NB365 is a year-long series of portraits of New Brunswick entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations. NB365 is one of five ‘support local’ campaigns that Love for Local – New Brunswick will run throughout 2021 and 2022. Huddle is a media partner.
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Lorraine Cail-Byron and Colleen Edmonds found a shared interest and love in providing an athletic environment to young girls who would support each other, train hard, gain lifelong skills, and develop friendships while doing so.
Marc Melanson says supporting local is an important part of the operations plan, marketing messaging and promotional events at Dieppe’s Flying Boats Brewing.
Jeff Leblanc is a teacher and a server at heart. When he’s able to do one or both of these things it makes him very happy. All of his companies have the same theme: they are all customer service companies first, then they specialize in their fields.
Twenty years ago, Robert Gallant was asked to manage a comedy festival while he was between jobs. That lead to “an unexpected journey into social entrepreneurship” and, eventually, the creation of Raven Management Solutions.
Jonathan Morrison has a saying at his shop: “if it grows here, it’s in here.” That means he will never have an ingredient in his ice cream from somewhere else if it grows in New Brunswick
With La Diperie, Mahmoud Elsaidt wants to serve and support his community–and offer new choices and hiring opportunities for locals and students.
Danielle Blanchard went into business a decade ago to create a space where employees and clients felt welcomed. She says every day she sees proof she made the right choice.
Many New Brunswickers “found Broadleaf” over the pandemic, as out-of-province travel was restricted. People use the ranch as a quick getaway or to re-energize.
Big Brothers Big Sisters traces its origins back to 1904, when a court clerk made his now-famous plea to save a young boy from a crushing sentence by having someone volunteer to support him as a “big brother.”
Luc Doucet of Black Rabbit/White Rabbit says his business model is “constant change, constant growth. This has the goal of pushing boundaries and changing the way people in our province drink and eat.”
