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OK so we don;t necessarily have the best Summerfolk story ever on hand at the moment. But that is sort of the whole point. We would like to collect a number of Summerfolk stories to run on the site over the next while leading up to the 33rd Summerfolk Music and Craft Festival.

All the details about this years festival can be found at www.summerfolk.org/ and in the next bit we will be publishing our must see picks or the weekend. While we are pulling all that together maybe you would consider sharing a story of your own, see below for details.

Video

If you would like to get a copy of the doc to go (the ipodified version as Graeme likes to call it) you can download an .mp4 version here. **the .mp4 will play in itunes and should play on your ipod video, ipod touch… (basically anything made by apple starting with i that has a […]

Business

[ August 27, 2008; 9:00 am to 5:00 pm. ]

OK, so I have first learned about Jelly (or casual co-working environment) a number of months ago. Not really sure about the name but the concept sounds super interesting. Basically a get together and work day for the solo professional set (or anyone in an office setting that can convince the boss that hanging out/working at Jelly is beneficial to the company, words like networking, creative juices, inspiration… could be thrown around during your pitch!)

I believe a regular co-working get together for area business owners, entrepreneurs, digital creatives, visionaries … has to be a good idea and at very least it will spice up the work week a little bit.

Here are some of the details about the Jelly that started it all followed by more details about the first Owen Sound Jelly.

Sustainability

[ September 9, 2008; 5:00 pm to 9:00 pm. ] Owen Sound in Motion Workshop at the The Harry Lumley Bayshore
Community Centre, Owen Sound

Would you like an opportunity to influence the future of transportation in Owen Sound? Do we need more bike lanes? Rail
transport? Shuttle buses between surrounding towns?

Now is your chance to bring your ideas and make your views known by registering for this public event hosted by the City of Owen Sound.