The Burnaby Board of Trade is co-hosting a special mixer next week, Networking in the Lions Den.
The joint mixer with the Surrey Board of Trade takes place on Friday, July 10 from 5 to 9 p.m. at B.C. Place stadium.
There will be a networking reception that includes retired receiver Geroy Simon, B.C. Lions president and CEO Dennis Skulsky, and manager of football operations Wally Buono. Those attending will also watch the team’s pre-game warmup from the sidelines, and watch the Lions take on the Saskatchewan Roughriders in the home opener, according to the board’s website.
Tickets for the mixer are $36, and the deadline to register is today (Friday, July 3).
To register, call 604-412-0100, email, or go online.
BBOT courting new members
Burnaby business people who are not currently board of trade members – this event is for you.
If you’ve always wondered what it takes to join, and what members get from being part of the board, bring your questions to the membership info session at the board’s offices at 201-4555 Kingsway on Wednesday, July 8, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m.
Nick Offerman comes to town
“Don’t start chasing applause and acclaim. That way lies madness.”
While Nick Offerman’s well-known character, Ron Swanson, advised his Parks and Recreation colleague Leslie Knope to avoid the spotlight, Offerman himself is garnering much applause and acclaim these days.
The comedian has recently published his second book, Gumption: Relighting the Torch of Freedom with America’s Gutsiest Troublemakers, and will be signing copies at Metropolis at Metrotown this month.
The signing is on a first-come, first-served basis at Chapters on Saturday, July 18 at 2 p.m.
Copies of the book must be purchased at an Indigo, Chapters or Coles store, and those who want their copies signed must bring a receipt.
Former SFU Community Trust head honoured
Michael Geller has been a writer, architect, property developer and urban planner over the years, with many connections to Simon Fraser University and UniverCity.
Soon, Geller will be honoured for this body of work at a ceremony at the Richmond Country Club.
The Building Minds event is set for Sept. 1 and is being sponsored by ORT, an international educational non-profit organization.
“I was literally shocked when I was approached, but very much honoured,” Geller said in a press release. “My first thought was of all the other people who are probably more deserving. But, that being said, I agreed to do it because I am familiar with the good work ORT does, particularly in the field of education.”
Geller was president and CEO of the SFU Community Trust, and oversaw the planning of the first phase of UniverCity. He is currently an adjunct faculty member of SFU’s centre for sustainable community development.
For more information or for tickets to the event, email event organizer Mary Tobin or by calling 604-276-9282.
BBB Burnaby award winners
Two Burnaby businesses won Better Business Bureau Torch Awards recently.
School is Easy Tutoring won in the marketplace excellence small business category, and also won a second place People’s Pick Award.
Canadian Safe Step Walk-In Tubs Co. won in the marketplace excellence large business category.
The awards gala was held at the Four Seasons Hotel in Vancouver on June 11.
“It was a great event and we could not be more proud of the businesses that took home awards,” Danielle Primrose, president of the bureau serving Mainland B.C., said in a press release. “They really incorporate the mission and values of BBB in their everyday business practices. It was great to see last year’s winners presenting awards to the new winners, a passing of the torch if you will.”
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