Open Air Dunlop
Keep up to date with what’s new in the neighbourhood by visiting downtownbarrie.ca  Enjoy a day of Open Air Dunlop fun, including: 8:00 am Free Yoga Class with True You Studio, meet in Meridian Place 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Visit the Barrie Farmers Market at City Hall and celebrate the harvest season. It’s one of the tastiest times of year. 9:00 am to 1:00 pm Free Art Activity with Art by Alexandra. Create a beautiful butterfly using oil pastels. Find her setup by the Fab Tray Alleyway near P_ZZA 10:00 am Free Yoga Class with Nook Yoga on Dunlop Street near Meridian Place 10:00 am to 2:00 pm Drop by 93 Dunlop Street East, near the Swift Mural in the Lakeshore Mews Alleyway, to find Amber from Drawing House and try your hand at painting with water colours 11:00 am The Expedition Project popup by artists Jocelyn Chassie, Ryley James and Kiara Edwards: working over the summer to create a collaborative mural project, this Saturday will your last chance to see them creating in person, before the work is unveiled at Spare Room Barrie on September 16th. 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Paint or write on smooth stones with Lewis the Artist. Create a keepsake for yourself or someone you cherish. Find them setup by the Fab Tray Alleyway near P_ZZA 1:00 pm Free Pilates Class on Dunlop Street near Meridian Place with Jim from Namaste North 1:00 pm to 5:00 pm Celebrate the public art popping up in Downtown Barrie and create a mini mural of your own with artist Monica Loney. Find her by the ‘Elevate’ hot air balloon mural by the Donaleighs alleyway. 4:00 pm Free Drop by Dance Class on Dunlop Street near Meridian Place with Uptempo Dance Studio. Join in and feel the rhythm  The Downtown Barrie BIA is excited to announce and present a Gordon Lightfoot Tribute as part of the upcoming Open Air Dunlop on Saturday September 9 2023 for the entire day. The tribute will include ‘Sound and Sight’ of Gordon Lightfoot’s influential musical career. Local musicians will be performing at Downtown venues from 9am – 10pm with Gordon Lightfoot influenced and inspired set lists. 9am – 10:30am: Homestead Bakery12-noon – 1:30pm: Kenzington’s Burger Bar1:30pm – 3:00pm: The Queens Hotel3:00 – 4:30pm: Donaleighs Irish Public House & CW Coops5pm – 6:15pm: Meridian Place Stage, Downtown Barrie presents: Jerry Leger, A Gordon Lightfoot Tribute Performance7pm – 8:30pm: Flying Monkeys Craft BreweryDusk (~8:30pm): Meridian Place Stage, Barrie Film Festival presents: Gordon Lightfoot: If You Could Read My Mind  Also on September 9th, The Barrie Kiwanis Club is having a ‘Kiwanis Children’s Day‘ from 10 am to 3 pm at Meridian Place. Free and geared to children 12 and under and their parents. Check out ‘Zoo to You’ animals, reptiles, mammals and exotics and a ‘Stay Safe’ presentation from the Barrie Police and Fire departments. Face Painting, Arts & Crafts and much more! And you can also check out Barrie Unity Fest on September 9th! Browse local plant-based food and artisan vendors on Dunlop Street West.  Stop by the Lakeshore Mews to see Downtown Barrie’s newest mural in progress by Blazeworks  Yesterday was also day one of an alley jam behind the pink building. We’re so grateful to the artists donating their time and skill to bring positivity and hope to this space. Stop by today to see @brunosmoky @shalakattack @whos_one and @aotr_murals in action. Thanks you to @nbq_canada for donating the spraypaint for this uplifting project. And to the @unitycommunitycleanup crew for cleaning the alleyway. Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much. |
Business Mentor & CEO at Grow Vantage & Ask For Directions Training
Business Mentor at Ask For Directions Training and Grow Vantage
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.
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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