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In May 2025, TCPEP invited volunteers to apply for three-year terms on its board of directors. The application deadline was June 16, 2025.

In April 2024, TCPEP sought two to three directors to serve three-year terms. The application deadline was May 1, 2024.

Following Hurricane Fiona in September 2022, Nova Scotia announced a financial assistance program for eligible losses that insurance did not cover.

TCPEP’s May 2022 recruitment notice called for two to three volunteer directors for three-year terms. Applications were due May 31, 2022.

In October 2021, the TCPEP board announced that J. David Phillips, who grew up in Truro, had been appointed chief executive officer.

TCPEP announced in December 2020 that J. David Phillips had joined its business development team to support start-ups and existing businesses.

In this 2020 profile, Amina Issa explains why a job offer led her to leave the Toronto area and settle in downtown Truro.

In September 2020, TCPEP and Mashup Lab announced a six-month series of virtual events for people exploring business ideas in Truro and Colchester.

A survey of 610 respondents in 2020 examined how COVID-19 restrictions changed shopping and dining habits in Truro Colchester.

In June 2020, TCPEP announced a free virtual advisory program with BoomersPlus to help local businesses respond to COVID-19.

TCPEP held its annual general meeting online on June 24, 2020. The video presentation covers the Partnership’s 2019–20 activities, strategy and results.

TruLeaf Sustainable Agriculture and GoodLeaf Community Farms used local research space and partnerships in Bible Hill to develop indoor hydroponic farming.

Ocean Sonics designed a new headquarters at Bayview Business Park in Truro Heights after outgrowing its original base in Great Village.

Home Hardware’s eastern distribution centre in Debert Business Park supplies retailers across Atlantic Canada and part of Quebec.

Coldstream Clear Distillery started as a family business in Stewiacke. Riley Giffen first became interested in distillation during a chemistry class and went on to study chemical engineering.

In October 2019, TCPEP published news of $25,000 in Healthy Communities Stream funding to train volunteers who would welcome doctors and their families to Colchester County.

Skills Canada – Nova Scotia held a technology career exploration event at NSCC Truro Campus on October 29, 2019.

TCPEP announced the Northern Connector Program at an annual general meeting at the Marigold Cultural Centre. Its original release is dated June 12, 2018.

TCPEP’s March 2019 announcement set out plans for the first Newcomer Appreciation Awards. The event was scheduled for March 27 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at The PEG in Masstown.

The Partnership published its November 2018 update in two PDF sizes: a higher-resolution edition of about 10.6 MB and a smaller edition of about 6 MB.