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DBIA Featured Post: Laurie Jones and Company Hair Designers
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When you work in the service industry and your business has been operating for over a quarter century in the same location, you know that you’ve been doing something right! That is exactly how Laurie Jones of Laurie Jones and Company Hair Designers feels.
Located at 165 Sherbrooke St Unit 2 across from Larry Electric, Laurie established her business in its current location in 1986 and has never looked back. The shop has a staff of four very dedicated women (Marilyn Huggins, Charmaine O’Brien, Laurie "Parker" Roberts and Laurie Jones herself) who are all born and raised Peterborough girls!
They all have many years of experience in the business and enjoy coming to work in downtown Peterborough each and every day that the shop is open. Being a smaller venue, the ladies have built up a large clientele through their connections with family and in our community.
They’ve known all along that with great service and results come word of mouth sales for them, which is why they have excelled at what they do for so long. Laurie Jones and Company is a salon that focuses on people from the neck up! They offer haircuts, colouring jobs, washes, perms and even deal with some facial waxing. They happily cater to both men and women, from seniors to children experiencing their first haircuts.
On site, they use and sell some large name professional products such as Redken, L’Oreal and Schwarzkopf to name a few. As mentioned, all the women love what they do, and they are happy to have stayed in their smaller location downtown. For them and their customers alike, it offers convenience in its placement, and a great atmosphere on the block they’re on and towards the downtown core which is all within walking distance.
With 27 years experience as a shop, the ladies have seen a lot of change around them. They’re happy to be a constant in the community and invite you to book a time for your next hair appointment.
Their hours are as follows:
Tuesday and Thursday: 9:00am-7:00pm
Wednesday and Friday: 9:00am-5:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am-1:00pm
For more on Laurie Jones and Company Hair Designers (165 Sherbrooke St), go to:
Phone: 705.748.5000
For more on Downtown Peterborough and the Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA), click here.
—By Aaron Elliott
The Business Beat With Stu Harrison
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Mark Loescher has moved his well known business, Mark’s Finer Diner, into Peterborough at 128 Lansdowne Street. You’ll find the same great food for breakfast, lunch and dinner, catering and eat in or take out, plus a licensed bar and lounge upstairs called Your Place. The lounge is currently running a logo contest with an entry deadline of this Friday (October 4). Details at Marksfinerdiner.com or find them on Facebook.
Lawrence Smoot’s company, Virtual Man Friday, offers virtual assistant services such as data entry, research, Webpage or blog content, as well as meeting planning, real estate photography, location scouting and personal concierge. Lawrence has a Masters of Public Administration and over 25 years of administrative experience. Visit Virtualmanfriday.net or call 705-927-5056.
Sofie Andreau and Winston Bromley have just launched the Social Media Business Institute. They offer organizations and individuals an all inclusive self paced social media learning platform. In the Social Media Fast Track certification program, members are trained in Strategy & Planning, Management, Measurement, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Video, Pinterest & eNewsletters. Plus there is a live training session on October 9. Details at Socialmediabusinessinstitute.com.
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DBIA Featured Post: Electric City Bread Company
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One of Downtown Peterborough’s newest ventures, located at 165 Sherbrooke St, is the beautifully laid out Electric City Bread Company. Owned and operated by Jordan Podiama, who runs the front of the house, and Jeremy Fletcher who works as a chef/baker, the bakery is aiming to bring back the craft of in-house baking to the downtown core.
The warm and cozy setting they have established is home to some of the finest bakery creations you will ever experience. They make their own bread, tarts, croissants, pie, soups and even butcher meat inside the premises. Jeremy and Jordan both share an appreciation for the farming community and locally produced goods, and thus everything you will taste inside the bakery is fresh and comes right from inside our community.
While their menu rotates, they always use what’s available with the seasons, and they pride themselves on using as many organic products as humanly possible in their creations. In creating baked goods and butchering meat (which they do on the days the bakery is closed on Sundays and Mondays) on site, they also like bringing to the table something that is of educational value to their valued customers.
Jeremy and Jordan, who along with her partner Matt also assists at the bakery, originally worked together in the Muskokas and had been dreaming of opening a shop of their own. It was when Peterborough was suggested as a great spot that they searched out the area and found a spot they felt would best suit what they wanted to create. What helped them choose the Sherbrooke St location was its proximity to water and the airy feeling that they could still sense while being located just on the outskirts of a booming downtown. They found their store to be in great shape, to have lots of space, and to have one of the easiest landlords they had ever dealt with.
Even though they have only been operating for a handful of months, Jordan and Jeremy have managed to forge many great relationships with not only their neighbours, but with a few other local busineses in town who sell some of their creations. Elements, The Pasta Shop, and JoAnne’s Place are a few locally owned and operated businesses where you’ll find Electric City Bread Company products on the shelves.
Jordan and Jeremy are really happy with the community of Peterborough that they have moved to and been accepted by, and really love the vibrancy, personality, nature, and potential that they see every day.
They currently serve both breakfast and lunch with plans of expanding to a dinner menu in the near future. If you’re looking for a new food experience downtown and enjoy food that is handcrafted on site, we suggest you give them a try! You’ll be happy you did.
For more on Electric Bread Company (165 Sherbrooke St), go to:
Twitter: @ElectricBreadCo
Facebook: Electric Bread Company
Phone: (705) 874-8055
For more on Downtown Peterborough and the Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA), click here.
