Local Economy – December 2011

Committee for the Promotion of Tourism

The meeting held on November 3, 2011 at the restaurant Le Café was a real success in that about thirty people from public, private and community sectors attended. Mr. Paul Viau, Mayor of the Township, and Mr. Drew Somerville, Mayor of the Village, each assured participants of their moral support if a committee is formed.

The outcome of the meeting is the creation of a “Committee for the Promotion of Tourism” for the Municipalities of Havelock, Hemmingford and St-Bernard-de-Lacolle. A dozen or more business people offered to join this Committee, and and already many good ideas have been proposed for enhancing the fifty or so existing touristic offerings of the region (accommodation, restaurants, agro-tourism, cultural tourism, wild life, adventure and exploration, etc).

We invite this new committee to keep us informed of their progress so as to enable us to inform the local population, and we wish them good luck.