Our Community Leaders - Ontario Community Awareness Network
‘It takes a village to raise a child’ is an old African proverb. Its meaning is that an entire community of people must interact with children for them to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment. The villagers look out for the children as a collective.
Such a community view provides strength and stability to all
The same can be said for a ‘village’ such as Barrie, where our businesses, our community, our charities, and our economy are uniquely interlinked. We are not like the mega-city to our south, and most of us do not want to be absorbed into the massive GTA as has occurred to so many smaller cities, towns, and villages. Barrie, Ontario, is unique, and some of us want to keep it that way.
United we stand, divided we fall!
Below is a list of the business community partners of Barrie who support all sides of our city. They have joined with us to stand for our community, and to promote the idea of local first. These businesses are listed in alphabetical order as to their industry. Please support them as they do you.
Your organization doesn't have the budget to compete with large national advertisers. You don’t have the time to be crafting social media updates on a daily basis. What you DO have is the ability to ENGAGE your customers online using social media, dynamic web content, and blogs.
Assisting You Social creates engaging, likable, shareable posts on your behalf up to three times per day, 7 days a week. Even when you’re not working, your social media is. Assisting You Social knows where your target demographic is online and caters your posts to them so you’ll reach the people who want to see your posts.
Backcountry K9 Kennel is a new, clean, and purposefully designed dog care facility, located at 5524 Side-road 30 in Utopia; just one rural block south of Highway 90. It is convenient to both Barrie and Angus but retains all the country charm of being a little off the beaten track.
The custom-built facilities are centred on a cozy ten-acre lot that features cut and maintained forest trails, and a pond for optional tethered swimming and cooling in the summer. Backcountry K9 Kennel is family owned and operated, and our staff live on-site. This enables us to provide twenty-four-hour supervision.
Beauty and Babes offers a full range of salon and spa services for every person.
A talented team of Beauty & Aesthetic professionals led by stylist and entrepreneur Melissa Ferguson, the salon boasts a staff dedicated to the education and advancement of aesthetic services.
In supporting participants in the development of Social Skills, Checkered Door Inclusion Associates will use the Social Thinking® Methodology created by Michelle Garcia Winner. The daily program will offer structured social learning activities, derived from Social Thinking® Curriculum, which can be applied to group activities both in the Centre and in the Community. Social Thinking® is a term coined by Michelle Garcia Winner, CCC-SLP and represents a flexible, systems-based teaching methodology consisting of curricula, vocabulary, teaching tools, and strategies for individuals aged preschool through adults. Learn more at www.socialthinking.com.
Enterprise Mechanical offers HVAC sales, service and installation in Barrie, Elmvale and surrounding areas. You can expect safe, honest and dependable service from our highly trained, licensed and insured technicians. We work with industry leading manufacturers to offer you the best equipment at prices you can afford. And also provide rental and financing options on furnace, air-conditioner, fireplace, and water heaters for your convenience. Enterprise Mechanical technicians are fully licensed and insured, they are also your neighbors! We live, raise our families and work in the same communities you do. You can expect safe, dependable and efficient service every time from our dedicated technicians. Enterprise Mechanical has been the trusted HVAC service provider for almost 20 years in Simcoe County and we will continue to be here for many years to come!
Are you feeling overwhelmed with the demands of life?
Don’t settle for anything less than your happiness. You can make a change. At Family TLC we believe everyone deserves a fresh start.
We will assist you in gaining insight into life lessons while adopting crucial skills that are needed to achieve peace and balance through the unpredictable storms of life.
We want to help you achieve success through your process to personal growth through our therapeutic method.
Growing Minds Learning Centre provides a fun and safe environment for children ages 12 months right up to 6 years of age.
Growing Minds Learning Centre provides a secure, supportive and trusting environment in which children are recognized as being competent, capable, curious and rich in potential. It is an inclusive, play-based learning space in which children develop and grow at their own pace. The goals of our programme are to nurture independent thought and action, self-confidence, self-regulation, co-operation and social skills. We believe that families are an integral part of our programme and that by forming trusting relationships with them we provide a strong sense of belonging and collaboration.
Supporting Social Distancing ... One Canadian Toggle at a Time!
- We are a Canadian Company and all products are made in Barrie, Ontario.
- Personal protection for everyone - essential workers, businesses and families seeking extra protection.
- OUR CORE FEATURES INCLUDE:
- Washable, with three layers and an additional Filter Pocket, adding a forth layer of protection to you and those around you
- NO FOGGING - All masks include a wire nose and are highly breathable (Proven not to fog up glasses!)
- Our wearables include the Canadian Toggle (Patent Pending), which offers complete flexibility as our products adjust to how you want to wear them!
- One size fits all comfortably
Imagine Laserworks is a natural health centre that uses advanced complementary drug-free therapies in areas of addictions and self improvement. Low level laser is used on acupressure points on the body particular to the therapy session that is chosen. The principals of caring is was makes our centre unique and we pride ourselves in being caring lifestyle change facilitators. We have sessions for smoking cessation, weight loss/management, drug and alcohol addictions, pain relief, anxiety, stress, depression and much more.
Committed to understanding and fulfilling our client’s needs with excellence and caring, Latchman Insurance Brokers Limited has served clients in southern Ontario since 1957. In 2007, we opened a Barrie office. We provide a diverse range of resilient insurance products and personal financial services.
Robyn H. Latchman, a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Chartered Life Underwriter, brings 20+ years of experience to her role as a financial advisor and insurance specialist.
We sell, design, install, repair and rent most any electronic items and setups.
Whether you're organizing a big event or your television has stopped working, we deliver results you will see and hear.
At Michael Enterprise Audio & Visual we'll never recommend a piece of equipment that we wouldn't use ourselves and our technicians treat every project like it's their own, meaning no small detail is over looked.
Don’t settle for anything less than your happiness. You can make a change. At Family TLC we believe everyone deserves a fresh start.
We will assist you in gaining insight into life lessons while adopting crucial skills that are needed to achieve peace and balance through the unpredictable storms of life.
We want to help you achieve success through your process to personal growth through our therapeutic method.
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Theatre by the Bay is a professional theatre company seeking to grow the Central Ontario arts community by empowering local theatre artists, engaging local audiences with high quality programming, and telling stories that engage the diverse peoples of Barrie and Central Ontario.
It is also our mission to hire performers, designers, and technical staff, wherever possible, from the local area. We strive to increase job opportunities in the region, generate support for the arts from local businesses and individuals, and create arts education programs to generate a well-educated, interconnected, and capable arts community.
3B Solutions is the commercial video production company that owns and operates the OCANetwork, also known as Five Points Media, and the Ontario Community Awareness Network. Our diverse crew bring with them more than 30 years of international experience working in news, documentaries, corporate video, stage productions, and various other related media. Throughout the past five years, from 2014-2019, our crew has been chosen to be the ‘Best Videographers in Barrie”. This determination has been made by local business owners, by the reviews of our clients, and by the assessment of experts at Three Best Rated, an independent consumer advocacy group. Both companies maintain a five star status on both Google and Facebook.
