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CREATED:20260609T111806
SUMMARY:2026 Leeds Grenville Economic Development Summit
LOCATION:North Grenville Municipal Centre\, 285 County Road 44\, Kemptville
DESCRIPTION:The Leeds Grenville Economic Development Office, in partnership with Michae
 l Barrett, M.P., Steve Clark, M.P.P., the 1000 Islands Community Developmen
 t Corporation, CF Grenville, Valley Heartland CFDC, and the Eastern Workfor
 ce Innovation Board, invites you to the region’s premier economic developme
 nt event.\nRick Tachuk, President and CEO of the American Chamber of Commer
 ce in Canada (AmCham Canada) will be one of the presenters at the Summit. R
 ick represents major U.S. and Canadian companies on cross-border trade and 
 investment issues.\nOver his 30-year career, Rick has held a number of exec
 utive positions including with the U.S. Commercial Service as the U.S. Inte
 rnational Trade Administration’s Senior Commercial Representative in Canada
 . Here he was responsible for export and investment promotion and trade pol
 icy. In the private sector he served as President and CEO of DCI Enable, a 
 publicly traded Canadian E-business firm and President and CEO of the Techn
 ology Professionals Canada\nHe is also the Founder and President of Electri
 c Strategies, Inc., an Ottawa-based public affairs agency specializing in c
 ross-border issues management. Rick currently serves on the North Grenville
  CEDAC advisory committee, the advisory board of Hire Immigrants Ottawa and
  is Vice Chair of Grenville Community Futures.\nAdditional speakers will be
  announced soon.\n$65 Advance Registration Required\nFor more information v
 isit https://invest.leedsgrenville.com/en/contacts-news-events/economic-dev
 elopment-summit.aspx (https://invest.leedsgrenville.com/en/contacts-news-ev
 ents/economic-development-summit.aspx)\n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p>The Leeds Grenville Economic Development Office, in partnership with Mic
 hael Barrett, M.P., Steve Clark, M.P.P., the 1000 Islands Community Develop
 ment Corporation, CF Grenville, Valley Heartland CFDC, and the Eastern Work
 force Innovation Board, invites you to the region’s premier economic develo
 pment event.</p><p>Rick Tachuk, President and CEO of the American Chamber o
 f Commerce in Canada (AmCham Canada) will be one of the presenters at the S
 ummit. Rick represents major U.S. and Canadian companies on cross-border tr
 ade and investment issues.</p><p>Over his 30-year career, Rick has held a n
 umber of executive positions including with the U.S. Commercial Service as 
 the U.S. International Trade Administration’s Senior Commercial Representat
 ive in Canada. Here he was responsible for export and investment promotion 
 and trade policy. In the private sector he served as President and CEO of D
 CI Enable, a publicly traded Canadian E-business firm and President and CEO
  of the Technology Professionals Canada</p><p>He is also the Founder and Pr
 esident of Electric Strategies, Inc., an Ottawa-based public affairs agency
  specializing in cross-border issues management. Rick currently serves on t
 he North Grenville CEDAC advisory committee, the advisory board of Hire Imm
 igrants Ottawa and is Vice Chair of Grenville Community Futures.</p><p>Addi
 tional speakers will be announced soon.</p><p><strong>$65 Advance Registrat
 ion Required</strong></p><p>For more information visit&nbsp;<a href="https:
 //invest.leedsgrenville.com/en/contacts-news-events/economic-development-su
 mmit.aspx" target="_blank" rel="noopener">https://invest.leedsgrenville.com
 /en/contacts-news-events/economic-development-summit.aspx</a></p>
CONTACT:This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
X-EXTRAINFO:Reserve your ticket here (https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/2026-leeds-grenville-
 economic-development-summit-tickets-1975811322854)
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