StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Enticing Cakes, Riverside Respite, Power Hour and Lakefield Hot Chocolate Festival

PTBOCanada is delighted to be running StoosNews columns each week here, spotlighting new businesses and startups in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Here is this week’s edition…

Enticing Cakes opens Tuesday in Lakefield.

Founded in 2011, Enticing Cakes offers over 60 different cupcake and cake flavours, pies, squares, tarts, cookies and macarons, as well as catering services for Weddings and special occasions. They can customize wedding cakes, dessert trays, cupcake and cake towers or dessert bars and they offer rentals, delivery and set up. The new Lakefield location, at 18 Queen St. includes new treats and expanded hours.

Tammy Fraley launched her new business last week.

Riverside Respite Adult Day Program offers a program for adults with a developmental disability including meals and snacks, life skills, a sensory room, supervision for ADLs, a mechanical lift, diabetic monitoring, assistance with feeding and medications and more. Tammy is accepting clients now at 705-875-3421.

A lot of businesses and organizations are having conversations around Diversity Equity and Inclusion and are either actively creating a DEI workplace or would like to.

EQU Consulting can help. Founders Marlene Morrison Nicholls, Rachael Nicholls, and Lisa Trefzger, along with associate Ashley Lamothe, have teamed up to help your organization stand out by welcoming everyone in. They can help you design training and policy development that focuses on creating a welcoming, barrier-free and shame-free culture. Services include team and leadership training, DEI Policy and Practice Review and Ongoing Consulting Support.

The annual Chamber of Commerce Power Hour runs February 24th from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Stonehouse Hall.

Our four elected leaders, MP Michelle Ferreri, MPP Dave Smith, Mayor Jeff Leal, and County Warden Bonnie Clark, will take to the stage to answer questions of interest to the business community. It’s an award-winning event and a must-attend for local business.

You have until the end of this week to check out the annual Lakefield Hot Chocolate Festival.

There are 10 participating businesses so you won’t have to look far to find a nice warm treat.

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