SpotlightAugust2017

03 SPOTLIGHT ON AUGUST

08 AUGUST INDUSTRY EVENTS

12 SPOTLIGHT ON BUSINESS

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12 STRATIGRO SMALL BUSINESS TIP FOR AUGUST 5 Ways to Love your Business

14 MEANDER RIVER FARM & BREWERY A Family that Brews Together

20 DRIVEN AUTOMOTIVE Striving to Make a Change in the World of Automotive Repair 24 WINERACKING DEPOT INC. An 8,000 Year Old Job with a Modern Twist 26 AMOS WOOD Multigenerational Furniture has a Start Somewhere

Pure escapism. A bucket list event. An annual pilgrimage. For those with petrol in their veins. Beautifully rugged scenery. World-class racing. Extraordinary camaraderie. These are just samples from testi- monials given by past Targa Newfoundland competitors. Targa New- foundland is an annual week long tarmac-based rally race held every September on “The Rock” since 2002, is one of only three internation- ally-recognized Targa motorsports events in the world, and the only one in the western world and northern hemispheres. It takes the drivers and navigators of classic and contemporary sports and touring cars through 1,400-kilometres, or 870 miles – 440 kilometres, or 273 miles, of closed-road stages where the competition takes place– of challenging twisting roads that cut through a total of 105 large and small east...

28 BAD MARTHA BEER

Good Suds on the Vineyard

32 CRS AUTOMOTIVE

This kind of Consideration brings Customers Back

36 ATLANTIC MOTOPLEX Revved-Up and Ready in the Maritimes

40 SPOTLIGHT ON INNOVATION

40 DIAMONDBACK Heavy Duty Engineering meets Lightweight Construction

48 NSCC Waterfront Campus Renamed to Honour Lasting Contributions of Ray Ivany

50 TARGA NEWFOUNDLAND Real People, Real Cars, Real Roads

20 When I asked Jamanda Doyle, the owner and general manager of Driven Automo- tive in Bedford, Nova Scotia, why her brand is synonymous with honesty throughout the Halifax Regional Municipali- ty, her answer couldn’t have been more matter-of- fact: “We work hard in the cus- tomer’s best interest.” What came next shocked me.

56 SPOTLIGHT ON INDUSTRY

56 Big Spruce Brewing’s Open Letter to the People of Nova Scotia

66 SPOTLIGHT ON HEALTH

68 HOLISTIC HEALTH TIP FOR JULY BY JANICE BUCKLER The Importance of Trace Minerals in your Diet

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