The Good Companions Seniors’ Centre is celebrating its 55th anniversary this month, and its officials are paying tribute to the centre’s past while looking toward the future – including new plans to recruit more 55-plus clients born about the same time as Good Companions was.
Evgeniya Kulgina, Centretown NewsSharon Oatway, Ann McSweeney, Judy Bedell and Kathy Ryer, part of the exceutive team that runs the Good Companions Centre, say they hope to expand the centre's membership.
Month: November 2010
Chinatown BIA looking for successor to Grace Xin
The search is on to find the new face of Chinatown after Grace Xin, executive director of the area’s business association since March 2008, resigned last month, to take up a new job with the Tourism Industry Association of Canada where she will work primarily to strengthen tourism relations between China and Canada.
Committee allows restaurant to replace gas pumps
A proposal to transform a vacant gas station into a restaurant and parking lot is on track after a city committee voted to exempt the site from the city’s guidelines on the use of the land.
Historic home slated to be eatery
An English-style, high-end steak restaurant and pub is scheduled to open next spring at the renovated former home of Friday’s Roast Beef House – the historic Grant House on Elgin Street.
Boel Marcks von Würtemberg, Centretown NewsRenovations are underway to turn the Grant House into a steak and seafood restaurant.