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Perth County wins provincial economic development award

Perth County has a new claim to fame.

It comes after their Economic Development and Tourism Division won an Award of Excellence at The Economic Developers Council of Ontario Conference last week.

The award is for the creation of the Discover More Flavour Farm Gate Map Project with the awards handed out annually and representing the best of the best in economic development work across the province.

Officials say the multi-year project contains two components, a hard-copy printed map and an interactive digital map, which are both based around local food-based farm gates.

The award recipients were chosen from nearly 100 submissions.

Casey Kenny
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A graduate of the Broadcast Journalism Program at Loyalist College, Casey has worked in newsrooms across the country for 20 years. Stops along his radio adventure include Ottawa, Calgary, Vancouver, North Bay, Stratford and now Kemptville. Casey is also a veteran play-by-play announcer and is the Voice of the Kemptville 73's Hockey Team. A proud uncle of eight nieces and nephews, Casey is happy to call Kemptville home now.

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