Local Success Stories 

Living Water Resort – on workforce challenges, attraction and retention Most people in and around Collingwood have some awareness of Living Water Resorts. Cranberry Golf Course, Bear Estate, Living Water Resort & Spa, Living Water Marina and other Living Water...

The Story of Heretic Spirits'Do you remember your first bite of cotton candy? As you held it, you may have contemplated why anyone would put a cotton ball in their mouth, but as the cloud-like treat touched your tongue and melted into sugary crystals that coated your...

The Story of Georgian Bay Spirit Co.Georgian Bay Spirit Company took the craft beverage world by storm when they released their first canned cocktail, the Georgian Bay Gin Smash, in the spring of 2016. The success of this revolutionary product hinged on two very...

¡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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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...

MEDAtech Engineering The future is electric.MEDATech Engineering: Mining vehicles, construction vehicles and municipal maintenance vehicles are typically powered by industrial diesel engines. Collingwood’s MEDATech Engineering knows there’s a better option, namely...

Ocean tech on the upswing Sensor Technology finds skills locally, expands in N.S.We first covered Sensor Technology Ltd what seems like a long time ago, way back in February 2019. At the time, the Collingwood-based piezoelectric ceramics world leader had just opened a...

Covid? There’s an app for that. Rappid Design tackles the novel coronavirusWe first covered Collingwood’s Rappid Software Design, brainchild of founder David Reynolds and Sonja Hamilton, in September 2020. Since then, the software pathfinders have engineered a cure...

Husband and wife team, Cheryl McMenemy and Alex Yuen, opened the doors of The Collingwood Olive Oil Company in May of 2014. Alex, a native of Collingwood, is best known for managing the original Bamboo Terrace Restaurant.

Black Bellows Brewing Company operates a craft brewery, restaurant, and fully-stocked bottle shop on the corner of Simcoe and Sainte Marie in downtown Collingwood. The brewery officially opened its doors in 2020.

Why Deke expanded from Colorado to Collingwood
For Dave Maney, the decision to trade Colorado for Collingwood was a highly calculated and successful one. He is a Stanford GSB graduate, business journalist and former economic commentator at Forbes, the…

Irwin Toycoon’s COVID illness leads to Collingwood PPE factory What do you do when COVID-19 makes you terribly sick? You figure out a way to reduce the chance of that happening to others. That’s the case with George…

Most CEOs are obsessed with progress. But Mark Palmer has long been focused on the lack of it, at least when it comes to efforts in Canada to adapt faster to climate change and address the many issues of concern that are beginning to emerge as…

‘Tesla of underground mining’ digs deep to drive innovation.Living up to lofty corporate comparisons can be a daunting prospect when you’re known as the ‘Tesla of underground mining.’ But the team at MacLean Engineering has never been one to shy away from a challenge....