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April 11, 2013
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EMC News - Belleville - The 42nd Annual Quinte Home Builders Association (QHBA) Home and Renovation Show took place this past weekend at the Quinte Sports and Wellness Centre, and in talking to vendors and organizers it was clear the move into the centre was a welcome one. “We like it, the brightness is amazing and there’s a lot of daylight,” said QHBA president Brian Garrard. “I think that’s why people are here too. They wanted to see the complex … a lot of people are annual home show visitors that have come down to see the complex as well as the Home Show.” Taking place over three days, from Friday, April 5, to Sunday, April 7, the event annually draws thousands of people to check out the huge variety of vendors and services on display. While tickets had not yet been counted, Garrard said he fully expected over 5,000 people to come through the show this year. From his personal booth as part of his business Eastern Design Windows & Doors, he said the event had been “crazy” and joked that he’d been so busy he’d forgotten to turn on the TV that was part of his display. “The goal is to get more information out to the buyers, and to make it so they can come to one place and get as much information as they need about all the different trades, suppliers and products that are on the market,” Garrard said. Trades, suppliers and products certainly weren’t in short supply, as over 105 vendors filled Arenas A and B inside the Wellness Centre, all displaying a huge range of goods and services. “It’s been great,” said Connie McAdam of McAdam Window and Door Centre, whose company has been attending the show for the past 25 years. “[The venue] is wonderful, it’s so nice and bright and clean, not that there was anything wrong with the other arenas, but the general public is really liking the fact that we’re in these new arenas.” McAdam said a major part of attending the shows was connecting and reconnecting with future and past customers, and that the show can really give a nice head start on spring business. David Burke of Culligan, The Good Water Company, who has been attending the show for 31 years, agreed, and said there’s always a reason to come back year after year. “The company I work for; they like the fact that it’s a good show,” Burke said. “It’s a good venue for the people; it’s a good place for us to advertise our product and I think it’s a very worthwhile place to come.” The event also featured a number of demonstrations as well as a bevy of prizes to be won throughout the weekend. “We’ve had a lot of compliments from people who have Four-year old Teagan Brennan made sure to get in on the fun at the 42nd Annual Quinte Home been in other shows, saying it’s a nice clean looking show,” Builders Association Home and Renovation Show this past weekend, enthusiastically hammering Garrard said. away at her makeshift planter as part of a demonstration. Photo: Steve Jessel Please check out more photos on page 3
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EMC News - Belleville - Costs for operating Belleville’s public marinas came under fire for the third time in recent weeks Monday as council debated a contract
for security at the Meyers Pier and Victoria Park complexes. The tender recommended by staff was for $14.05 per hour, doubled for statutory holidays, plus doubled again for two security
guards. Councillor Jackie Denyes suggested video surveillance cameras might replace one or both such patrols. Councillor Taso Christopher
suggested gating off the main pier the same as the docks at Meyers Pier. Staff advised that most vandalism or theft associated with the marina comes from people getting access by other means than the dock gate, a canoe or small craft. Please see “Marina” on page 3 R0012027170
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