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“Streets of Downtown: Member Musings” New Weekly Blog Series

Streets of Downtown: Member Musings is a new weekly blog series written and contributed by Downtown Stratford Members of our community. Business owners, passionate employees, and community enthusiasts, “experts in their fields”, will share their wisdom with us every Thursday.

We’re thrilled to offer a platform where we can all learn and grow as a community. Expect expert points of view on the cultural impact of dining downtown, ways to move your body to keep you safe, the impact of public art, downtown past year reflections, using your small business to create and support community, the ins and outs of the world of insurance or law, business growth, employment opportunities.

April is Earth Month where you can expect to see topics such as tackling the beauty industry, slow fashion, active transportation, and more.

The first Streets of Downtown: Member Musings blog post will be published on Thursday, March 7th at noon, then weekly on that day and time going forward. Check back here and on socials for future posts.

The unofficial series began at the launch of our website. See past and future contributions on our Member Musings HERE. Like Many LIves of Market Square where April Taylor talks about Market Square’s rich (and super cool) history. Or business advice from Holly Mortimer of the Stratford-Perth Centre for Business.

Now we need you as a community to tell us what you’d like to learn from our downtown experts.

Are you a downtown business member and would like to contribute? Email [email protected] and chat with Sara about your ideas.

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