Editorial by Anna Proctor

A Doozie of a 20th Anniversary Year

We are almost halfway through our 20th anniversary year, and it’s been a doozie!

We were nominated for the Customer Service Excellence Award at the Oro-Medonte Chamber of Commerce Business Awards Gala…and WE WON!

We were nominated for the Strengthening Orillia and Lake Country Award at the Orillia Chamber of Commerce Business Achievement Awards…and WE WON!

We co-hosted a very fun and successful Oro-Medonte Chamber of Commerce Business After 6 event with/at The Heights, and received a certificate from the Township of Oro-Medonte for our 20th anniversary year, as well as had a lot of fun with many of our loyal advertisers and writers.

Stay tuned for another anniversary event at the Hawkestone Hall, where it all started, on September 20…more details coming soon!

We do feel so honoured to be recognized by our community, in these categories that mean the most to us. We are all about customer service, to our advertisers, writers, and readers. And we are definitely all about strengthening our community, and the incredible area we live in.

And, summer’s coming…we can feel it!

Get out there in this most beautiful of places. Enjoy and support the small businesses, and the local events and venues that make our communities so wonderful. Check out our advertisers, and our event calendar, to see where you should be, this summer.

And, enter our contest! Who doesn’t want to hit up a local park, or five, or thirty, in the summertime?

And, see you at the Orillia Opera House for summer theatre; Lakeside Live for free lakeside concerts; Orillia Canada Day; the Ramara Car Show for the best in classic cars; Pride weekend in Orillia; and Mariposa Folk Festival!

Let’s have a summer to remember, in North Simcoe. We are community!

 Some highlights from “The Heights” and our Business After 5 Event with the Oro-Medonte Chamber of Commerce”