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Date: Jun 02, 2008

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In celebration of Earth Week, members of the Southern Georgian Bay Real Estate Association launched their first Realtor Clean-Up Day. Realtors, their friends, families and members of the public joined forces to assemble crews to clean up Midland, Penetanguishene, Severn, Springwater, and Tay and Tiny Townships. “The goal is to clean up garbage and other debris in pre-determined areas that were identified by the towns and townships as requiring additional attention,” said Re/Max agent Monica McCready.
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Need to maximize the tools available in your Office Suite software package? Customized training is coming directly to your team via a newly launched series of interactive online webinars developed and delivered by corporate educators Clickety-Quick Business Solutions and Training. Company president Deborah Alcock announced this expansion of services as the first step in what will be a full complement of online offerings. “It’s a natural progression from our on-site custom courses and desk-side training and support that now provides a full range of cost-effective solutions with maximum flexibility for our clients,” says Alcock. The first series of webinars, featuring Excel and Outlook, gets underway May 26. To register or for more information, visit www.clickety-quick.com.
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Barrie’s Living Edge Photography held a grand opening recently, with the mayor and local councillor in attendance. Living Edge Photography is a home-based business that services Simcoe County with a mobile studio. Call Chantal Sirois at 770-3434 or visit www.livingedge.ca.
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PostNet, a boutique business support centre, was to open May 5 in Barrie. The store is located in the new Food Basics Plaza and provides printing and shipping to small- to medium-sized business owners. Services include in-house graphic design, digital printing, copying, packaging, courier service with the recent addition of Canada Post, which allows PostNet Barrie access to its vast mailing and shipping methods. PostNet has grown to more than 900 franchises throughout North America and abroad and is working towards a goal of 1,500 global franchises within three to five years.
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The United Way of Greater Simcoe County (UWGSC) honoured its volunteers with a special celebration at the Robert Simpson Brewing Company in Barrie. “Our organization is penetrated with volunteers at multiple levels,” said Seija Suutari, executive director UWGSC. “We have volunteers that are Board members. We have volunteers that lead our annual campaign on Campaign Cabinet ... They truly inspire us,” she said. The event was sponsored by Spa Lumina in Barrie.
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Royal LePage The Beach and Beyond Realty is announcing a merger with two other area real estate agencies and will now go under the name Royal Le Page In Touch Realty Inc. The Beach and Beyond owner George Watson says he has sold the franchise, consisting of 14 agents working out of two offices, but will be staying on as broker and manager of the two Wasaga Beach offices. Watson has sold to Dino Melchior of Royal Le Page First Contact based in Barrie and Don Thorogood of Royal Le Page First Contact based in Midland and Penetanguishene, who will now share joint ownership of In Touch Realty. While the Midland/Penetanguishene agency will come under the In Touch banner, the Barrie agency will remain under the First Contact banner. In total, the group will have about 170 agents working out of about 10 offices, said Watson. Watson, also a municipal councillor in Wasaga Beach, has been working in the real estate business since 1973 but formed his own business in 1995. “In a nutshell it’s a little less responsibility for myself, a little less stress and those things because certain functions like the accounting part will be taken off my hands. It actually frees me up to probably sell more real estate,” said Watson.”I am not slowing down ... To me it is just business as usual, it’s just a new company name, a larger company, more opportunity to grow and that’s how I am looking at it as a real positive.”