Good Luck Dragon Boaters
THE FESTIVAL HAS RAISED MORE THAN $2 MILLION SINCE IT LAUNCHED IN 2003
Courtesy of Barrie 360 Ian MacLennan Published: Aug 19th, 2022
Kempenfelt Bay will be a paddler’s paradise on Saturday as the Dragon Boat Festival returns to Barrie after a two-year absence because of the pandemic.
The festival is organized by the Barrie Public Library and has raised more than $2 million over the past 17 years for the library and local charities.
In fact, Chris Vanderkruys, the library’s director of business and development, says the festival has helped the library raise needed funds to branch out to its Painswick location in south Barrie and most recently the opening of a smaller facility in the Holly neighbourhood.
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Patricia is the Business Mentor and owner of Grow Vantage and a Past President of the Barrie Chamber of Commerce. She applies over 30 years of business experience (from start-up to corporate) to mentor entrepreneurs. Since 2011, she has held over 6,500 coaching and training sessions in-person and online. Through Ask For Directions Training, her entrepreneurial training program (and parent company Grow Vantage), and as a business coach, she works with start-ups who are new (or who have lost traction) to design, launch and grow their businesses. Along with 20 other expert instructors she teaches strategies in marketing, sales, communications, and finance, as well as practical techniques to increase productivity, and manage their businesses. In other words, everything entrepreneurs need to learn to grow and run their businesses successfully, and avoid the costly mistakes they can't even see coming - that lead to delays in growth and getting stuck.
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