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Leasider Glenn Asano is a partner and principal consultant for the strategy and business development practice at Centred Performance. He is also an Instructor with the Ted Rogers School of Management at Ryerson University.
Photo of L-r: Courtney of Lexus on the Park, Mike Zivot, Alistair Baxter of Lexus on the Park, Richard Smith and Carolyn Armstrong from the team at Hope Factory.
Business

When our local merchants thrive, Leaside thrives

June 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

Sometimes, you get an unsolicited text, email or call that is NOT an annoyance. This happened to me on May 2nd when I received the following text message: “Thank you. … Your purchase of $64.10 …more

Vicki Hall, organizer of She Swaps Shop, happening on June 15 at Leaside Gardens.
Community

She Swaps Shop brings joy – and clothes – to Leaside

May 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

A passionate and devoted follower of fashion, Leasider Vicki Hall is the founder of She Swaps Shop, a curated fashion swap for women borne out of the need to reduce the amount of textile we …more

Leasider Tim Short beside a newly installed heat pump at his parents’ home. Photo Tim Short.
Business

Commit to change – 
Hybrid heat pump solution reduces GHG emissions

April 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

In May 2019, I wrote an article suggesting Leaside become one of the greenest neighbourhoods in the country. It’s always rewarding when Leaside Life readers reach out. Tim Short, who has lived here for 28 …more

Toronto’s Leaside Innovation Centre will be the first mass timber flatiron building in Canada.
Business

Canada’s first mass timber flatiron building 
comes to Leaside

March 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

After more than five years navigating the challenges and red tape that has become the building approval process in the City of Toronto, the stunning architectural design of the Class A building proposed for 154 …more

Business

Vibrant start-up community alive and well

February 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

For readers who follow this column, it is no surprise that I am always on the lookout for Leaside business initiatives that will fuel innovation, drive economic growth, and contribute to the ongoing success of …more

Bayview Streetscape.
Business

BIA plans a full slate of events in 2022

January 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

Early this past summer, Henry Byres, coordinator of the Bayview-Leaside BIA, wrote in Leaside Life of his “unease” at the prospect of being able to provide an update to our readers, given we were in …more

Leaside Business Park sign. Staff photo.
Business

Business Park Association promotes collaboration at 2021 AGM

December 1, 2021 Glenn Asano

Earlier this year I interviewed Leslie Kellen, the newly appointed president of the Leaside Business Park Association (LBPA). The LBPA is a not-for-profit corporation originally formed more than 50 years ago, mandated to promote the …more

The Loblaw Redway site. Staff photo.
Business

Opportunity or threat? 
The future of employment lands in Leaside

November 1, 2021 Glenn Asano

Historically, the City of Toronto and the Province of Ontario have considered the supply of lands reserved for employment to be mostly off-limits for zoning redesignation. However, with the provincially led A Place to Grow: …more

Aamir Sukhera of The Neighbourhood Organization (TNO) Trades Connect program at their new facility in the East York Town Centre. Photo by Glenn Asano.
Business

Offering hope and improving lives, one job at a time

October 1, 2021 Glenn Asano

Twenty months ago, I wrote there was “something special” going on at 2 Thorncliffe Park Drive in the Leaside Business Park. Today, I’m happy to report that Aamir Sukhera, Shukria Dualeh and the entire team …more

In June, the LMCG, together with volunteers from its user groups (Leaside Hockey Association, Leaside Skating Club, Toronto Leaside Girls Hockey Association, Hockey Extreme) and the community, hosted a food drive in honour of the “King of Leaside” – George Turrell. As a result, 47 boxes of food were delivered to Thorncliffe Park’s TNO Food Bank. Conspiracy Pizza provided lunch for the volunteers. Photo from LMCG.
Community

Welcome back to Leaside Memorial Community Gardens!

September 1, 2021 Glenn Asano

Last September I optimistically wrote the headline “Leaside Gardens: Welcome to the New Normal” because, in addition to gearing up for a return to the classroom, there was added excitement as the 5,000 visitors Leaside …more

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Recent Posts
  • How Leaside helped win World War II
  • Leaside High sets up its own swap shop
  • I finally made it to Florida!
  • Curious Idler – June 2022
  • When our local merchants thrive, Leaside thrives
  • Do you take your life in your hands at Mt. Pleasant Cemetery?
  • These Leaside dads got grit!
  • The Don Valley through an Indigenous lens
  • Enhancing Leaside’s green space 
one park and tree at a time
  • Illuminating Leaside’s Indigenous history. Who lived here before you?
  • The buzzy month of June just got buzzier!
  • Editor: Who needs a handyman?
  • Final hockey season at Leaside is bittersweet
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