StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Katherine's Flower Shop, PTBO Chamber and Shop Local
/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…
Katherine’s Flower Shop recently opened in Bridgenorth.
Located at 889 Ward St., owner Kate offers a full-service shop with bouquets readily available for every occasion. Wedding arrangements can be customized or ready-made to suit all your needs. Specially trained, Kate can handle any occasion and you can check out her work in her online gallery at katherineflowershop.ca.
The Chamber of Commerce Holiday Gift Guide has lots of great local gift ideas for you, from gift cards to tech, to food, to cool experiences, check it out at lovelocalholidays.ca.
The Chamber is also partnering with Peterborough and the Kawarthas Economic Development, Community Futures Peterborough, the DBIA and the Innovation Cluster to present the Ugly Sweater Holiday Party tomorrow evening (Dec. 6) at The Social Pub. There will be live music, snacks, games, awesome door prizes and of course, some ugly sweaters. Food, Fun, and Familiar faces from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at The Social Pub 295 George St. N. in Downtown Peterborough. Masks are welcome.
As we head into the month of December, here is a shoutout to the many local businesses, charities and not-for-profit organizations who continue to climb out of nearly three years of incredible challenges.
The pandemic has affected us all but we still have the opportunity to make choices, and wherever we can, we should be choosing local. Make sure that your Christmas gift list includes local businesses. Make sure that your entertainment budget includes special events like Market Hall’s In From The Cold, an amazing fundraiser for the YES Shelter this Friday and Saturday (Dec. 9 & 10). Make sure that your holiday spirit includes a donation to a local charity. Peterborough City and County is a strong community, based on strong traditions.
As times change, as we emerge from one of the greatest challenges, we as a society have ever met, let’s make sure we know who we are buying from and who we are giving to…
