Trent U Installs New Permeable Parking Spots, First University In Ontario With Green Parking

Trent University will become the first university in Ontario to install permeable grid paving—an environmental innovation made popular in Europe—when they add about 100 parking spots this summer to their Symons Campus in Peterborough.

The environmentally-friendly parking solution is created using 100% recycled plastic, helping to curb plastic pollution as it does not require the use of asphalt—often a byproduct of the petroleum industry. Similar parking systems are being used in countries around the world, in a variety of settings such as agriculture, parks and industrial spaces.

Photo of Symons Campus courtesy Trent University

“Our campus is growing and we need to balance that growth with our commitment to the environment,” says Kent Stringham, vice-president, Finance and Administration at Trent University. “This innovative and environmental solution to meeting campus demands boasts a number of ecological benefits including the ability to plant grass within the grid, better drainage, and less required road salt in the winter. It’s a win-win for Trent and for our environment.”

HOW PERMEABLE GRID PAVING SYSTEMS WORK

They are installed as a series of recycled plastic interlocking grid on top of land which can then be filled with grass or gravel. The system offers a host of environmental benefits including reduction of flood risk and increased capacity for storm-water management. The permeable parking grids are weather-resistant, can be plowed, and require far less salt in the winter—significantly lessening impact on nearby animal habitats.

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT OF THIS PROJECT

• utilize 35,640 pounds of recycled plastic
• detain 64,627 gallons of stormwater
• save 162.9 tonnes of CO2, the equivalent of planting 34,295 trees

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Lululemon Is Opening Seasonal Pop-Up Location At Lansdowne Place

UPDATED POST (August 16th): Pictures from Opening Day at lululemon Pop-Up store…

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ORIGINAL POST

Lululemon fans will love this: a pop-up location is opening at Lansdowne Place.

“Lansdowne Place is delighted to confirm that lululemon will open their seasonal pop-up location at the mall this Friday, August 16th,” Emily Dart, Marketing Director for Lansdowne Place, tells PTBOCanada.  

Photo courtesy Lansdowne Place

The pop-up shop, which will be open until January 2020 at the mall, is located on the lower level across from RW & Co.

It will operate during full mall hours, which are as follows:

• Monday to Friday : 9:30 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.

• Saturday: 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.

• Sunday: 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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Peterborough Challenger Special Needs Baseball Making Dreams Come True For Players With Help Of Jays Care Foundation & More

Peterborough Challenger Baseball, a local special needs baseball team, provides an opportunity for children, youth and adults with cognitive and/or physical disabilities to enjoy the full benefits of participating in baseball at a level structured to their abilities. Locally, they have divisions for junior, intermediate and senior levels of play.

Earlier this year, Peterborough Challenger Baseball was invited to play in a Challenger Baseball game at the Little League World Series in Williamsport, PA against a team from Malden, Mass. this summer.

Seventeen players and buddies were selected, and with the help of individuals and many businesses and organizations in and around Peterborough, in four months they were able to raise $25,000 in order to take these players and their families to Pennsylvania from August 22nd to August 25th.

Among those who stepped up in support was the Jays Care Foundation, who not only provided a monetary donation towards the cost of the bus but also provided full uniforms for the players and buddies including jerseys, pants, socks, and belts.

Recently, the whole team got to go a game through the Jays Care Foundation and even made it onto the Jumbroton.

Thanks to the wonderful folks with the Jays Care Foundation and to the amazing hosts who shared the Jays Care Community Clubhouse with our Little League World Series team, we had a blast, help with our rally caps lift the Jays to a win over the Yankees, but most of all we had fun pic.twitter.com/s8SR3KyhEx

— Peterborough Challenger Baseball (@PtboChallenger) August 11, 2019

The players and their families are beginning preparations to depart to Pennsylvania for a game that will not only represent Peterborough, but also Canada at the Little League World Series.

This is a once in a lifetime opportunity for many of the players to play on a stage like this, and for their families to be there watching this moment.

Follow the team’s journey on Twitter here.

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StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out A Special Business Beat This Week Featuring 7 Student-Owned & Operated Companies

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

Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre is again supporting the creation of new student-owned and operated companies as part of the annual Ontario Government Summer Company Start-Up program. Seven business are supported this year including…

Dustyn McCready-DeBruin and his company - Dusty Dives, offering dock repair, underwater weeding, and retrieval dives for missing items.

