StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Ken Currie, Right Up My Alley, Sanctuary Flower Fields and Mark Million

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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…

Ken Currie recently launched his own business, specializing in residential design and construction consulting.

Currie has a long history including in the construction trades, as a Chief Building Official and as a Director of Planning and Building. Add Residential Designer and you have someone who can handle all forms of residential permit drawings, planning applications for Minor Variances, and Re-Zonings. From drawings to permit applications, Ken Currie is the guy to call at 705-977-5561.

Tweed has a new bowling alley. Called Right Up My Alley, the new business also includes a restaurant with a farm-to-table approach, featuring locally sourced organic meats, produce and dairy.

The menu is a reflection of the seasons but you can count on everything from complex to comfort food, pub grub, with gluten-free, vegetarian, vegan, halal and kosher options. For details on the bowling leagues and schedules visit rightupmyalleytweed.com

After 14 years as a Peterborough County/City Paramedic, Kelly Convery is switching from the frontline to flower farming.

Called Sanctuary Flower Fields, Kelly offers a variety of services including floral design, U-Pick and Photography opportunities. Located in Ennismore, Kelly’s seasonal flowers are started from seed, thoughtfully picked and creatively arranged and the Flower Field is a big hit with local Photographers. For details visit

Congratulations to Mark Million, the new Director of Merchandise for the Peterborough Petes.

Million takes over from Don Sharp who built the Petes Store into a thriving entity at the Memorial Centre. Million is a graduate of the Fleming College Sporting Goods Business program and operates his own sports apparel-related store in Downtown Peterborough called The Capital PTBO.

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