Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring DBIA, Lansdowne Place, TD Canada Trust and JA-NEO

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PTBOCanada is delighted to be running the Business Beat columns each week here, spotlighting new businesses and startups in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Here is this week’s edition…

Halloween is coming up and there are some events you don’t want to miss.

First, there’s Halloween in the Booro on Oct. 25 from 4 to 6 p.m. in Downtown Peterborough. Hosted by the Downtown Business Improvement Area, this event features 45 participating locations for tricks and treats. Plus, there will be costume prizes and a photobooth. This is your chance to get a head start on Halloween and check out some of the interesting shops in downtown Peterborough.

On Oct. 31, head to Lansdowne Place from 4 to 7 pm for another round of trick-or-treating with local businesses.

This event is in support of Autism Ontario. Collect treats from participating businesses and try your hand at spooky crafts in the Centre Court. Wrist bands are already on sale. Come out for a safe, inclusive, and fun-filled Halloween experience.

Lansdowne Place is looking a bit different these days.

The new TD Bank is open beside The Keg in the parking lot of the mall at the corner of Lansdowne and High Streets. It has been an ambitious build that creates more banking options for local TD customers and adds to the growing collection of businesses at Lansdowne Place.

Junior Achievement Northern and Eastern Ontario are looking to connect workers with local farms. T

hey have a pre-apprenticeship training program for the agriculture sector for people ages 15 to 24 to take on paid work placements. Employers are reimbursed up to $250 per week over 8 weeks. If you are interested in getting involved, contact Junior Achievement at ja-neo.org.

Joel Wiebe is moving on from the Chamber of Commerce.

Here’s what he had to say about his departure:

“It has been an honour working with local businesses through the Chamber over the last five years. My next chapter involves working for Alto on the new high-speed passenger rail line planned from Toronto to Quebec City with a stop in Peterborough. It’s a project I’m excited to be a part of. I’ll still be writing the Business Beat for the next couple weeks while we figure out the next steps for this column.”

If you want to have your business featured on the Business Beat or know of a business doing something new and interested, shoot an email to joel@pkchamber.ca.

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