StoosNews Spotlight: Check Out The Business Beat This Week Featuring Synergys, Get Fishing, Nectar Co. and Peterborough Chamber

PTBOCanada is delighted to be running StoosNews columns each week here, spotlighting new businesses and startups in Peterborough and the Kawarthas. Here is this week’s edition…

After 28 dedicated years, Jim Smyth has stepped down from Synergystix, the massage and fitness centre at 308 Charlotte St.

Jim has been a mentor to many Massage Therapists over the years, through both Synergystix and the Massage Therapy Clinic at Fleming College. A familiar face is taking over the ownership. Jennifer Reuby grew up in Peterborough, graduating from Fleming College in 2007. Jennifer has 15 years in the Massage Therapy industry, including the last eight years at Synergystix.

Get Fishing opened last year, mid-pandemic, with no grand opening, Harrison wanted to mark their first anniversary with a shoutout.

Owners Gord Trask and Cindy Thompson feature made-in-Ontario tackle, custom rods and rod repairs, reel service and repair and live bait. Their creative Tackle Take-out Window and online shop helped them through the last year. Located at 1057 Highway 7 E., stop in and check it out, or find them at getfishingontario.com or on Facebook and Instagram.

Congratulations to Rosalie Pearl, who recently launched her new keepsake jewelry company Nectar Co. Keepsake jewelry is hand-made, carefully designed, and one-of-a-kind and can be used to preserve everything from hair, ashes of loved ones, flowers, birthstones, umbilical cord, soil from a special place, breast milk, a baby tooth, you name it. Rosalie is extremely talented and creative, as you’ll see if you check out her Instagram page, just look for nectar.jewel

The finalists for the Peterborough and the Kawarthas Chamber of Commerce Business Excellence awards were announced last week.

The annual event has been virtual for the last two years so there are high hopes to return to an in-person event on Oct. 19 with a pre-show reception at The Venue, followed by the ceremony at Showplace. The event honours business excellence in 20 categories including the Business Citizen of the Year. Tickets are available at pkexcellence.ca

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