Our Community Leaders - City of Barrie Network
‘It takes a village to raise a child’ is an old African proverb. Its meaning is that an entire community of people must interact with children for them to experience and grow in a safe and healthy environment. The villagers look out for the children as a collective.
Such a community view provides strength and stability to all
The same can be said for a ‘village’ such as Barrie, where our businesses, our community, our charities, and our economy are uniquely interlinked. We are not like the mega-city to our south, and most of us do not want to be absorbed into the massive GTA as has occurred to so many smaller cities, towns, and villages. Barrie, Ontario, is unique, and some of us want to keep it that way.
United we stand, divided we fall!
Below is a list of the business community partners of Barrie who support all sides of our city. They have joined with us to stand for our community, and to promote the idea of local first. These businesses are listed in alphabetical order as to their industry. Please support them as they do you.
Backcountry K9 Kennel is a new, clean, and purposefully designed dog care facility, located at 5524 Side-road 30 in Utopia; just one rural block south of Highway 90. It is convenient to both Barrie and Angus but retains all the country charm of being a little off the beaten track.
The custom-built facilities are centred on a cozy ten-acre lot that features cut and maintained forest trails, and a pond for optional tethered swimming and cooling in the summer. Backcountry K9 Kennel is family owned and operated, and our staff live on-site. This enables us to provide twenty-four-hour supervision.
Whether you’re an experienced home buyer, investor or shopping for your first home. The Jackie Jones Team, will help make your home buying experience the best it can be. Our customer-focused approach has a proven track record.
We strive to help our clients save money in more ways than one! We do this by offering our services long after the Sold sign has gone up. We pride ourselves on our service and accessibility. As your trusted, professional real estate partners we offer FREE Seller and Buyer Consultations in the comfort of your own home at our office .
Committed to understanding and fulfilling our client’s needs with excellence and caring, Latchman Insurance Brokers Limited has served clients in southern Ontario since 1957. In 2007, we opened a Barrie office. We provide a diverse range of resilient insurance products and personal financial services.
Robyn H. Latchman, a Certified Financial Planner (CFP) and Chartered Life Underwriter, brings 20+ years of experience to her role as a financial advisor and insurance specialist.
We sell, design, install, repair and rent most any electronic items and setups.
Whether you're organizing a big event or your television has stopped working, we deliver results you will see and hear.
At Michael Enterprise Audio & Visual we'll never recommend a piece of equipment that we wouldn't use ourselves and our technicians treat every project like it's their own, meaning no small detail is over looked.
Kayte Armstrong, DVM, CVA, M.MOSc, is certainly unique in Barrie, and as far as we know all of Canada. Not only is she a fully qualified Osteopath and graduate of the Canadian Academy of Osteopathy, she is also a highly experienced veterinarian with more than twenty years of experience taking care of both small and large animals. Her skillset is so exceptional that she is now teaching at and creating a course in animal osteopathy for her former Alma mater.
Still Moving provides Osteopathic services to both people and animals.
Theatre by the Bay is a professional theatre company seeking to grow the Central Ontario arts community by empowering local theatre artists, engaging local audiences with high quality programming, and telling stories that engage the diverse peoples of Barrie and Central Ontario.
It is also our mission to hire performers, designers, and technical staff, wherever possible, from the local area. We strive to increase job opportunities in the region, generate support for the arts from local businesses and individuals, and create arts education programs to generate a well-educated, interconnected, and capable arts community.
3B Solutions is the commercial video production company that owns and operates Five Points Media and the City of Barrie Network. Our diverse crew bring with them more than 30 years of international experience working in news, documentaries, corporate video, stage productions, and various other related media. Throughout the past five years, from 2014-2019, our crew has been chosen to be the ‘Best Videographers in Barrie”. This determination has been made by local business owners, by the reviews of our clients, and by the assessment of experts at Three Best Rated, an independent consumer advocacy group. Both companies maintain a five star status on both Google and Facebook.