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MetroWorks, a non-profit acquisition and employment enactment based successful Halifax, had been successful cognition since 1977. It operated societal enterprises the Stone Hearth Bakery, The Ampersand Café and Common Roots Urban Farm. It besides ran the Cunard Learning Centre and employment skills programs for newcomers.
MetroWorks has been successful cognition since 1977
Jane Sponagle · CBC News
· Posted: Mar 07, 2025 1:51 PM EST | Last Updated: 7 minutes ago
MetroWorks, a Nova Scotia non-profit enactment that operated for astir 5 decades, has closed.
The MetroWorks bureau connected Bayers Road had 2 two notices connected the doorway Friday. One said the enactment had filed for bankruptcy connected Mar. 6 and the different was a connection astir the closure.
"It is with heavy regret that we denote the closure of our beloved organization, effectual immediately," it read.
MetroWorks had been successful cognition since 1977.
It operated societal enterprises Stone Hearth Bakery, The Ampersand Café and Common Roots Urban Farm. It besides ran the Cunard Learning Centre and employment skills programs for newcomers.
On Friday, erstwhile employees arrived to spot if the quality was true. Two caller clients arrived to usage the organization's services but were turned away.
"MetroWorks has played a captious relation successful supporting individuals and communities successful Nova Scotia done employment, training, and societal endeavor programs," president and CEO Dave Rideout said successful an email.
"Unfortunately, implicit the past fig of years, MetroWorks has experienced a bid of fiscal setbacks. Despite extended efforts to stabilize our fiscal position, MetroWorks has reached a constituent wherever continuing operations was nary longer sustainable. As a result, we made the hard determination to record for bankruptcy connected March 6th, 2025."
Building relationships
Mike Casey was a unpaid tutor astatine the Cunard Learning Centre successful English and mathematics implicit the past 5 years.
He volunteered connected Thursday afternoons.
"I happened to email the centre saying I would similar to bash much tutoring and I was shocked," Casey said.
"I couldn't judge it. I got this email backmost saying, 'Look, we've gone bankrupt. MetroWorks and each our associated companies person gone bankrupt.'"
He said it felt bully to springiness backmost to the community.
"You physique relationships with these people," helium said.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Jane Sponagle is simply a writer with CBC successful Halifax. She antecedently reported from the Yukon, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories for implicit a decade. You tin email communicative ideas to her astatine [email protected].
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