NEWSFLASH – Mary Brown’s Chicken; APAG Electronics Canada; Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association & Megabus
HEARD ON THE STREET SCOOP
Another outlet for Mary Brown’s Chicken and Fat Bastard Burrito Co. is in the works on the Riverside Plaza site, 8480 to 8486 Wyandotte Street East in Windsor. As Jason Baker, Property Manager of Baker Investments Ltd. (owner of the plaza) informs us: “We have two units still available and two units rented. Mary Brown’s Chicken is in the drive thru and Fat Bastard Burrito beside them. We also have wellwise by SHOPPERS taking half the old Giant Tiger space with 6,300 sq. ft. available.” Local companies involved in the new building in front of the existing plaza are Architectural Design Associates Inc. (ADA) and CGI Construction Group. The first Mary Brown’s Chicken location in the area can be found at 3120 Dougall Avenue in the Walmart Supercentre. The first Fat Bastard Burrito is at 2790 Tecumseh Road West and wellwise Windsor is at 1624 Howard Avenue.
THE RUNDOWN
Novares’ Venture Capital (HQ: France) and APAGCoSyst (HQ: Switzerland) together offer enhanced innovative solutions to customers. The two partners recently initiated a Joint Innovation Committee to further explore areas of collaboration between the two companies, and to continue developing worldwide cross-functional teamwork between Novares’ Skill Center in Livonia and APAG Electronics Canada in Windsor. Successful product collaborations recently sold to OEMs include: (1) an illuminated door sill plate for a luxury carmaker. A Printed Circuit Board (PCB) and lighting module supplied by APAG was integrated into Novares’ door sill trim to provide a new mechatronic top-of-the-range interior part. (2) A flush deployable door handle with lighting for a premium BEV player. Electronic Control Units (ECUs) will manage the smart opening and ambient lighting also provided by APAG was integrated by Novares into the flush opening systems. (3) A smart opening system for a high-volume electric vehicle of a leading carmaker. APAGCoSyst has three specialized units: Electronic Control Units (ECUs); Lighting, and Electronic Manufacturing Services. “APAG Electronics opened its plant at 3505 Rhodes Drive in 2018,” notes Marc Bourgeois, VP Product Operations, Canada. “We’ve grown tremendously, and our partnership with Novares expands our Windsor-based automotive electronics design, development and production with OEMs, which helps to further diversify Windsor’s auto manufacturing sector.”
The Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association (DWBIA) has a new Board of Directors for the term commencing April 25, 2023 and ending November 14, 2026, or until their successors are appointed. The new board members are: Misty Adams, The Gifting Tree; Renaldo Agostino, City Appointment, City of Windsor Ward 3 Councillor; Jennie Atkins (also Treasurer), Continuing Education, University of Windsor; Ron Balla, The Coffee Exchange; Sunny Bhatti, World Space (collaborative work space) and One S.U.N. Legal Services; Ray Blanchard, Commercial Property Owner, The Bitcoin Building; Andrew Corbett (also Vice Chair), The Bull & Barrel; Olivia Holt, Maiden Lane Wine & Spirits; and Chris MacLeod (also Chair), Distinctive Homes & Real Estate Ltd.
Megabus — one of the largest bus companies in North America — is now selling tickets between Chicago, IL and Toronto for the first time. This service offering is an expansion of recent partnerships with Trailways of New York, the largest and oldest inter-city travel provider in New York and select Canadian cities, and Indian Trails, Michigan’s first and largest private bus transportation company. This partnership expansion will allow for two trips daily between Chicago and Toronto, along with the option for additional service to Southfield, MI; Benton Harbor, MI; Gary, IN; Jackson, MI; Kalamazoo, MI; and in Ontario for Chatham, Windsor and London. Schedules are now available and tickets can be purchased online.
