News & Stories
A roundup of the latest noteworthy items and stories from Collingwood’s Economic Development team, including news releases and stories.
Collingwood’s Content Guru
¡Outwrite! Communications & Content MarketingWhen was the last time something you said was misunderstood? If you’ve ever travelled to another country, or sent an email for that matter, you can probably think of at least one. In the UK, the words ‘jumper’ and...
Big Ships and Hoppy Sips
The Story of Side Launch Brewing Co.The Early Days If you have ever been lucky enough to visit Side Launch Brewing Company, you may find it hard to imagine a time when their 27,000 square foot space on Mountain Road did not have wall to wall fermentation tanks. Even...
Introducing Collingwood’s Only Bike Café
Summit Social HouseGetting Started Bruce Zigman is the entrepreneur behind another ‘first’ for Collingwood, “bringing insanely good coffee and a first class bike service with a fulltime bike mechanic to an ideally situated café setting.” April 10th, 2021 they opened...
Do you know how to save a life?
Owner of Training for Life, Kathy Boose, has been an integral part of the fabric of Collingwood since 1998. Though the Town has changed a great deal since her arrival, what has remained steady is Kathy’s verve for life and commitment to the health and wellbeing of her...
Kinesiologist Makes Waves as an Aqua Therapy Advocate
You know that feeling you get when you’re swimming, and you stop for a moment to float on your back? You linger there ever so briefly, but with your ears submerged in the water and your toes just barely breaching the surface, you feel totally weightless. For most...
More than a stroke of good luck
If you’ve spent much time in a canoe, you’ll likely be familiar with the ‘J-stroke’. For those who don’t know, the J-stroke is a paddling technique that allows one to propel a canoe forward in a straight line without constantly switching the paddle from side to side....
Collingwood’s Newest Sustainable Beauty Store
Shea Organics is owned and operated by Shay and Katie Riordan, and is a manifestation of Shay’s many passions, which she has spent the bulk of her lifetime cultivating. A self-proclaimed life-long learner, Shay is a trained actress and botanist, but her first passion...
Building Community During COVID
We first wrote about Switch Video way back in February, 2019 when the only face masks in Collingwood were worn by skiers on cold days. Since then, the video marketing company has gone 100% virtual (at least temporarily) and its founder, Brandon Houston, has launched...
