{"id":1004293,"date":"2026-06-03T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T14:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/?p=1004293"},"modified":"2026-06-03T13:06:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T16:06:06","slug":"young-minds-bring-business-ideas-to-life-at-upcoming-entrepreneur-fair","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/?p=1004293","title":{"rendered":"Young Minds Bring Business Ideas to Life at Upcoming Entrepreneur Fair"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>St. Margaret\u2019s Bay, NS<\/em> \u2014 Calling all young entrepreneurs! The St. Margaret\u2019s Bay Community Enterprise Centre (SMBCEC) is set to host its second annual Youth Entrepreneur Fair on Saturday, June 13<sup>th<\/sup>, offering young entrepreneurs a chance to bring their business ideas to life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Running from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at St. Luke\u2019s Church (lower level), the event invites youth aged 8 to 14 to showcase their products and services to the community. Designed to foster creativity, confidence, and business skills, the fair gives participants hands-on experience in entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Participation in the fair is free, although space is limited and registration is required to participate. Parents and guardians are required to accompany children throughout the event, as volunteers will not be providing supervision.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Registration is open until June 6<sup>th<\/sup>, and interested participants can secure a spot or learn more by contacting <a href=\"mailto:youthprogram@smbcec.org\">youthprogram@smbcec.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To help nurture the next generation of local entrepreneurs, local businesses are also invited to support the initiative through financial or in-kind sponsorships. Contact <a href=\"mailto:youthprogram@smbcec.org\">youthprogram@smbcec.org<\/a> for more information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The community is encouraged to support the young entrepreneurs by attending the fair to browse through their creations and take home some treasures. Cash is recommended as most youth entrepreneurs are not able to accept cards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For more information, contact Chantal Pelham-Edwards, SMBCEC board member, at <a href=\"mailto:youthprogram@smbcec.org\">youthprogram@smbcec.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"328\" src=\"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-Fair.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1004294\" srcset=\"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-Fair.png 624w, https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Youth-Fair-300x158.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><em>Story by <strong>Chantal Pelham-Edwards<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>St. Margaret\u2019s Bay, NS \u2014 Calling all young entrepreneurs! The St. Margaret\u2019s Bay Community Enterprise Centre (SMBCEC) is set to host its second annual Youth Entrepreneur Fair on Saturday, June 13th, offering young entrepreneurs a chance to bring their business ideas to life. Running from 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at St. Luke\u2019s Church (lower [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1004295,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[233,499],"tags":[497,232,64,135,484],"class_list":["post-1004293","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-233","category-youth-entrepreneur-fair","tag-business","tag-community-event","tag-st-margarets-bay","tag-supporting-local","tag-youth"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004293","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1004293"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1004296,"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1004293\/revisions\/1004296"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1004295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1004293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1004293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/themastheadnews.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1004293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}