Category: Business
Petition launched in support of farmers’ market at Village Square Park
UPDATE: Click here for more about the initiative to bring a farmers’ market to Stittsville… Suzanne Bird, the owner of the old log building at Village Square Park, has launched a…
New barbershop blends old style with new features
(ABOVE: Photo by Devyn Barrie.) After a collective 22 years at Heads Up Barbershop on Stittsville Main Street, two local barbers are going it alone with their own enterprise, the…
Two new buildings proposed for Shoppes at Fairwinds
The City of Ottawa has received a site plan proposal for two new buildings in the Shoppes at Fairwinds shopping area, at 5705 Hazeldean in front of the Food…
BITTERSWEET: Sobeys owner retiring after decades in grocery biz
(PHOTO: Tim Laplante is retiring after 47 years in the grocery business. Photo by Barry Gray.) After nearly five decades in the grocery business, the owner of the Stittsville Sobeys…
LINKED: Ashton General Store to close
'Like Cheers without the alcohol': After 150 years, Ashton General Store to close https://t.co/w3cHMm4Kpd pic.twitter.com/4UGEuGbGDe — Ottawa Citizen (@OttawaCitizen) April 8, 2016 The Ottawa Citizen reports on the closure of…
The Glen’s James Clarke plans restaurant at Amberwood golf course
File photo by Barry Gray. Stittsville restauranteur James Clarke of The Glen (pictured above with his mom Kathleen McConville) plans to open a restaurant at the Amberwood golf course called…
New medical lab opens on Stittsville Main
Rapid population growth and a large senior population convinced Dynacare to open a new medical lab on Stittsville Main Street. The new location at 1609 Stittsville Main Street (next to…
New Orangetheory gym opening next to Food Basics on Hazeldean
Orangetheory Fitness, a new gym on Hazeldean Road next to the Food Basics, is expected to open later this spring. “We are under construction now and our sign should ideally be…
COMMENT: Seven reasons why a proposed drive-thru doesn’t fit on Stittsville Main
Is a drive-thru appropriate on a traditional main street? In some places yes, but the drive-thru proposed for Stittsville Main Street falls far short of what city planners say should be allowed. A fast food…
Fast food restaurant proposed on Stittsville Main near Brown’s
There’s a new site site plan control posted to the City’s web site with a proposal to “construct a one storey fast food restaurant with associated drive through”. “The requested…
COMMENT: Local shops are part of our small-town charm
(ABOVE: Renee Saunders, owner of the recently-opened Sweet Room Bakery Boutique on Stittsville Main Street. Photo by Barry Gray.) If Stittsville’s small-town feel is something that’s important to you, take…
Andrew King reimagines the Bradley-Craig Farm
Does suburban commercial development always have to be so bland? Why do builders tend to bulldoze everything and start from scratch? What if we applied a bit of vision and imagination to…
FIRESTONE: Short term pain, long term gain if Sens ever move
(ABOVE: A screen capture from an early 1990s video. Bruce Firestone talks to reporters on the Huntmar Bridge overlooking the farmer’s field that would eventually become the Palladium, now known…
SWEET! New bakery set to open this week on Stittsville Main
UPDATE, JANUARY 16: A note from Renee: “We’re training in the kitchen and on the tills today (Saturday) from 10am onward, so come on by and put us to the test!…
New site plan control for auto body shop on Hazeldean
There’s a new site plan control application posted for an auto body shop at 6801 Hazeldean Road, west of Stittsville near Jinkinson. There’s been a sign at that location for…