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Hamilton ranked among top-20 Best Canadian Locations to Invest for 2024

Site Selection Magazine has again recognized Hamilton as one of Canada’s Best Locations to Invest. This underscores Hamilton’s growing reputation as a prime destination for businesses seeking growth and opportunity. Hamilton’s Economic Development Office is pivotal in attracting and supporting businesses looking to establish…

Hitting the right chord: Kelly Ng’s Main Stage success in Hamilton’s music scene

Welcome to the Land and Launch series, where Invest in Hamilton shines a spotlight on international entrepreneurs who’ve found a home for their businesses in this vibrant city. Today’s story takes us on a musical journey with Kelly Ng. Leaving Hong Kong to study…

Oak View Group breaks ground on $280M Hamilton arena project, kicking off downtown revitalization project

Hamilton is one giant step closer to enhancing its reputation as a premier destination for entertainment and sports. Oak View Group (OVG) officially broke ground on the highly anticipated $280 million renovation of FirstOntario Centre on Thursday (June 17, 2024). The ceremony at the…

Hamilton named 2023 prime investment destination by Site Selection Magazine

Once again, Hamilton has been listed as a prime investment destination by Site Selection Magazine. In its annual Canada’s Best Locations 2023 report, Site Selection Magazine specifically lauded the Bayfront Industrial Area Strategy, which will assist in creating nearly 4,000 acres of mixed industrial…

City of Hamilton receives Government of Canada support through My Main Street Community Activator Placemaking Program

City of Hamilton receives Government of Canada support through My Main Street Community Activator Placemaking Program October 11, 2022 –City of Hamilton, ON –The City of Hamilton is pleased to announce that its “Anything is Possible on Barton” project was selected for the My Main…

Profiling the Women+ in Creative Program on Good Morning Hamilton

Debbie Spence speaks with Rick Zamperin about a new program to support women+ in creative entrepreneurship

Performing arts takes centre stage in Hamilton

Hamilton’s performing arts scene has reach across the entire country

Hamilton’s written and published works sector has a solid reputation with writers across the country

Hamilton writers speak on the city’s literary scene and its reputation across Canada

Fair Wages for Musicians at City of Hamilton events

The Musicians Fair Payment Policy will ensure that musicians hired at City-led events will be pay fair wages for their performances. The policy is meant to prop up reliable and respectable payment for performers hired for events led by the City. This will ensure…

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Hamilton’s Style Shift: How the apparel industry is experiencing not just a fashion moment, but a steady movement

PHOTO CREDIT FOR FEATURED IMAGE: THRIFTY DESIGNER – STYLE GROUP CO By Emma Reilly It’s been said that fashion is all about juxtaposition: mixing seemingly incongruous colours, textures, prints, and materials to create a wearable work of art. That same juxtaposition rings true when…

Opening February 2021, Aeon’s First Film Studio Space!

Aeon Studios Group Inc. (AEON) announced today that they aim to build Hamilton into an international hub for film, television and digital media production. Aeon Bayfront Studios will be located at 243 Queen Street North and will be comprised of 80,000 square feet on…

Hamilton’s Pipeline Studios set to receive significant funding from Federal Government

Minister of Canadian Heritage Steven Guilbeault announced that $2.7 million in funding will go to five Ontario companies including Hamilton’s Pipeline Studios (Pipeline Studios’ CEO Luis Lopez pictured) Pipeline Studios is set to receive up to $840,000 in funding through the Creative Export Canada…

Musicians and music businesses love Hamilton

Why musicians and business move and stay here in Hamilton. Hamilton is recognised as seventh in the world for independent musicians per capita. Music flows naturally from the heart of Hamilton. It rises from the rhythm of the street, reverberates through the city’s industrial…

2020 CREATIVE EXCHANGE

image Created By: Bruno Revitte and Elisa Monreal. location: Collective Arts Brewery The Creative Exchange is a FREE quarterly, casual meet-up with a focus to bring together Hamilton-based Film, Music, Fashion and other creative industries. At every meet-up you will have the opportunity to…

The Time is Now to Expand or Open Your Film Business in Hamilton

Written by Meredith MacLeod Timing is everything in films. Getting it right is essential to delivering a punch line, executing a special effect, and releasing a movie at the magical time that will make it a hit at the box office. What Hamilton offers…

Hamilton as a premiere film location

Hamilton’s filming locations, talent pool, and businesses demonstrate the current strengh and future growth opportunities for the local film sector. In 2018, Hamilton saw a 50% increase in film permits from 2017. Hamilton has more than 550 film friendly locations and more than 200…

FASHION POP-UP SHOW

With a growing number of fashion designers, Hamilton has 521 fashion businesses and is the 5th largest cluster of fashion businesses across Canada. One of the major fashion clusters is located on James Street North, which is the location for the annual Supercrawl festival…

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Massive Film and TV Production Hub Heading to Hamilton, Ontario

– A coalition of industry leaders to build 500,000 square feet of sound stage and a 15-acre live-work-play community for the creative sector. – HAMILTON, ON (June 18, 2019) – Aeon Studio Group (ASG) announced today a plan to turn Hamilton, Ontario into an…

CHCH to move to new Flamborough home

4 Innovation Dr., in Flamborough will be the new home of CHCH. The television station is expected to move into the property by spring 2021. – Mac Christie/Metroland CHCH is moving to a new home in Flamborough after 70 years in downtown Hamilton. The…

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