The Business Beat submitted by Joel Wiebe
There’s a new events space in Brookdale Plaza at 861 Chemong Road called Grand Events. Owner and operator Leslie Grand is a local teacher who loves spending time meeting new people and providing people with special ways to celebrate life events. She offers a stress-free space where you can host a party without worrying about cleanup. There are pre-planned custom-themed parties to make planning easy. They set up the party, provide the games and fun, and clean it all up when you’re done. Grand Events will also be hosting community building events like coffee and tea socials, youth nights, and artisan craft shows. Find out more at grandevents.ca.
Looking for treats for your four-legged friend? Downtown Peterborough’s Blackhoney is going beyond
its bakery to offer a BARKery. The menu includes some creative options like bacon cheddar pupcakes,
spinach and carrot yappetizers, and a canine crunchies with peanuts, apple and carrot. The BARKery
offers specialty items to help with their joints, calm and relax them, or help them take their pills. Drop
by 217 Hunter Street, in behind the coffee house, with your furry friend and get some treats for
everyone.
The owners of The Original Spaghetti House have opened Peterborough’s newest sandwich eatery at
their 512 George Street South location. Big Papa Sandwich offers quality cuisine with hand picked
ingredients. Sandwiches include chicken, veal, meatball, steak, and sauteed veggie. Takeout and delivery
are available. Check them out at the corner of George and Lansdowne streets.
A Peterborough company is looking to 3D print houses. Cormor, which is lead by Dwight Corcoran and
Neil Morton, have machinery that uses innovative technology to print homes out of concrete. It’s the
first large-scale 3D concrete printer in Canada. They’re looking to build homes as well as commercial and
industrial buildings through modular and on-site construction. The process offers a cost-effective and
quick way to build high-quality and sustainable buildings.