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Official account of the County of Simcoe. Connecting with residents & sharing Simcoe County’s story. Tag us or use #mysimcoecounty
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Today we’re at Trillium Manor! Thank you for hosting this wonderful event ✨💜 Come spend the day with the community and see all the goodies available from the wonderful crafters!
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Save this before the leaves drop: a stone castle ruin hiding above Collingwood, glowing at golden hour 🍂🏰 In the 1890s, Toronto lawyer Britton Bath Osler, the Crown attorney at Louis Riel's trial, built a 15-room stone manor on the Blue Mountain escarpment for his sick wife, hoping the fresh air would help. She died in 1896. He died in 1901. By the 1950s, weather and time had left only these walls. Today it's known as Castle Glen, Osler Castle or Oastler Castle ruins. The hike runs through open pasture with Georgian Bay views, then hardwood forest along the escarpment ridge, then out to the pond. In October the maples and aspens match the stone. Look, don't enter. The ruins are posted and the walls are unstable. Stay behind the fence. 🚫 Send this to the friend who says Ontario has no castles. Dare them to come see it. 👇 °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° 📍 Castle Glen 🥾 4 km return 🎚️ Easy to moderate 📷 Samsung S26 Ultra 🚗 2 hrs from Toronto °°°°°°°°°°°°°°°° #getoutside #ontariotrails #OntarioHiking #FallHikes #castleruins
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There’s no shortage of hype around AI. This isn’t another buzzy conversation about what AI might do for your business. Grow Smarter: The AI Pathway is about getting practical. Each hands on workshop focuses on a real business challenge and gives you the time, tools and support to actually put AI to work. The goal is to leave with more than ideas or pages of notes. You leave with something you’ve built for your business. There are three workshops still to come, covering process automation, financial planning, and succession and growth. Next up: November 4 | AI to Automate Key Processes You’ll work with a real process from your own business to explore where AI and automation could save time, reduce repetitive work and make the way you operate more efficient. You’ll leave with an AI enabled process improvement you can begin putting into action after the workshop. Join us for the next session, choose the workshops most relevant to your business, or come to all four. 📅 Nov. 4 | Nov. 19 | Nov. 25 🕘 All sessions | 9:30am - 12:00pm 📍 Collingwood Public Library 🎟️ $25 per workshop Skip the hype. Come put AI to work. Register at the link in our bio This program is supported by the County of Simcoe Entrepreneurial Innovation Fund, as well as county-wide partnerships.
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Kicking off Small Business Week by participating in the Business Development Centre Open House this morning in Downtown Collingwood. Always great to share the amazing small business resources this area has to offer from the Small Business Enterprise Centre to the Collingwood Downtown BIA, Collingwood Chamber of Commerce, Community Futures South Georgian Bay, Simcoe County Tourism and Economic Development to the Town of Collingwood Economic Development Team. Thanks to the small business owners who stopped by to learn more about the help available locally.
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🏆💙 We’re honoured to be recognized! Barrie Housing and the Beyond Homes Foundation are incredibly proud to be recipients of a Simcoe County Age-Friendly Business Award! 🎉 This recognition celebrates our ongoing commitment to creating welcoming, inclusive, and supportive communities where older adults feel valued, connected, and empowered. Through our programs, partnerships, and community initiatives, we strive to make a meaningful difference in the lives of seniors, helping them age with dignity, independence, and a strong sense of belonging. 💚 A heartfelt thank you to the County of Simcoe for this wonderful recognition, and to our dedicated team, community partners, and tenants who help bring our mission to life every day! #BarrieHousing #BeyondHomesFoundation #AgeFriendlyCommunities
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Registration is now open for the Small Business Value Summit! Whether you’re just getting started, growing an established company, or thinking about the long-term future of your business, understanding what creates business value can help you make better decisions today. Join us for a free half-day event focused on building a stronger, more valuable business: 📆 Thursday, November 12, 2026 ⏲ 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 📍 Three Feathers Terrace Registration required: innisfil.ca/BusinessValueSummit You’ll hear from business advisors and experienced local business owners about what drives business value, how your team, systems, customers and financial performance influence it, and what you can do now to build a business that gives you more options in the future. For early-stage entrepreneurs, it’s a chance to learn how to build value into your business from the beginning. For established owners, it’s an opportunity to strengthen what you’ve already built and think ahead. This event is supported by the County of Simcoe's Entrepreneurial Innovation Fund (EIF).