Dustyn McCready-DeBruin

Kathir Puvendran’s company - Kip’s Window Cleaning, offering interior and exterior windows, window sills, screens, eavestroughs and vinyl siding.

Kathir Puvendran

Braeden Pitre has Pitre Property Maintenance, offering year-round outdoor services including lawn cutting, weeding, edging, pruning, hedge trimming, leaf clean-up, landscaping, snow removal, sanding and salting, and Lakeside residential services.

Wesley Penney’s Nufit Program offers quality professional workout and fitness programming for those new to fitness or experienced.

Wesley Penney

Samantha Hourie’s Travelling Footcare Reflexology provides mobile foot reflexology using pressure techniques that help to reduce stress, enhance circulation and normalize metabolism.

Samantha Hourie

Michael Tucker has Tucker’s Lawn & Order… providing landscaping services that are focused on assisting seniors with manual labour and landscaping projects.

Michael Tucker

And Austin Murray’s AGM Academics assists elementary and high school students with math and science by using incentive/tracking charts and lesson books to track and promote progressive learning.

Austin Murray

It’s so great to see these young entrepreneurs get a chance to learn the fundamentals of business, and in many cases succeed. The Summer Company program is delivered through Peterborough and the Kawartha’s Business Advisory Centre. Visit peterboroughed.ca for more info.

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Family Donates Wall-Mounted Bell To Ring For Children That Finish Chemo Treatments At PRHC

Harper Friel had her last cancer treatment recently at Peterborough Regional Health Centre.

To celebrate the awesome occasion, her family donated a wall-mounted bell that other patients in the Pediatric Oncology Group of Ontario (POGO) clinic at PRHC can ring when they are finished their own chemo treatments.

Harper ringing the bell

The inspiring message next to the bell with a rainbow motif says:

“Ring this bell
Three times well
Its toll to clearly say
My treatments done
The course is run
And I am on my way”

Watch the full video below of Harper ringing the bell…

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Millbrook Is Swooning Over Josh Duhamel And He Is Swooning Over Them

Heartthrob actor Josh Duhamel is in Millbrook filming the superhero drama Netflix series Jupiter's Legacy, and he is being incredibly gracious with fans.

“Best day ever, got to meet Josh Duhamel today at work,” says Taylor Froggatt on Facebook of meeting the Transformers star. “Gotta love when they film Netflix movies in Millbrook. So star struck right now.”

Photo by Taylor Froggatt (Facebook)

The Valley Shop in Millbrook posted this pic below to their Facebook page…

As well, The Quilter’s Bolt in Millbrook posted this picture to their Facebook page…

“Josh was kind enough to stop and take selfies with us Nexicom ladies. Love working in Millbrook,” says Suzanne Tyo-Whiston on Facebook where she posted this selfie picture with him.

Oh, and when he’s not taking photos with adoring fans, he is doing some filming—as evidenced by this photo by Pastry Peddler…

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Grassboots Theatre Company Launches First Ever Play

Peterborough’s newest theatre company Grassboots Theatre—created by Peyton Le Barr and Chris Whidden—is set to debut their first ever performance, Repatriation to the Moon, a new work inspired by theatre created by the underground Polish resistance during the WW2.

In Repatriation to the Moon playing at Artspace, a janitor and an engineer fall in love in a shoe factory. One is Polish, the other Italian. The play, set in a time of war, is a comical and heartwarming story of two lovebirds who attempt to escape persecution in the most absurd way imaginable.

Stars Chris Whidden and Peyton Le Barr (show photo by Andy Carroll)

The story was written by Whidden and the play created and performed by Whidden and Peyton Le Barr. The Havelock-based tandem are currently renovating a hobby farm to become a new theatre space and artists’ retreat.

Chris has written multiple plays performed in Toronto including Roaring Robert, which was presented by Shadowpath Theatre to a soldout run at the Toronto Fringe. This will be his first production in Peterborough.

Repatriation to the Moon is inspired by a performance from the 1940s by Polish artist Wladyslaw Dutkiewicz, who created dozens of plays for the underground Polish resistance including a work titled Repatriation to the Moon.

Show photo by Andy Carroll

Repatriation to the Moon runs from August 14th to August 17th at Artspace, with performances starting at 8 p.m. each evening. Tickets cost $15 and are available here.

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The 9th Annual Hootenanny Returns To Hunter Street This Saturday

The 9th Annual Hootenanny returns to Hunter Street this Saturday, August 10th, with an amazing lineup including…

-> Paper Shakers at noon

-> The Lohrwoods at 1:15 p.m.

