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Hanover launches Cultural Master Plan

The Town of Hanover hosted several community groups at a Cultural Exchange Event at the Special Events Centre on Monday to launch a cultural master plan.

"This was an opportunity for us to launch our cultural plan by having all of our cultural stakeholders into one room," said Economic Development Manager April Marshall. "We're having some facilitated networking, and trying to get some ideas as far where there are opportunities for collaboration."

Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport Regional Advisor Janine Dunlop also attended, noting collaboration of community collaboration means "shared wisdom, and it means the sharing of simple things like schedules, and delivering programming across the community."

On the master cultural plan presented, Marshall said Hanover sees "a great opportunity to become the creative hub of the region."

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