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Address: 16 Victoria Street
The William Macey House and Barn are located at 16 Victoria Street and offer significant context to Markham's early history. Standing on land originally purchased by William Macey, it was acquired in full by Jacob Rawn in 1803. The property was then purchased by William Gillard Hingston in 1849. Hingston was a blacksmith by trade and had also served in the York Militia for some time. When Victoria Square began to grow, Hingston split up his property in 1856 into different lots surrounding the newly created Victoria and Albert Streets. In 1860 this property was sold to William Macey, a labourer who is believed to have built this house. This typical vernacular Georgian cottage was originally a single-storey building that has since been modified to become a one-and-a-half storey building with the original barn being incorporated into the house. The house has a three bay faade with a low pitch roof and a saltbox addition that was built in 1920. Further modifications to this house include adding horizontal clapboard over top of original rough cast stucco. In 1998 the William Macey House and Barn became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of Heritage Markham, provided by Markham Museum.
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City of Markham Bylaw 95-98 The William Macey House heritage designation
Surya Sinha is one of the most dynamic motivational speakers in india on the subjects of Success, Time management, Goal Setting, Communication Skills, Leadership, Public Speaking and Presentation skill, Relationship Mastery, Memory Development, Study Technology, Teaching Technology, Business Development, Sales Promotion and Personality Development. His explosive enthusiasm combined with proven and powerful practical ideas have gained him great appeal among professionals across India. In addition to his authoring several best-selling audio learning programs, Surya Sinha has created specific Time management, Goal Setting, Communication Skills, Leadership, Public Speaking and Presentation skill, Relationship Mastery, Memory Development, Study Technology, Teaching Technology, Business Development, Sales Promotion and Personality Development training programs for various industries and consistently gets rave reviews on his projects. With expertise in the areas of training, Surya is in high demand as a personal coach, seminar leader, business trainer and corporate Trainer.
Ethics and Doing Business in China - Shelette Stewart, Associate Director of Business Development for Executive Education at Southern Methodist University Cox School of Business and leadership development consultant, addresses a group of Chinese students studying in the United states about the impact of directing your career toward roles that achieve your purpose as an individual.
Address: Lot 1, Conc. 9, moved to 7070 York Durham Line
The Reesor Mennonite Meeting House, Sheds, and Cemetery are all located at 7070 York Durham Line. Together, these buildings make up a pivotal point of the Mennonite complex that is on the Scarborough-Markham border. Constructed in 1857, the single-storey house is based on a traditional 19th century meeting house and covered in clapboard. Originally located at Lot 1, Concession 9, this meeting house was relocated to 7070 York Durham Line in 1865. Shortly after its relocation, a drive shed was constructed close by and a cemetery was established. The well preserved board and batten clad barn carriage sheds surrounding the meeting house are a rarity in Ontario. The meeting house was named in honour of the Reesors due to their seven-generation association to the Mennonite Order. In 1978 the Reesor Mennonite Meeting house and its surrounding sheds and cemetery became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of Markham Museum, M.2012.0.33.
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City of Markham Bylaw 298-78 Part Lot 1, Concession 11, East Town Line heritage designation
DATA IS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE DIGITAL AGE.
And publicly available data can now illuminate solutions to challenges like no other time in our history. There is no single entity that collects and manages more data than government. Unfortunately, many of the systems and processes that collect this data have not kept up with the demand and the potential for it.
The world-wide Open Data movement asks government entities of all sizes to make their data—a public asset—available to developers and entrepreneurs so its potential can be realized.
Go Code Colorado is taking a lead position in this movement.
The first and only statewide effort of its kind, Go Code Colorado brings together a community of entrepreneurs, business partners, and developers to make use of public data through a series of events. These events center around a challenge weekend in five cities across the state, engaging the entire state in two days of innovation around the use of public data. Teams in each of the five cities compete to build apps that use public data to help businesses make smarter decisions. Two teams from each city move on in the competition, getting help from a network of mentors—including a mentorship weekend in Boulder—as they further develop their ideas. The teams come back together again for a final event where they pitch their ideas to judges.
