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nice to see flowers pushing li J ride the dirt, the Brass green- the warming sun and shoppers one ein strolling along Port Perry’s streets. Here we are already into May and once again it’s time to record the “goings and com- ings” of the business community. As far as new openings, there’s been very little action recently, but it’s nice to report Century Home & Greenhouses has just opened for business at 1431 Hwy. 7A, just west of the town limits. This new garden centre is operated by John and Karen vander- Zalm. ince it appears that everyone is now settled into their new, enlarged or renovated stores, we thought this might be a good chance to do an inventory of what space is still available for potential entrepreneurs. But before we do, we see that Tansi Orthopedics, located in the Port Perry Plaza along 7A Hwy., has closed its doors. Tansi specialized in orthodics and carried medical supplies. And across 7A Hwy, it appears as if the “Liquid8tor” has also called it a day. After a brief closure “Set The Table” has re-opened under new ownership. The store specializes in fresh home-style take-out, catering and frozen foods. Starting along | Water St., it’s disappoint- ing to see a number of vacant storefronts. The former Mango’s cafe at the corner of Casimir is still empty, but there appears to be some action going on behind the papered windows. Further along, Bite Me Bait and Tackle sits empty, as well as the former loca- tion of Green Apple Cabinets, who moved ‘Storm clouds over Lake Scugog June 19, 2007 two doors south. Across Scugog St., JDK Gaming still sits idle as does a former convenience store beside Magdy’s Casual Dining restaurant. Justaround the corner in Port Perry Plaza, two units are still empty beside Paulmacs, formerly home to Brews and Cues. Another two storefronts, south of town in the South Gate Mall beside Coffee Culture, remain empty as well. These being the for- mer location of a fitness centre. As you can see, while the main drag of town is pretty solid, plazas on the outside of the core have a number of holes to be filled. With ground work is well underway on the new Smart Centre project west of town, and the Old Simcoe Centre has started work on its second phase. Both of these new proj- ects will have store openings by this fall. OLD SIMCOE CENTRE Units starting at $1,800 per month prt» Co MMUNITY PEOPLE BUILDIN A ComMMuU Only 7 units remaining NITY PLAZA OLD SIMCOE ROAD AND REACH STREET, PORT PERRY CONTACT ROGER WATSON 905.410.0985 6 FOCUS - MAY 2008 focus@observerpub.ca URISPIAH JO}ed ‘f Aq O}0Ued