EDITORIAL TEAM David MacDonald Jamie Barrie Jordan Parker CONTRIBUTING WRITER Denise Alison Jamie Barrie Janice Buckler Jody Euloth MEDIA CONSULTANT Tim Kohoot Arleen Atienza Ceiledh Monk Dan Monk
CREATIVE DIRECTOR Carmen Fitzpatrick GRAPHIC DESIGNER Matt Erikson SPECIAL PROJECTS AND VIDEO PRODUCTION CONSULTANT Mike Rogers COMMUNICATIONS & ADMIN LEAD Calli Gregg PUBLISHER Spotlight on Business Media
EDITORIAL DIRECTOR Lee Ann Atwater MANAGING DIRECTOR Rod Gregg SPECIAL PROJECTS MANAGER David MacDonald RESEARCH TEAM LEADS Alia Morash Ashley Tanner
W e kick off 2019 in this month’s issue. Now that the holidays and blue Monday are behind us it is time to put our business plans for the new year into action. For us 2019 is going to be about connecting, engaging and inspiring the SME business leaders of today and tomorrow and helping these leaders do the same with their customers. Connecting with customers is something that Sean Myles and Gina Haverstock of the Annapolis Cider Company have been very successful at doing for their brand. They are not located in a big city but nestled on Main Street in downtown Wolfville, a small town in Nova Scotia that is now equally known as the epicen- tre of the local food movement as it is for being the home of Acadia University thanks to Sean Myles and Gina Haverstock’s unique ciders that are gaining pop- ularity throughout Canada and beyond the border. For Geoff Gornall and partners Neil Bergman and Warren Gregory, co-owners of Tapworks Brewing Co, engaging their community is what has moved beer from a hobby to a beverage brand suited to represent living on the sunshine coast and their rural town of Gibsons, located in British Columbia and surround- ed by hiking trails and natural beauty. In Gibsons, the community takes pride in their environment and local business. Gornall, Bergman and Gregory are proud of the community and brand that they represent and make sure they have a flavour in their brewery for every occasion and everyone. When it comes to making the jump into your own business nothing is more inspiring than our story with Jason Barrett of Black Button Distilling. It would have been easy for him to stay in the family business and continue to provide some of the finest men’s suit buttons that have closed suits worn by Presidents, Popes, Kings, and Businessmen all over the world since 1922, but Barrett tells us why he left his family’s fourth generation business and went out on his own.
Want to guess where he got the name for his company?
We hope you enjoy the issue and we would like to thank all our featured companies for sharing your challenges, successes and for inspiring others to follow their dreams and passion. We also thank all those involved in putting this month’s issue together along with our advertisers and readers as we look forward to telling more stories about successful businesses and the people behind making it all happen.
Lee Ann Atwater Editor
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