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Small Business Expo - April 17, 2012
Posted on Tuesday, April 03, 2012 07:30 AM
Small and home-based businesses in and around Orillia will have a chance to promote their goods and services to the public during the second annual Small Business Expo later this month.
The April 17 event will be held at the Highwayman Inn and is being co-sponsored by four local organizations in an effort to shine the spotlight on local small businesses.
The Orillia Business Association (OBA), the City of Orillia's Economic Development Committee (EDC), the Orillia and Area Community Development...
Local Business Headed To The White House
Posted on Monday, April 02, 2012 07:45 AM
Packet & Times
An Orillia business owner will be showcasing his environmentally-friendly water dispenser at the most famous venue in the world — provided he passes the Secret Service background check.
Paul Baker from Event Water Solutions has been invited to provide his bottle-free water solution at the annual Easter Egg Roll on the White House lawn, taking place April 9.
"It will be a big moment for us. Everyone is pretty happy to go," he said, noting that he and two other Orillia employees will...
Tourism is a 'Fragmented' Market
Posted on Wednesday, March 28, 2012 11:45 AM
Tom Zizys, left, presenter at the Snapshot of Employment in Tourism for Simcoe and Muskoka, speaks Wednesday with Susan Laycock, executive director of the Simcoe Muskoka Workforce Development Board, and Dan Landry, economic development manager with the City of Orillia.
More than 24,000 people in Simcoe County and Muskoka are employed in the tourism sector, accounting for 12% and 18.4% of total jobs, respectively - about double the provincial average.
Simcoe County and Muskoka have a large share...
Former Atlas Block site Getting New Life
Posted on Friday, March 09, 2012 04:15 AM
The Packet & Times
The former Atlas Block property is closer to becoming the site of residential and commercial developments.
The property's present zoning is "restricted industrial."
Titan Homes is looking to rezone the 9.5-acre property in three different ways to allow for the construction of 120 apartment units in the form of eight-storey buildings, 178 townhouses and future commercial uses.
"It would be our goal to use strong architectural control to make this gateway into Orillia a beautiful...
Building Boom Taking Shape
Posted on Monday, February 27, 2012 06:15 AM
The Packet & Times
A condominium development planned for the site of the former Atlas Block manufacturing plant is a sign of Orillia's thriving construction industry, according to the Orillia and District Construction Association (ODCA).
In the zoning and draft-plan approval stage, the proposed 177-unit, 9.5-acre site is one of a few planned projects that point to healthy growth in housing development for the upcoming year, said Joe Emmons, a director with the ODCA.
"Orillia is going to get busier...
