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BIZ X MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2024, VOLUME 27 ISSUE 7

BIZ X MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2024, VOLUME 27 ISSUE 7

ON THE COVER — Prepare For Takeoff — Page 18. Summer 2024, the fun is all around us. So many festivals, music events and community get-togethers occur during the warmer months of the year. Biz X highlights events happening in southwestern Ontario, from the city of Windsor and throughout the towns of Essex County, all the way to Pelee Island, and into the Municipality of Chatham Kent. Which event will interest you the most? Maybe it’s the Hogs for Hospice concert line-up for Rock Night featuring Stone Temple Pilots (STP) on August 3! Whatever your choice, make this summer something special to remember as fall will be here before you know it.

INDIVIDUAL PICTURED: Bass player Robert DeLeo of the American rock band, Stone Temple Pilots. PHOTOGRAPHER: Emily Paine. STP September 2019 Concert in Philadelphia, PA, USA.

CONTENTS BIZ X MAGAZINE JULY/AUGUST 2024, VOLUME 27 ISSUE 7

4 Funny Stuff
5 From The Publisher: Presenting The 27th Biz X Award Categories & The Start Of Nominations
9 Rose City Politics: The Downtown Dilemma In Windsor The panel dives into the heart of Windsor’s challenges. With the nation’s highest commercial vacancy rates and key businesses on the move, what does this mean for the city’s future? Read on as they dissect the Strengthen The Core plan and its impact on the community.
10 Front Lines
12 Newsflash

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14 Belle Vivante: Luck Be A Lady Tonight – Thirteen, a lucky number indeed — not just for the customers of Thirteen at the Inn, but for our Belle Vivante writers as well. Enjoying amazing food and elegant cocktails is a breeze here. Thirteen at the Inn keeps family traditions and history alive in a beautiful atmosphere, especially on the waterfront patio. The Leamington hot spot (enter on the south side of the Seacliffe Inn) is a great place to enjoy a speciality drink, catch the gentle winds from the lake and listen to great music. (Photo by Della Jones-Goulet)
16 Food For Thought: Where’s The Beef? Burger 67 Relocates
28 Have A Cup Of Joe With Joe: Live To Ride, Ride To Live – Our Cup of Joe columnist sends Sweet 16 greetings to two of Windsor and Essex County’s charitable fundraising motorcycle rides — Shar’s
Ride for MS and On A Mission For The Mission — both coming your way in the next two months. The phrase above is not only the motto of the Harley-Davidson nation, but it also applies to these local
fundraising rides assisting those living with MS and the hungry and homeless served by The Downtown Mission of Windsor. Find out how you can help donate or participate!
29 XX Files: Unwrap The Fun With Jennifer Jones & Mary Beth Gibb Of Country Bliss In Amherstburg
30 Ask The Experts: Carving Life’s Treasures With A New County Business, Erie Street Woodworks
32 Awards Spotlight: The Windsor-Essex Regional Chamber Of Commerce 2024 Business Excellence Award Winners

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34 The Parenting Biz: Horsin’ Around On Summer Vacation – The Windsor – Essex Therapeutic Riding Association (WETRA) offers therapeutic riding, a HOOF program for engaging with horses and other farm animals, group visits, summer camps and more (photo shows volunteer Catherine Lediett leading the horse Mabel and rider Aneeshka Roshan). WETRA is just one of the organizations and businesses profiled in our family section, which fills you in on all things horses for the kids this summer (and beyond) from individual horseback riding lessons, farm life experiences, and entertaining shows, to day camps plus pony rentals for an event. (Photo courtesy of Caitlin Shanahan)
40 Health Matters: Antimicrobial Resistance
40 Motivational Quotes With Danny
41 From The Bookshelf: Teaching Children To Deal With Loss

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42 Hot Shots: The 6th Anniversary Celebrity Men Fashion Event – Happy Co-Chairs Lili Hong (left in photo) and Tina Mac, are shown at the conclusion of the Kidney Foundation’s Celebrity Men Fashion
Event, celebrating their endless hours of hard work on another amazing fundraiser. Just how much was raised for The Kidney Foundation of Canada, Windsor & District Chapter? And who walked the runway?
Find out in our photo pages. (Photo by Tina Huynh)
45 The Way It Was: Canada In The Boer War, Behind The Lines And Across The Veldts
46 Biz Of The Month: The 35th Anniversary Of Piccolo’s Pizza & Pasta House, West Windsor

Deborah Jones

Deborah Jones – Publisher of Biz X Magazine Deborah Jones graduated from the University of Windsor with an Honours Degree in Communication Studies and was employed at two other local magazines shortly after for a few years learning all she could about writing, advertising, public relations and more. She made the jump in 1998 to go out on her own to publish Biz X magazine and has worked in the publishing industry since 1990. In 2007, she earned the “Entrepreneur of the Year” award from the Windsor & District Chamber of Commerce. To date, she is the ONLY woman so far to receive this award. In 2013, she received one of the first “Windsor Women of the Year” awards from the Ladies Exclusive Alliance. Her most recent achievement is the 2023 Media Award from the Windsor Essex Chapter of the Kidney Foundation of Canada. Deborah is proud to live in Windsor and truly cares about each and every business and strives to make Windsor Essex the best place to live, work and play.