The three teams deemed the best are awarded a contract with the state—an invaluable first customer to a fledgling business that provides critical initial revenue.
Go Code Colorado is an initiative through the Colorado Secretary of State’s Office, which seeks to return value to Colorado businesses from business registration fees they collect. In its inaugural year, this is the value Go Code Colorado returned to our state:
COMMUNITY BUILDING AND CIVIC ENGAGEMENT
Go Code Colorado increased civic engagement in the business, entrepreneurial, and tech communities.
Business leaders volunteered their time across the event series because they desire more access to government data—they know how important this is.
Dozens of business leaders volunteered a day with Go Code Colorado organizers to define the problems they face that public data can help solve.
179 people attended the Kickoff event.
130 people and 25 teams competed in the challenge weekend across Colorado (Boulder, Denver, Ft. Collins, Colorado Springs, and Durango).
The Mentor Weekend brought together 23 mentors to meet with ten teams.
The Final event attracted 223 people.
29 businesses supported open data and Go Code Colorado through $75,000 in cash donations and $120,000 worth of in-kind donations.
Companies like Google, Esri, SendGrid, Rally Software and Gnip (now Twitter)
TECH AND BUSINESS INNOVATION
Go Code Colorado is the most concerted effort in the state to increase the volume of public data in the state’s central repository.
33 new data sets were published as a result of last year’s efforts by agencies such as Revenue, Local Affairs, and Higher Education.
At least three businesses were created around three apps that use this data.
For instance, the winning team, Beagle Score created an app that helps provide a scorecard for business site-location decisions.
Beagle Score relies on many public data sets, including:
Business Registration dataset
City Taxes
County Taxes
Crime Statistics
NREL energy statistics
Traffic counts
Nearest Intersection
Energy rates and providers
Broadband service
and more
PROCUREMENT INNOVATION
Go Code Colorado is flipping traditional government procurement on its head, creating value to Colorado businesses and society.
According to the Standish Group, 94% of large federal IT projects over the past ten years were unsuccessful. Over 50% were delayed, over budget, or didn’t meet user expectations, and 41% failed completely.
Go Code Colorado challenges developers and entrepreneurs to solve business problems using public data by awarding companies who create working apps, not those with just a promise to do so.
GOVERNMENT EFFICIENCY AND TRANSPARENCY
Go Code Colorado imagines a day when pulling a data report is a matter of a few pop up menu selections, and doesn’t require specialized knowledge, when data managers across government are able to focus on the work they do best and anyone can access the public data they collect and curate.
This is the promise of open data, and the step forward taking place with Go Code Colorado.
Ingevity Corporation (NYSE: NGVT) today announced plans to establish a new global headquarters in the city of North Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina, to accommodate its significant business growth.
Photo by Ryan Johnson
Address: 4160 19th Avenue
The Almira Flour and Woolen Mill at 4160 19th Avenue hold significant historical importance for Markham and represent the once-thriving nature of the Almira community. Originally built approximately 1844, the Almira flour, grist, and woolen mill was built by Benjamin Bowman on the north side of what would become Almira. This woolen mill was said to be the only one of its kind in the province and manufactured 5,000 pounds of wool each year, all of it purchased by local farmers-except the black Western Ontario wool-which provided a great deal of support for the local community. Bowman was also responsible for building a number of houses in the community to house millworkers. The business passed to Alfred Spoffard, and then Samuel Boyer Lehman in 1880. A large portion of the mill was destroyed by fire in the 1940s, which devastated the community due to the mill's operation at the time. The building that stands now is what was rebuilt from the original mill in 1986, and it became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
Ontario Abandoned Places - Markham's Forgotten Villages, Almira
Address: 3143 19th Avenue, moved to 28 David Gohn Circle
The Richard Lewis House at 28 David Gohn Circle offers significant historical and architectural value due to its association with the Lewis and Francey families. Both of these families were closely associated with the development of the hamlet of Gormley. This house was built between 1850 and 1855 at 3143 19th Avenue for the Lewis family. Richard Lewis began building this house, until he was killed during the construction of the foundation and his son Joseph completed the house. The Lewis' held the house until 1875 when it was purchased by William Francey. Francey was part of the Francey family whom operated a store and large hotel in Gormley. His wife, Jane Gormley was the postmaster's daughter of whom the village of Gormley was named after. This one-and-a-half storey red brick house has both elements of the Regency and the Classic Revival styles, which makes it a good example of an Ontario Cottage-style farmhouse. The Richard Lewis House became a designated heritage property in 1988 and was moved to Markham Heritage Estates sometime in the late 1990s for preservation.
