Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Workforce Development Board, Heads Up for Inclusion and The Cheesy Fromage

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…

Congratulations to the Workforce Development Board as they celebrate their 30th Anniversary.

Over the past 30 years the WDB has led and championed numerous initiatives that have supported employers and helped individuals make informed career decisions. For more information, you can visit: wdb.ca

Heads Up for Inclusion is hosting an Amigos Spook-Tacular Line Dancing Event with at the Alternatives Community Building on Oct. 16 from 5:30-7:30 PM in partnership with Alternatives Community Program Services.

It’s free for all to attend thanks to an Ontario Trillium funding Grant. For more information and to register please call (705) 876-0383.

The Cheesy Fromage has partnered with The Lakefield Animal Welfare Society to bring back their Wag-O-Ween fundraiser on Oct.17 from 10 a.m.- 2 p.m.

Bring your pet to trick or treat at Lakefield businesses on Queen Street, Bridge Street, Burnham Street, Reid Street, and Lakefield Road. Look for the Wag-O-Ween posters in the window! You can also sign up at the Cheesy Fromage for the Kid & Pet Duo costume contest happening from 12- 1 p.m. For more information you can go to: lakefieldanimalwelfare.org.

Tickets are now sold out for the 2026 Business Excellence Awards Gala! We look forward to the announcement of finalists and recipients of the awards on October 22!

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 brenda@pkchamber.ca.

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