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Spaces for Lease in Orillia City Centre
Posted on Friday, September 26, 2014 11:30 AM
Located in Downtown Orillia, space is available on the first floor of the Orillia City Centre. Space is fully accessible and offers competitive lease rates. Location has high pedestrian traffic with ample parking nearby.
Examples of allowable uses include, but are not limited to; business office, fitness club, day nursery, retail use, café, take-out restaurant, coffee shop, and service repair shop.
Location: Orillia City Centre, 50 Andrew Street South, OrilliaProperty Type: Professional...
Collaboration key to tourism success
Posted on Friday, September 26, 2014 10:30 AM
Local tourism operators say the way to grow the industry in the region is by working together.
By being knowledgeable about what’s available in the area, businesses are helping themselves, said Christi Spriggs, manager of Bayview Wildwood Resort.
“I can’t keep them happy at just Bayview,” she said. “I want to hear about all the other things.”
Spriggs was among about 20 representatives from local tourism businesses and management organizations who offered input Thursday at Hawk Ridge Golf and...
Students get a lesson in mentorship
Posted on Friday, September 26, 2014 10:30 AM
Orillia Packet & Times
Lakehead University students will create and run an after-school program in three Orillia elementary schools this school year.
The program is a partnership between Lakehead and Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orillia and District.
“This is a very practical, hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves example of what a university can do in a community and how important it is for universities to re-engage with their communities and to be partners in that process,” said Frank Cappadocia,...
Smoke alarms save lives!
Posted on Thursday, September 25, 2014 07:30 AM
For immediate release (September 25, 2014) – Working smoke alarms can make a life-saving difference in a fire. That’s the message behind this year’s Fire Prevention Week campaign, “Working Smoke Alarms Save Lives: Test Yours Every Month!”
According to the latest NFPA research, working smoke alarms cut the chance of dying in a fire in half. Meanwhile, almost two-thirds of home fire deaths resulted from fires in homes with no smoke alarms or no working smoke alarms.
“In a fire, seconds count,” said...
Docs breathe new life into old building
Posted on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 07:15 AM
Two local doctors have invested thousands of dollars to inject new life into a shuttered former convenience store, transforming the long-dormant building into a modern medical office.
“We love the city,” said Dr. Nabil Beshay, who, along with his wife, Dr. Nivine Elgwaidy, decided to purchase the building when the lease on their Memorial Avenue office was nearing expiration. “Orillia is a great size, it’s not far from Toronto, where our sons live … it’s where we want to be.”
Elgwaidy agrees.
“We...