Photo courtesy of Heritage Markham, provided by Markham Museum.
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City of Markham Bylaw 115-88, 43-97 The Richard Lewis House heritage designation
Address: 9899 Markham Road
The William Read House at 9899 Markham Road in the Milnesville area offers an excellent example of a Neo-Classical house from the mid-19th century. This rectangular, two-storey house has a rear one-storey kitchen wing with a gable roof and was built approximately 1840. The house was constructed of a soft local brick that is likely handmade from clay on the property. The William Read house is also unique in the use of wood lintels over its windows as opposed to the typical brick voussoirs seen on most brick buildings of this period. The Reads were an early settler family in Markham from Maryland, and they are thought to have played an important role in the area as prosperous farmers. After William's death in 1888, the property was passed to his son, Henry. The property continued to exchange hands and was restored to be incorporated into commercial redevelopment on the property. The William Read House became a designated heritage property in 2002 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2002-168 The William Read House heritage designation
Surya Sinha is one of the most dynamic motivational speakers in india on the subjects of Success, Time management, Goal Setting, Communication Skills, Leadership, Public Speaking and Presentation skill, Relationship Mastery, Memory Development, Study Technology, Teaching Technology, Business Development, Sales Promotion and Personality Development. His explosive enthusiasm combined with proven and powerful practical ideas have gained him great appeal among professionals across India. In addition to his authoring several best-selling audio learning programs, Surya Sinha has created specific Time management, Goal Setting, Communication Skills, Leadership, Public Speaking and Presentation skill, Relationship Mastery, Memory Development, Study Technology, Teaching Technology, Business Development, Sales Promotion and Personality Development training programs for various industries and consistently gets rave reviews on his projects. With expertise in the areas of training, Surya is in high demand as a personal coach, seminar leader, business trainer and corporate Trainer.
Surya Sinha is one of the most dynamic motivational speakers in india on the subjects of Success, Time management, Goal Setting, Communication Skills, Leadership, Public Speaking and Presentation skill, Relationship Mastery, Memory Development, Study Technology, Teaching Technology, Business Development, Sales Promotion and Personality Development. His explosive enthusiasm combined with proven and powerful practical ideas have gained him great appeal among professionals across India. In addition to his authoring several best-selling audio learning programs, Surya Sinha has created specific Time management, Goal Setting, Communication Skills, Leadership, Public Speaking and Presentation skill, Relationship Mastery, Memory Development, Study Technology, Teaching Technology, Business Development, Sales Promotion and Personality Development training programs for various industries and consistently gets rave reviews on his projects. With expertise in the areas of training, Surya is in high demand as a personal coach, seminar leader, business trainer and corporate Trainer.
Ingevity Corporation (NYSE: NGVT) today announced plans to establish a new global headquarters in the city of North Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina, to accommodate its significant business growth.
