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David Duplisea is the CEO of the Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce. (Staff photo)
The Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce is “very pleased” to hear the Small Business Recovery Grant from the province has been expanded to help more businesses dealing with COVID costs.
CEO David Duplisea said they were lobbying the provincial government to extend the program, which offers non-repayable grants of up to $5,000.
“But they have also changed some of the requirements. As you know previously this grant was not accessible when we went into yellow or green. This is now going to be accessible right up until we go green,” Duplisea said.
91 King Street. Image: Mark Leger/Huddle.
A new development at 91 King Street will see the former Woolworth building demolished later this month.
Percy Wilbur purchased both that building and 85 King next door and plans to knock both buildings down in order to build a 14-storey mixed-use building uptown.
He believes the city is going through a bit of a renaissance period, and he’s happy to be able to contribute to the changing cityscape.
“There’s a few keys to the puzzle to really ignite that: the school in the south end, the Fundy Quay, and a few eyesores that could use a little lipstick,” Wilbur said. “With those in place we’ll have a very vibrant, energetic city, and we’ll have economy to scale to encourage more pedestrianization of walkways and parks and paths and bike lanes.”
91 King Street To Be Demolished
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Chamber President David Duplisea. Screen grab from the Saint John Region Chamber of Commerce Facebook page.
The Saint John Region Chamber continued its mayoral candidate forum Wednesday with the two candidates vying to become Rothesay’s next mayor.
The race features incumbent Nancy Grant and political newcomer Elizabeth Kramer.
Moderated by chamber president David Duplisea, topics ranged from mental health and infrastructure to regionalization and amalgamation.
Grant largely focused on the record of the current council, saying she would continue the work they have focused on over the past several years.
Kramer, however, frequently diverted the conversation and questions into discussions of COVID-19 denialism, and questioning of Public Health guidelines.
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