-> Dylan Ireland at 2:30 p.m.

-> House of David Gang at 3:45 p.m.

-> Crystal Shawanda at 5 p.m.

-> Lindsay Barr at 6:15 p.m.

-> Stacey Kay at 7:30 p.m.

-> The Dreamboats at 8:45 p.m.

-> The Jonny Trash Super Group at 10 p.m.

Photo courtesy DBIA

Hootenanny runs from noon to 11 p.m. on Hunter Street West between George and Aylmer streets, and admission is free. This year’s event features a selection of downtown vendors and activities along Hunter Street.

The Jonny Trash Super Group will be a surprise collective of various musicians connected with the late Jonathan Hall. Known endearingly by his friends as Jonny Trash, this group will pay tribute to their friend who passed away suddenly earlier this year at the age of 44. 

Photo courtesy DBIA

Stacey Kay, who performs at 7:30 p.m., was a finalist on America’s Got Talent, won the Canadian Songwriters Award for best Adult Contemporary/Pop song of 2018 with “Weight On My Shoulders,” and gained recognition with a spontaneous performance of one of Busta Rhymes’ fastest raps in a South Carolina Walgreens that went viral with over 40 million views. 

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StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Cozy Home, Sustain, The Food Shop & More!

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

Cozy Home: Designs by Lacey recently opened at 183 Charlotte Street. Owner Lacey-Kristen Klatt has filled the shop with recycled home decor, handmade decor and gifts, as well as refinished furniture! A professional interior painter for the last 10 years, Lacey also offers colour consultations, and assistance with interior decorating. You’ll find Cozy Home Designs by Lacey on Facebook here and Instagram here.

Lacey from Cozy Home

Sustain, Your Eco Living and Building Store, winners of the DBIA’s Win This Space competition, are settling into their rent-free space at 418 George Street. Owners Jonathan and Celine MacKay also operate a similar shop in Huntsville. The product offering covers everything from building products, flooring, kitchens, countertops, paint and stain, to cleaning products, baby products, personal care products and more. plus they offer a full renovation and custom kitchen service. You’ll find Sustain on Facebook here.

Sustain owners Jonathan and Celine MacKay with kids

And yet another new store to come out of the Win This Space process, The Food Shop is open at 372 Water Street. Offering a farmer’s market experience every day of the week, owners Anthony and Samantha Lennan carry locally grown and produced food with a direct connection to suppliers. Produce, meats, cheeses, fruits and more, it’s a great option for those who love local.

Evolution Automotive recently moved to a larger location. Now located at 2629 Lakefield Highway next to Kyoto Coffee, owner Tyler Warmington offers general automotive repairs, computer diagnostics, 4x4 repairs, custom fabrication, diesel mods and more for all makes and models. You’ll find Evolution Automotive on Facebook, or call 705.930.1178.

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Vibrant New Rainbow Crosswalk Installed At Water & King Near Millennium Park

The City of Peterborough installed a rainbow crosswalk at Water & King this week to celebrate inclusiveness and diversity in the community.

Celebrating inclusiveness and diversity. Rainbow crosswalk being installed at Water and King in downtown Ptbo near the entrance to Millennium Park. @PTBOPride @downtownPtbo #community pic.twitter.com/GjuAL4iFFf

— City of Peterborough (@CityPtbo) July 31, 2019

Photo courtesy DBIA

City of Peterborough Councillor Kemi Akapo tweeted about its impact along with these photos…

If you head down to Millenium Park, you’ll notice some extra colour on your way there! The rainbow sidewalk has been painted to signify love and acceptance of everyone, especially our LGBTQIA+ community. Official unveiling at Pride in September. #loveislove #webeenhere pic.twitter.com/UGlsksVgSC

— Kemi Akapo (@kemi_akapo) July 31, 2019

The crosswalk has garnered positive reaction from the community.

“I’m so proud of our city for the message this makes. #LoveisLove🌈,” says Kate Wells on a DBIA Facebook thread regarding the new crosswalk.

”This is awesome ... any little step to make everyone feel welcome in this city will help it grow in a positive way,” adds Martin Boruta in the same thread.

Photo via @kemi_akapo

Some commenters mentioned they’d love to see more crosswalks painted in these vibrant colours (there is one other rainbow crosswalk in Peterborough on the campus of Fleming College). Christine Densmore had this to say: “Well don't just color one Crosswalk, color them all in Peterborough! It looks super cute! Happy and bright❤ Creative! 😃”

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