Photo by Ryan Johnson
Address: 8119 Reesor Road
The William Harding House is located at 8119 Reesor Road. This one-and-a-half storey Gothic Revival house was constructed by John Laughlin approximately 1853. Laughlin was an Irish farmer who lived on the edge of Cedar Grove. In 1861 Laughlin sold this property to William Harding, a farmer from Whitchurch Township. In 1893 the property was deeded to Mary and John Riddle, Harding's daughter and son-in-law, but Harding continued to reside in this house until his death. This house originally was clad in tongue and groove wood siding but has since been covered with mid-20th century insul-brick material made to look like real brick with insulation value.The main characteristic of the house is the front-hipped roofed porch with decorative posts. The William Harding House serves as a reminder of the historic rural community of Cedar Grove. In 2000, the house became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
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City of Markham Bylaw 222-2000 The William Harding House heritage designation
Finished product at Jigeen ca Waarwa (Women at Work) sewing centre - Leona, Senegal Millennium Village
Address: 10192 9th Line, moved to 10 Heritage Corners Lane
The Joshua Miller House was built by an American immigrant family who played a role in the historical development of agriculture in the eastern part of Markham. Joshua Miller and his wife Rachel came to Canada from Saratoga, New York in 1801, receiving the Crown patent for their property in 1807. The Miller family were founding members of the 9th Line Baptist Church and constructed their house in 1820. The Miller House is an excellent example of a vernacular, late-Georgian farmhouse which displays a saltbox form and heavy centre chimney typical of early American domestic architecture. The balanced five-bay arrangement of the simple faade with its centre door framed by sidelights and small multi-paned windows is representative of early 19th century Upper Canada. The house was relocated from its original site at 10192 9th Line in June, 2006 to 10 Heritage Corners Lane in Markham's Heritage Estates subdivision. In 2010, a heritage easement was agreed to protect the heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham - Heritage Easement Agreement, 10 Heritage Corners Lane "Joshua Miller House"
The Competitions in Entrepreneurship/Business Development at EuroSkills 2021 in Graz. Photos (c)EuroSkills2021/VerenaKaiser.
Address: 7996/7998/7507 Kennedy Road, changed to 99 YMCA Boulevard
The Thomas Rivis House at 99 YMCA Boulevard provides an excellent example of Regency-influenced Georgian architecture. This house was built approximately 1855 by Thomas Rivis, a farmer who immigrated from England. This one-and-a-half storey house is constructed from soft, local brick that most likely came from the Snowball Brickyard, and was built most likely to replace an earlier log house built possibly as early as 1826. Snowball Brickyard was active in Unionville during the early 19th century and supplied the Markham community. The property remained in the Rivis family until 1869 and exchanged hands a few times until Simon and Lisa Wolfe purchased the house in 1944. The Wolfe family owned the property until 1976 when it was acquired by the Province of Ontario as part of the Parkway belt lands. The house is now part of the YMCA facility that was built next to it, changing the property's address from 7996-7998-7507 Kennedy Road to 99 YMCA Boulevard. In 2002 the Thomas Rivis House became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of Heritage Markham, provided by Markham Museum.
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City of Markham Bylaw 2002-170 The Thomas Rivis House heritage designation
Address: 6937 Highway 7, moved to 1 Kalvinster Drive
The John Reesor House stands as a reminder of some of Markham's early settlers and its historic agricultural community. Built approximately 1840 by John and Annie Reesor at 6937 Highway 7, this two-storey Gothic Revival fieldstone house is three-bays by two-bays and has an off-centre round headed doorway entrance. Originally this house had an open porch that ran the length of the front faade, but it has since been replaced by a smaller two-storey porch with an open railing and columns supported by brick piers. John and Annie Reesor farmed this land, and raised their 15 children here. The Reesors were one of Markham's earliest families who worked hard in the early and mid-19th century to clear the heavily forested area and many of their descendants remained in Markham. In the early 2000s, this house was relocated to 1 Kalvinster Drive in Markham's Heritage Estates subdivision and also became a designated heritage property in 2003 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2003-159 John Reesor House heritage designation
Address: Northwest corner of 16th Avenue and McCowan Road, moved to 8 David Gohn Circle
The Jacob Pingle House at 8 David Gohn Circle offers substantial links to Markham's early Pennsylvanian-German Berczy settlers. Built approximately 1850 by Jacob Pingle, this house was originally located at the northwest corner of 16th Avenue and McCowan Road. This one-and-a-half storey, Gothic Revival house has a board and batten cladding and ornate Regency-style porch that wraps around three sides of the house. Jacob Pingle descends from Joachim Pingle, who was one of the Berczy settlers who came to Markham in 1794. A key feature to this property is the inclusion of the Pingle Barn; the barn adds to the contextual integrity of the home in its new location in Markham's Heritage Estates, while providing a good example of an early agricultural building. The house is significant in that it is one of Markham's few gable-entry houses. The Jacob Pingle House became a designated heritage property in 1991 under the Ontario Heritage Act and in the early 2000s this house was relocated to the Markham Heritage Estates for preservation.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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City of Markham Bylaw 45-91 The Pingle House heritage designation
Governor Murphy signs three Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) between New Jersey academic and real estate entities with top Irish tech universities and a prominent startup accelerator. The MOUs aim to create mutually beneficial opportunities and forge collaboration in innovative projects that foster entrepreneurship, business development, career development, and international education. Monday, April 24, 2022(Edwin J. Torres/ NJ Governor’s Office).