—By Aaron Elliott
Giant Tiger Moving To 18,557 Square Foot Retail Building On Lakefield Road
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The Giant Tiger store on the road to Lakefield—near the Selwyn Outreach Centre—will be moving across the street to a larger location, the Lakefield Herald reports.
Current location
The construction of the 18,557 square foot retail building means there will also be some modifications to County Rd. 29 (Lakefield Road), as a southbound right turn lane and a northbound left turn lane will be required.
[Lakefield Herald; image via Giant Tiger website]
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The Business Beat With Stu Harrison
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Karri Dalton-Hull has just launched Stunning Mobile Solutions, a full service Mobile Marketing agency that will help you create a mobile marketing solution. Stunning Mobile Solutions specializes in mobilizing your website so it's easy to see on a tablet or phone, developing business apps, SMS Marketing, and training/consulting services. The website is StunningMobileSolutions.com or call Karri at 705-656-2469.
360 Wellness Clinic is a new multidisciplinary clinic that opened recently at 311 George St N, Suite 203. Therapists Seana Collins Mander, Brooke Vlachos, Leanne Malcolm, and Darian Glaske offer Registered Massage Therapy, Reflexology, Esthetics, and Bowen therapy. There is an Open House on Wednesday, September 25th from 3 pm to 8 pm including door prizes, meet the therapists and a free yoga class at 5 pm! Call 705-400-8454.
Burrow is a home boutique located at 188 Hunter St. W, Unit 7. Owner Megan Currie offers a selection of home decor items that range from small gifts to mid-sized furniture pieces, as well as lighting fixtures and decor for baby and kids. Open Tuesday through Sunday, you can visit the website at Burrowhome.ca.
The Greater Peterborough Chamber of Commerce is hosting ten to fifteen Eastern & Northern Ontario Federal MPs for a working breakfast to discuss topics of interest to the region. The breakfast is this Thursday (Sept 26th) from 7:30 to 9 am at the Holiday Inn Peterborough Waterfront. If you want your voice heard on issues such as the Trent Severn Waterway, you’ll find the details online at Peterboroughchamber.ca.
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DBIA Featured Post: Tribal Voices
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In this day and age, it’s not as common as it once was to follow through on your education and actually work in the same field afterwards. Taking a passion for learning and transferring that into a fulfilling business though is exactly what Kris Gulyas, owner of Tribal Voices, did!
Having an interest in travel and studying International Studies in her post-secondary education, Kris wanted to open a store to show what she was interested in.
Located at 179 Charlotte St., and having just celebrated its 20th anniversary in May, the business has undergone many changes over the years. For one, Kris met her husband and now co-owner Johni Doy while dealing with an exporter company overseas in Indonesia many years ago. Also, Tribal Voices originally opened across the street from its current main store on Charlotte St where Cosmic Charlies is currently located.
With the business doing so well and a need for more space, they made the move and were happy to be able to stay in the same vicinity. Since then, they have opened other operations in Kingston, Port Hope and also at Fowlers Corners, and these ventures are family run across the board!
As one could guess, Tribal Voices has a very international flare to it. They offer high end products from jewelry, arts, and crafts all the way to clothes and even furniture from countries such as Indonesia, Nepal, Thailand, Hong Kong and Italy. Because they deal with products mainly coming from overseas, Kris and Johni have made sure that they only purchase fair traded products. Nothing you will find in the store comes from any exporter who they feel uncomfortable with. They always make sure to be careful who they deal with and extensively research before purchasing.
Having been in the Peterborough community for such a long time, the owners at Tribal Voices make sure they take part in giving back to the city they live and do business in. They regularly donate to local charities such as the Cancer Society, while also giving away products to worthy cause silent auctions and have even taken part in local fun fairs!
One initiative that Tribal Voices is proud to have taken part in is in sponsoring medical brigades which have gone overseas to help villagers in Johni’s native Indonesia. This has been done three times, taking local medical staff back to bring basic medical assistance to people who normally wouldn’t have the opportunity to receive it. Staff from the store has literally gone over to assist with this great cause.
Being located in downtown on one of Peterborough’s busiest streets has allowed Tribal Voices to experience the best that our downtown has to offer. Kris and Johni love the vibrancy of the area they are in and invite you to come in and experience a taste of tribal culture you won’t find anywhere else!
For more on Tribal Voices (179 Charlotte St.), go to:
Facebook: Tribal Voices
Phone: 705.876.7714
Website: Coming Soon!
For more on Downtown Peterborough and the Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA), click here.
—By Aaron Elliott
Smoke's Poutinerie Coming To Peterborough
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Smoke's Poutinerie, which has been serving heaps of delicious poutine across Canada for years, is now coming to Peterborough. The new location will be at 304 George Street, Unit 4 (up the flight of stairs).
You can stay up to date with Smoke's on Facebook and Twitter.
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Guess The Restaurant Going In New Lansdowne Plaza
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The new plaza on Lansdowne Street that already has an RBC, Popeyes and Hakim Optical going in will soon have a new restaurant.
So far, we know that it will have a liquor licence, and here's the floor plan. Can you guess which restaurant it will be? Or that you'd like it to be?
[Related: Take a Look at the Design for a Proposed Commercial Development Going In On Lansdowne Street, Hakim Optical Coming to Lansdowne Street]
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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Hakim Optical Coming To Lansdowne Street
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Hakim Optical is the latest addition to the newest plaza on Lansdowne Street, joining Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen and RBC beside Chapters. No word on when it is opening.
[Related: Take a Look at the Design for a Proposed Commercial Development Going In On Lansdowne Street]
[Contributed by PtboCanada's Evan Holt]
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