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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.
REVE DVMT founders Andrew (l) and Mason in front of their laneway home. Photo Modan Design Studio.
Business

Considering a laneway home or garden suite?

January 1, 2023 Glenn Asano

With the Ontario government’s “More Homes Built Faster Act” (Bill 23) receiving Royal Assent on November 28, 2022, it seems like a good time to revisit the case for laneway homes and garden suites for …more

Leslie Kellen, president of the Leaside Business Park Association (LBPA), addresses the audience during the LBPA’s annual general meeting that was held on November 9, 2022 at the Amsterdam Brewery at 45 Esandar Drive. Photo Leaside Life.
Business

Opportunities and challenges lie ahead 
for Leaside Business Park

December 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

The 2022 Annual General Meeting of the Leaside Business Park Association took place on November 9th at the Amsterdam Brewery. It was the first time in three years that the AGM had been held in-person …more

Owner Jeff Carefoote with his daughter Victoria, senior accountant, in Amsterdam’s Brew Hall on Esandar Drive.
Business

Amsterdam good business in Leaside

November 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

Over the years I have written often about the Leaside Business Park, its remarkable history, promise, challenges and importance to our community as a whole. But most importantly, about the entrepreneurs and their businesses that …more

Leaside Gardens management team is gearing up for the new season. Jennifer Smith, Director of Business and Finance, with Shawn Mackay, Director of Operations.
Business

New faces, new energy, new season – Leaside Gardens, game on!

September 1, 2022 Glenn Asano

Leaside Memorial Community Gardens (LMCG) is open. For the first time in two years the headline is not about shutting down, or disinfecting, or rules, or lack of rules, or reopening. With seven ‘waves’ behind …more

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

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Agnes Macphail Award 
seeking nominations

by Staff in Community

Agnes Campbell Macphail was once described as “the most important woman in public life that Canada has produced in the 20th century.”  In 1921 she blazed a trail for women with her election to the ...more
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