Ingevity Corporation (NYSE: NGVT) today announced plans to establish a new global headquarters in the city of North Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina, to accommodate its significant business growth.
Photo by Ryan Johnson
Ambassador Roemer meets Thomas M. Culligan, February 22, 2011. Raytheon Company is a technology and innovation leader specializing in defense, homeland security and other government markets throughout the world.
The Millennium Villages Project is kicking off work in North Ghana. At the end of the dry season, people struggle to earn an income. Women sell charcoal and vegetables in markets and off the sides of roads.
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The Philadelphia community has a lot to be thankful for with the Premium Advertising Inc. The Philadelphia, PA based promotional marketing company is known for building strategic business partnerships while simultaneously growing other businesses. As businesses grow so do the executives of Premium Advertising creating more jobs and business opportunity for it's employees.
Skills Matter - F# eXchange 6th-7th April 2017 in London at CodeNode. skillsmatter.com/conferences/8053-f-sharp-exchange-2017. Images Copyright of www.edtelling.com
Address: 9206 Leslie Street, moved to 4 Alexander Hunter Place
The Phillips-Teasdale House at 4 Alexander Hunter Place provides an excellent example of an early 19th century pioneer home. Originally situated at 9206 Leslie Street in the early settlement of Leek's Corners, this house was constructed in 1835 by Peter Gottfried Phillipsen later Phillips, a member of the Pennsylvanian-German Berczy settlement. Originally part of a cluster of dwellings on Leslie Street, this one-and-a-half storey frame house had a fieldstone foundation with a full basement under the front section of the house. In 1853, William Teasdale, blacksmith, purchased the Peter Phillips' property and most likely remodelled it in 1880 to take its current form. Frederick Lee purchased the property in 1921 and made few alterations to the exterior of the house. This house is noteworthy for its excellent preservation, including its historical windows and its vertical tongue and groove siding. This type of siding is of note as it is indigenous to the Markham region and is now becoming increasingly uncommon. In 1998 the Phillips-Teasdale House was moved to the Markham Heritage Estates subdivision for preservation and it became a designated heritage property in 2001 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2001-146 The Phillips-Teasdale House heritage designation
Women in the Millennium Villages are coming together to create sustainable businesses in their communities. Take a look at this: A woman in Ruhiira, Uganda shows off beads she's made from banana leaves with her cooperative.
For more information on Millennium Promise, please visit www.millenniumpromise.org, or follow us on Facebook (www.facebook.com/millenniumpromise) or Twitter (@endofpoverty).