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All it takes is one “aha” moment to completely change how you think about using AI in your business. That’s what Grow Smarter: The AI Pathway is designed to create. Not just learning about what AI can do, but working with it, applying it to your own business and getting to those moments where you suddenly see a new opportunity, a different approach or a better way of doing something. Your next opportunity to have one of those moments is November 4 at AI to Automate Key Processes But you can start anywhere in the series. Join us November 4, choose the sessions that are most relevant to you, or come to all three: 📅 Nov. 4 | AI to Automate Key Processes 📅 Nov. 19 | AI for Financial Planning 📅 Nov. 25 | AI for Succession Planning & Growth 🕘 All sessions | 9:30am - 12:00pm 📍 Collingwood Public Library 🎟️ $25 per workshop Come ready to work. You might just leave with an “aha” moment that changes how you use AI in your business. Register at the link in our bio This program is supported by the County of Simcoe Entrepreneurial Innovation Fund, as well as county-wide partnerships.
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Where is your business losing time every week? Repetitive admin. Manual handoffs. Tasks that depend on one person. Processes everyone knows are inefficient but nobody has had time to fix. That's where we're starting in session 3 of the Grow Smarter series. Before adding another AI tool or automating everything in sight, we'll look at the work that's actually happening in your business and identify where AI can make a meaningful difference. You'll map a real workflow, find the bottlenecks, explore where AI could improve speed, quality or consistency, and build a Productivity Use Case Blueprint you can start putting into practice. Bring your laptop and one process you'd love to make better. 🤖 AI to Automate Key Processes 📅 November 4, 2026 | 9:30am - 12:00pm 📍 Collingwood Public Library Attend this session on its own or as part of the Grow Smarter series. Register through the link in bio. Come ready to work. . . . This program is supported by the County of Simcoe Entrepreneurial Innovation Fund, as well as county-wide partnerships.
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Some frames from the Made in Simcoe series of videos we created this summer for the @countyofsimcoe we’ve been creating content for the Made in Simcoe campaign for close to 10 years. Always amazing to see what is being built and the level of companies that are in our backyard.
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A huge shoutout and thank you to Maverick’s Donut Company in Barrie! 🍩💛 Working over the Thanksgiving long weekend can be tough, but your incredible kindness and generosity made our hardworking crews feel so loved (and absolutely full of sugar!). We appreciate you always going above and beyond to support our frontline workers. Your amazing donuts brought so many smiles to our shift! Thank you for being such a wonderful part of our community. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at OPSEU Local 303! 🍂👮‍♂️🚑👩‍🚒 #Donuts #Barrie #Paramedics #HappyThanksgiving #instagood
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🌺 NAVRATRI TONIGHT! 💃✨ 🪔 Durga Pooja at 7 PM 🍛 Prasad Sponsored by Tiffinbox 🤝 Event Sponsored by Georgian College 💃 Free Dandiya for everyone! 📍 Shak’s World, Downtown Barrie 🎟️ LAST CALL TO BUY YOUR TICKETS! Don’t miss out - link in bio! Come dressed in your festive best and let’s celebrate Navratri together! 🌸✨
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Over the years, Barrie has continued to make space for cultural celebrations like Navratri, made even more meaningful through the support and collaboration of local leaders and institutions. A heartfelt thank you to Mayor Alex Nuttall, Georgian College President Kevin Weaver, and Barrie Police Deputy Chief Rob Burke for their kind words and continued support of our community. For over 15 years, the Barrie Indian Association has been proud to bring people together through culture, collaboration and community. Different backgrounds. Shared traditions. One Barrie.
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