Business View Magazine | January 2020

251 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE JANUARY 2020 MUNI C I PAL I TY OF THE DI STR I CT OF DIGBY , NOVA SCOT I A residential, one of the largest employers in the Municipality of Digby is Lewis Mouldings in Weymouth. They operate with a workforce of about 80 and manufacture quality home construction products such as moldings and door jambs from eastern white pine. The company has been in business for many years and is connected with most of the major building supply centers in Atlantic Canada. According to MacAlpine, “Most of the business sector in this area is either fishery or services the fishing industry. We also have the forestry industry and tourism. You’ll probably find more restaurants in Digby than any other place in Nova Scotia and they’re still building more. We also have a really nice resort called The Pines Hotel – owned by the provincial government but they’re divesting it to the private sector. The new owners will be doing a major retrofit to the property, which also has a beautiful Stanley Thompson Golf Course tied to it. It’s a grand old edifice that was built by CP Rail back in the day learn more about our tidal turbines at www.novainnovation.com TIDAL ENERGY TRANSFORMING THE POWER OF OUR SEAS INTO CLEAN PREDICTABLE ENERGY