Tiny Greens Microgreenery Has Giant Dreams After Winning Free 12-Month Lease Of A Downtown Storefront In Peterborough

Entrepreneur Tina Bromley of Tiny Greens has won a free 12-month lease of a downtown storefront as well as thousands of dollars in additional prizes after winning the Win This Space competition announced at The Venue Thursday night (February 16th) before a huge crowd.
 
Tiny Greens plans to create a microgreenery and healthy hub in beautiful downtown Peterborough. Tiny Greens will be a space for healthy or health curious minded people to shop, learn and experience a drink or food made from a downtown urban farm-to-table environment.

It will be a space to sell local ready-grown year-round microgreens, vegetables and herbs, as well as other foods from local farmers in the grocery aisle. Tiny Greens will also include education and workshops as well as sales of supplies and products for growing indoor and vertical gardens.

Tina pictured with her husband, children and father after winning Win This Space

Based out of Tina’s home, Tiny Greens has been in business for two years and has already earned a reputation for having high-quality products for a growing market.
 
“We’re excited that Tiny Greens is going to open in downtown Peterborough,” says Terry Guiel, DBIA Executive Director. “Tina brings a lot of enthusiasm, determination and a strong business plan. We look forward to working with her as she gets the keys to her new space on April 1st.”

This was Tiny Green's application video to the contest...

HOW WIN THIS SPACE COMPETITION WORKED

After launching the Win This Space competition on October 17th, Win This Space received 41 applications. Eleven judges narrowed it down to 10 finalists on January 19th. The 10 finalists were put through three mandatory workshops on business plans, marketing and financial forecasting. After delivering their business plans and live presentations on February 13th, five finalists—all women—were selected. Out of that Final 5, Tina was chosen as the winner.

Tina giving a gracious acceptance speech at The Venue after being chosen the winner

The Win This Space competition is a new downtown Peterborough initiative in partnership with the DBIA, Peterborough Economic Development, StartUP Peterborough and Community Futures Peterborough. Win This Space concepts have been extremely successful in other Canadian cities with boosting economic development, stimulating new downtown storefront businesses and creating jobs.

Learn more about the winner Tiny Greens by checking out their website here.

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Where To Get Real Christmas Trees

Oake Family Farm

The first Saturday in December in each year is proclaimed as Christmas Tree Day as per the Christmas Tree Day Act, 2015 (S.O. 2015, c. 12 - Bill 16). This means now is the time to head out to one of our local tree providers and purchase a real tree. Here are a few suggestions below to get started (email us to add to the list)...

Oake Family Farm

U-cut blue spruce trees for $35 and pre-cut trees balsam and Fraser fir for $50. The farm hours are 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturdays and Sundays, up until Christmas. Located at 2474 Sherbrooke Street West just past the Buffalo Farm on the north side. Watch for the signs.

Barrett's Tree Farm (905-342-2622 or 905-342-2188) - 3141 Williamson Rd, near Cobourg

Open every day of the Christmas season during daylight hours.

KOL Tree Farm (905-987-2263 or 1-800-350-7293), Newcastle, Ontario

Cut your own: Fraser Fir, Balsam Fir and Douglas Fir
Pre-cut: Scotch Pine, Balsam Fir and Fraser Fir

Monday through Friday, Noon - 5:00pm
Saturday and Sunday, 9:00am - 5:00pm

Murray Tree Farm

Closed for 2016, will re-open December 2017

—post by Evan Holt

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Robinson Place In Downtown Peterborough Turns 20

Robinson Place at 300 Water Street turns 20 this year, and is hosting anniversary celebrations this Friday, November 4th. Home to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry as well as housing many other ministries, this building is also a provincial leader achieving LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) Platinum status two years ago.

One of Canada's most eco-friendly buildings, it has ample room for bicycle storage, a waterfall and community garden out back, and a 35,000-litre tank that gathers rainwater to be diverted to the flush toilets. Here are some photos of the various stages of construction...

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