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Bruce Head is kawarthaNOW.com's managing editor, chief technical officer, and a contributing writer. If he has any spare time, he enjoys songwriting, playing acoustic guitar, and taking photos of Cait the border collie.
Our look back at business and organizational news in 2019 in Peterborough and the Kawarthas includes this past summer's launch of the Trent-Severn Trail Town program, Canada's first waterway "trail town" program that links communities along the Trent-Severn Waterway (including Campbellford, Hastings, Lakefield, Buckhorn, Lindsay, Bobcaygeon, Fenelon Falls, Coboconk, and Rosedale) to encourage regional tourism and support local business. Pictured at the August 22nd launch at Ranney Falls (Locks 11-12) in Campbellford (from left to right): Cycle Forward founder and trail town consultant Amy Camp, Northumberland-Peterborough South MP Kim Rudd, Kawarthas Northumberland/Regional Tourism Organization 8 (RTO8) Executive Director Brenda Wood, Parks Canada Associate Director for Ontario Waterways Dwight Blythe, and Northumberland-Peterborough South MPP David Piccini. (Photo courtesy of RTO8)

businessNOW – Our top business headlines from 2019

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A look back at the top business and organizational news from the past year.
Six local small business owners have each received a $5,000 micro-grant to help them grow their businesses under the Starter Company Plus program, funded by the Ontario government and administered through the Peterborough & the Kawarthas Business Advisory Centre. From left to right: Rooted Lavender, Organized by Design, Wilde Beauty, Kawartha Complete Care, Your Second Family - Respite Services, and B & B Game Designs. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough & the Kawarthas Economic Development)

businessNOW – December 10, 2019

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Featuring Starter Company Plus funding for six local entrepreneurs, Watson & Lou winning downtown Peterborough holiday window contest, Ontario government investing $1.5 million in local aviation and aerospace sector, and more.
Sandra Young has opened a new vintage clothing shop called Statement House at 378 Water Street in downtown Peterborough. The retail shop specializes in vintage clothing from the 1940s to the 1960s, and also carries new or gently used items with a vintage or retro feel. (Photo courtesy of Statement House)

businessNOW – December 3, 2019

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Featuring new vintage clothing shop Statement House in downtown Peterborough, an award for The Kawartha Store in Fenelon Falls, Crayola Canada donating $45,132 to the United Way, and more.
The Monarch Ultra team at a reception in Apaseo El Alto in Guanajuato, Mexico for the Monarch Ultra runners. In total, 46 ultra-runners participated in the relay that departed Peterborough, Canada on September 19, 2019 and arrived at the Cerro Pelon Monarch Butterfly Sanctuary in Mexico's Sierra Madre Mountains on November 4, 2019. The seven-week journey followed the 4,300-kilometre migratory path of the monarch butterfly, all to raise awareness of the plight of the monarch buttefly and other pollinators whose populations are in steep decline. (Photo: Rodney Fuentes)

Monarch Ultra Relay successfully completes epic 4,300-kilometre run from Canada to Mexico

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Project raised awareness of plight of monarch butterfly, second relay run being planned for 2021.
Peterborough Downtown Business Improvement Area (DBIA) executive director Terry Guiel and marketing committee member Julie Morris with Gail and John Martin, owners of John Roberts Clothiers, one of 100 downtown businesses participating in Black Friday and the Holiday Shopping Passport program, where you can win prizes by choosing local first for your holiday shopping. (Photo courtesy of Peterborough DBIA)

businessNOW – November 26, 2019

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Featuring Black Friday in downtown Peterborough, an international award for Treetop Trekking, a new online auction service from Curated, upcoming regional business events, and more.
Members of the Enactus Fleming College team behind Paper Plant Project (with Fleming College professor of business studies and lead Enactus faculty advisor Raymond Yip Choy at the back) celebrating their win of the grand prize at the fifth annual Cubs' Lair entrepreneurship competition, held on November 21, 2019 at the Gordon Best Theatre in downtown Peterborough. This is the third prize since September for the Paper Plant Project, a social enterprise that produces paper planters from recycled paper waste as educative kits for schools to promote biodegradable practices. (Photo courtesy of Innovation Cluster)

Fleming College students win Cubs’ Lair entrepreneurship competition

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Paper Plant Project produces paper planters from recycled paper waste as educative kits for schools.
The McLean family, owners and operators of McLean and Buckhorn Berry Farms in Lakefield, have been named the Peterborough County's 2019 Farm Family of the Year. Pictured are Erin, Sam, Jenny and Ben, and Jane. (Supplied photo)

businessNOW – November 19, 2019

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Featuring the McLean family as Farm Family of the Year, an innovation award for Charlotte Products' OptiSolve, LLF Lawyers donation to Peterborough Humane Society, The Loomex Group to manage Dryden Regional Airport, and more.
Curve Lake First Nation economic development officer Katie Young-Haddlesey (second from left) is presented with the Economic Development Officer of the Year Award at the Cando Conference in Gatineau, Quebec on October 30, 2019. Cando is an organization that promotes economic development in Indigenous communities across Canada. (Photo: Cando)

businessNOW – November 12, 2019

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Featuring Katie Young-Haddlesey and Curve Lake First Nation, Kawartha Buttertart Factory and The Little Building Company, Plant Goals, Smile & Shine K9, and more.
The new taproom at Fenelon Falls Brewing Co. is now open for business. To start, the taproom will feature five draught beers paired with an all-day menu. (Photo: Deborah Banks / Facebook)

businessNOW – November 5, 2019

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Featuring Fenelon Falls Brewing Co.'s new taproom, Elmhirst's Resort's tourism award, Electric City Works grand opening, Culcherd's dairy-alternative products, Electric City Talks speaker series, Sustain Eco Store grand opening, and more
Northumberland Food for Thought community development coordinator Beth Kolisny and public health dietician Kimberly Leadbeater accept a cheque for $25,000 from Post Consumer Brands on October 15, 2019 in Cobourg. (Photo: Haliburton, Kawartha, Pine Ridge District Health Unit / Facebook)

businessNOW – October 22, 2019

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Featuring Post Consumer Brands in Cobourg, Dooher's Bakery in Campbellford, East City Condos, Junior Achievement Business Hall of Fame, Peterborough Chamber award recipients, and more.
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