Address: 8953 Woodbine Avenue
Both the Tomlinson House and Store and the Craig Blacksmith Shop are located at 8953 Woodbine Avenue, a building that began as two individual structures that is now joined. The Tomlinson House was constructed approximately 1853 by Sylvester Tomlinson, a member of the well-known Box Grove family. Sylvester Tomlinson's father, Joseph, was among the earliest settlers in Markham, being listed in William Berczy's 1803 Census. Joseph Tomlinson applied for a post office in what was then Sparta to learn that another community named Sparta existed. It was Joseph who renamed Sparta to Box Grove because of the large number of boxwood trees in the area which was used to manufacture wooden crates. Tomlinson's brother, Alfred, was credited with constructing the Rouge River dam that led to the establishment of the sawmill, woolen mill and shoddy mills that formed the economic core of Box Grove. Locally, this dwelling is known as the first store in Buttonville, operated by Jonathon Tomlinson until he sold it to Martin Scott in 1856. Following Scott's death in 1858, Francis Plebs became owner and expanded it to include both a store and post office until 1867. William Craig Jr., a blacksmith, purchased the property and enlarged and remodeled the store for residential use in 1893. Craig also operated a blacksmith shop that was originally located at 8993 Woodbine Avenue and was moved to its present location in 1893. The property remained in the Craig family until the 1980s. This house is believed to be the only remaining house with links to the Tomlinson family in Markham, and in 2008 became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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Address: 8847 Reesor Road
The John Wurtz House and Wurtz Family Cemetery at 8847 Reesor Road provide an important contribution to the historic agricultural landscape along the Rouge River as well as the earliest Loyalist settlement in this area. John Wurtz received the patent to Lot 13 of Concession 10 in 1802 and sold the east portion to Joseph McNeely in 1830. It was not until 1835, however, that Wurtz built the house that still stands. This one-storey Regency house is constructed of fieldstone with a hipped roof. While the west faade of the house is currently the main entrance, it is believed that the south faade was the original main entrance of the building. In 1843, Wurtz sold the west portion of the lot to his son Elias Wurtz and, in 1857, Wurtz sold the remaining property to Francis Pike, where his descendants resided for many generations. John's wife was likely the first to be buried in the family cemetery in 1802. John passed away in 1855 and was also buried in the family cemetery. The John Wurtz House and Wurtz Family Cemetery became a designated heritage property in 2004 under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
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City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
City of Markham Bylaw 2004-100 The John Wurtz House heritage designation
Governor Murphy signs three Memorandums of Understanding (MOU) between New Jersey academic and real estate entities with top Irish tech universities and a prominent startup accelerator. The MOUs aim to create mutually beneficial opportunities and forge collaboration in innovative projects that foster entrepreneurship, business development, career development, and international education. Monday, April 24, 2022(Edwin J. Torres/ NJ Governor’s Office).
Surya Sinha is one of the most dynamic motivational speakers in india on the subjects of Success, Time management, Goal Setting, Communication Skills, Leadership, Public Speaking and Presentation skill, Relationship Mastery, Memory Development, Study Technology, Teaching Technology, Business Development, Sales Promotion and Personality Development. His explosive enthusiasm combined with proven and powerful practical ideas have gained him great appeal among professionals across India. In addition to his authoring several best-selling audio learning programs, Surya Sinha has created specific Time management, Goal Setting, Communication Skills, Leadership, Public Speaking and Presentation skill, Relationship Mastery, Memory Development, Study Technology, Teaching Technology, Business Development, Sales Promotion and Personality Development training programs for various industries and consistently gets rave reviews on his projects. With expertise in the areas of training, Surya is in high demand as a personal coach, seminar leader, business trainer and corporate Trainer.
Ingevity Corporation (NYSE: NGVT) today announced plans to establish a new global headquarters in the city of North Charleston in Charleston County, South Carolina, to accommodate its significant business growth.
Photo by Ryan Johnson
Address: 4160 19th Avenue
The Almira Flour and Woolen Mill at 4160 19th Avenue hold significant historical importance for Markham and represent the once-thriving nature of the Almira community. Originally built approximately 1844, the Almira flour, grist, and woolen mill was built by Benjamin Bowman on the north side of what would become Almira. This woolen mill was said to be the only one of its kind in the province and manufactured 5,000 pounds of wool each year, all of it purchased by local farmers-except the black Western Ontario wool-which provided a great deal of support for the local community. Bowman was also responsible for building a number of houses in the community to house millworkers. The business passed to Alfred Spoffard, and then Samuel Boyer Lehman in 1880. A large portion of the mill was destroyed by fire in the 1940s, which devastated the community due to the mill's operation at the time. The building that stands now is what was rebuilt from the original mill in 1986, and it became a designated heritage property under the Ontario Heritage Act.
Photo courtesy of City of Markham.
Sources
City of Markham, Heritage Services - Register of Property of Cultural Heritage Value or Interest
Ontario Abandoned Places - Markham's Forgotten Villages, Almira