While keeping more dollars in the wallets of local businesses is on her mind, founder Juliana Gomez actually sets her goal posts for LiveLocalKW a little further.
This year, there are just over 70 community gardens across Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge and the surrounding townships. When KW’s Community Garden Council was first founded in 2005 there were only 28.
The traditional economies – building a barn rather than a web page, incubating eggs rather than startups – continue to plow through the seasons, supplying refrigerators across the region.
“I have long wanted an open door market in Belmont Village. We have a good mix of residential and business; it just makes sense,” says Susan Broughton, owner-operator of All Things Tea on Belmont Ave.
