MOUNTAIN LIFE - Blue Mountains | Winter 2020

Living a high-performance lifestyle goes hand in hand with the kind of high-performance, transformative work being produced by some of Collingwood’s most dynamic young professionals—and the fast-growing technology companies that employ them. They’re the ones who have chosen Ontario’s premiere four- season playground to build exciting careers, all in an active community with high demand for tech-sector talent, where they can truly enjoy the fruits of their labour. They come here for access to great skiing, biking, sandy beaches, exciting nightlife and fine dining within minutes. They stay for the incredible opportunity to live more than they would anywhere else. And in this case, they choose to do it with a certain high- flying, fast-paced edge that delivers a truly unique lifestyle experience. Take the engineering and technology teams at local firms such as Tatham Engineering, Crozier and Associates, Greenland Engineering, Isowater, Maclean Engineering and Medatech, not to mention the technical wizards at acoustic ceramic manufacturer Sensortech. As leaders in everything from civil and environmental engineering, to safe water management and the manufacture of complex mining equipment, these companies are competing globally and attracting the very best professionals their industries have to offer. As organizations they’ve all chosen Collingwood— recognized in recent years as ‘Tech Hub North’ for its appeal to knowledge-economy organizations, while garnering awards for being one of Canada’s most business-friendly small communities—for the entrepreneurial culture and unsurpassed potential for work-life balance. Doing business here makes sense on so many levels. The technology professionals who flock here to fill the fast- growing number of dynamic career opportunities would agree. Members of each company can be found hurtling down national circuit mountain bike trails in the summer months, while others take to the slopes for downhill adventures every winter weekend—sometimes even tapping flex-hour perks to carve during work hours. Others spend their time scaling legendary limestone, indulging their passion for cliff’s edge challenges. All of them are living their high performance outdoor lifestyles together and creating game-changing, innovative work during office hours. At Crozier, the active lifestyle activities range from mountain biking and spike ball in the summer and fall, to snowboarding and pre-work hockey games in winter. Not every pastime has to be of the white-knuckle variety, of course. The Crozier team also enjoys kicking back with regular euchre nights and Settler’s of Catan board game tournaments. Agnora, a worldwide leader in high-tech systems for finishing architectural glass, connects staff expertise and exercise to create a highly motivated and healthy team. Winner of several awards, Agnora makes use of the company’s in-house gym to exercise, works out the kinks with a trip to the on-site massage therapist and lets loose with regular ‘wallyball’ tournaments— volleyball played in a racquetball court. Around this bustling hub other top professionals collaborate in some of Collingwood’s dynamic co-working spaces such as The Clever Office (known for its modern space and effective networking events), Creator’s Café—where fresh paninis and frothy cappuccinos are the perfect complement to entrepreneurial productivity—and at the Collingwood Foundry. At the latter, creative types mix and mingle with early-morning strategy and coffee sessions, not to mention insightful seminars where they’re able to trade diverse ideas and share inspiration. An in-house concert series featuring top local musicians, along with fun events such as ski days, makes this hive of business activity a great spot to socialize, as well. After all, when you live a high- performance life you expect the best from the people and places around you. It’s a promise made and delivered to Collingwood’s top professionals every day. LIVE MORE NOW In Tech Hub North Collingwood’s newest co-working space, Creator’s Café MacLean Engineering design team working on an electric drivetrain system Tatham Engineers at work on a water project “We have some very adventurous staff—regular mountain bikers, trail runners, hikers and boarders—who are taking advantage of the adventure opportunities in the area and dabbling in everything,” Tatham Engineering President Dan Hurley Find out more about these Tech Hub North companies and their current job postings at www.TechHubNorth.ca The Collingwood Social IssueNo. 3 October2019 THANKS FOR COMING OUT! As2019 iscoming toaclose, let’s takea lookbackatall the awesomeeventswe’vehadover the last6months! Wehadanamazingbeach volleyball seasonwitha consistentgroupofplayers,we learned the throwaxes,and the officegot toenjoyall theyummy snacksat the “AllYouCanDip” potluck. Wegot towatch theRaptors on theirway to their firstever championship,andwe foundour innerartistsaswedecorated pottery. SAVE THE DATE! October FridayOct 18 -BreweryTourNight TuesdayOct29 -EuchreTournament November ThursdayNov7 -EscapeRoom ThursdayNov21 -Basketeers The summerendedwithour2nd AnnualSupnSipeventaswell asaCatan tournament,andwe welcomed the fallwithakickball game. December HolidayFun Crorier Consmlting Engineers keeps a Zmsy social calendar