborations to overcome immediate challenges to rural economic development.

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NS Business Navigators
​Business Navigators help you navigate provincial regulations and requirements for new businesses.
A Business Navigator can help you by:

• providing an overview of how to start specific types of businesses (like a restaurant or a garage)
• identifying what regulations you need to follow
• identifying what licences and permits you need to operate your business
• determining any inspection requirements
• providing contact information for additional requirements like financing, taxes and staffing
• providing resources to help with start-up funding

OTHER LOCAL LINKS

Fundy Hospice
The Atalanta Hospice Society is a group of dedicated individuals who determined that the lack of hospice care in Nova Southwest was a critical issue which needed to be addressed. Its mission is to provide respectful, dignified and caring support for end-of-life care in which such virtues are extensions of chivalric origins.

Digby Area Tourism Association
At the edge of some of the most dynamic marine wonders in the world, Digby is Canada’s Natural Aquarium, a key destination in the tidal-phenomena Bay of Fundy: home to world famous Digby Scallops, the Digby Area features some of the most engaging and authentic experiences anywhere. Millennia of history, centuries of stories, whale watching, coastal intertidal excursions, hiking, fresh seafood and tidal rivers highlight this beautiful area.

Digital Nova Scotia
The industry association representing the tech sector in Nova Scotia. Connecting digital community, promote its successes and lead skill development to help our sector grow and thrive.
Members include startups, small-to-medium enterprises, large multinational corporations, universities, colleges, government entities, and non-profits.