Richmond Hill’s Edsby to cover all New Zealand's schools after landmark deal

Richmond Hill’s Edsby to cover all New Zealand's schools after landmark deal

News article published by yorkregion.com:

During its early founding days in 2010, the Richmond Hill-based Edsby used to “take anyone ... we just wanted to have more customers,” says Co-founder & CEO John Myers.

But speed forward to June 24, the cloud-based education social networking service with its downloadable app has officially announced its landmark deal with New Zealand’s Ministry of Education to cover all of the...

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Richmond Hill at Collision - Recap

Richmond Hill at Collision - Recap

The Collision conference was a great success last week! The event brought over 25,000 attendees, 450 speakers, 500 investors, and 1,000 startups from over 120 countries. It is deemed the fastest-growing tech conference in North America!

The City of Richmond Hill was honored to exhibit at the York Region Tech Experience Pavilion alongside innovative Richmond Hill companies such as Laipac Technology Inc. and ForaHealthyMe Inc. We also had the recipient of 2018 Richmond...

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Yonge Subway Extension Gets the Green Light

Yonge Subway Extension Gets the Green Light

RICHMOND HILL – Today, Premier Doug Ford announced a $28.5 billion funding commitment to expand Ontario’s transit network. As part of this commitment, the Province will invest $5.6 billion to build the Yonge Subway Extension (YSE) north to Richmond Hill. The YSE will be built in conjunction with the downtown relief line (now called the Ontario Line).

“We’re thrilled to see this vital project finally becoming a reality,” said Mayor Dave Barrow. “The...

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Richmond Hill Becomes a City

Richmond Hill Becomes a City

RICHMOND HILL – Richmond Hill Council reinforced its position in York Region and the Province as an urbanized and competitive municipality, voting to rename one of the largest towns in Ontario to the "City of Richmond Hill." 

The name change influences how the municipality sees itself and how others perceive it. “Richmond Hill has everything an urban place would have. Recognizing that, we need to look differently at our plans for the future,” said Richmond Hill’s Mayor...

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Grants up to $90,000 Available for Richmond Hill Downtown Properties

Grants up to $90,000 Available for Richmond Hill Downtown Properties (Apply by April 30, 2019)

For a limited time, additional Community Improvement Plan (CIP) funding is available to benefit small businesses and support community improvements in Downtown Richmond Hill.  

• Building Renovation Grant provides a cost-shared grant of up to 90% of eligible costs or a maximum of $90,000 for building renovations resulting in the creation of new office space within the Downtown Local Centre properties
• Façade...
  
  

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