Economic Development News

#GatherAtTheFarm in Durham Region this season

Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham’s Economic Development and Tourism Division (Durham Tourism) has launched a new campaign in celebration of Durham Farm Fresh (DFF)'s 30th anniversary this October, encouraging residents and visitors to Gather at the Farm in Durham Region this season.

With the official start of fall last week, and with Thanksgiving around the corner, there are more reasons than ever to gather at the farm. From pumpkin patches and wagon rides to gathering farm-fresh ingredients...

smartARM’s story begins at Ontario Tech University

Hamayal Choudhry’s fascination with robotics and automated systems began as a mechatronics engineering student at Ontario Tech University. While exploring how they are beginning to make life easier and through a conversation with his friend Sekai Muscutt—who lives with a congenital limb difference—he realized there was a gap in the prosthetics market. On one side of the market were cosmetic solutions—in which many did not offer any significant function—and on the other side, were robotic...

From Durham Region to ears around the world: Adamson Systems Engineering is in Growth Mode

By Will McGuirk

Sound travels. Music moves around the globe, and helping to amplify it all is Adamson Systems Engineering from their base in Port Perry. Their loudspeaker systems can be heard in venues all over the world—at the Paradiso in Amsterdam; at the Hawke’s Bay Arts & Events Centre in New Zealand; at Studio 104 in Paris, France; the Claude Debussy Theatre in Cannes, France; the Olavshallen Concert Hall in Trondheim, Norway; and yes, Adamson speakers are even good enough for Elvis himself...

Durham Region’s innovation community set to energize Collision Conference with Project Arrow

Whitby, Ontario – The Region of Durham’s Economic Development and Tourism division (Invest Durham), along with partners, will be returning to one of the largest and fastest growing technology conferences in North America—Collision Conference—from June 26 to 29 at the Enercare Centre in Toronto. Project Arrow, the first all-Canadian, zero emission connected vehicle will be the centrepiece of Durham’s pavilion.

Invest Durham in partnership with Durham Region’s eight area municipalities, Durham...

Durham Region is Home to the Apple Capital of Canada

Clarington has a microclimate for growing apples due to the warm lake effect from Lake Ontario. This makes Newcastle and the surrounding area the optimal location for growing high quality apples. If you have ever been to Newcastle, you know orchards dominate the beautiful countryside. Between this and being a clear leader in apple production, Newcastle, Ontario has been named the Apple Capital of Canada.

All About Apples

Durham Region produces 13 per cent of Ontario’s apples with 2,100 acres in production—and