Manitoba Chamber of Commerce
Issue link: http://publications.winnipegfreepress.com/i/211797
'peg biz welCome the new lgbt* Chamber of CommerCe page 8 how do you build a Creative City? page 10 mining for bold page 14 it's miller time for blue bombers page 16 why pay inequity saps motivation page 20 bold is Creating a lot of buzz in winnipeg these days. During its 140th anniversary year, the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce is building on BOLD momentum to encourage and embrace fresh new visions for the future. With that initiative in mind, the Winnipeg Free Press and its 'pegBiz partners chose to focus on innovation in our winter issue. And as often happens when you direct your attention to a particular subject, we started seeing it everywhere: In the collision between art and technology that produced the Exchange District's Innovation Alley; in business incubators and I.H. Asper School of Business competitions that are matching inventors with entrepreneurs and investors; and in BOLD ideas like forming a creative campus at the Manitoba Museum, opening Portage and Main to pedestrians and mounting a Winnipeg We Day to encourage philanthropy. At the same time, we recognized that the city has a long history of innovative thinking. The Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce Spirit of Winnipeg Awards have turned a spotlight on a wealth of what chamber president Dave Angus has called "news-to-me stories," about businesses, charities and not-for-profits whose innovations deserve to be acknowledged and celebrated. The fifth annual awards, co-founded with BDO Chartered Accountants and Advisers and presented with Fillmore Riley LLP — which celebrates 130 years of innovation this year — will be held at the Fairmont Winnipeg in February. The chamber is encouraging members to take the opportunity to tell their own stories, and 'pegBiz is looking forward to sharing the news. WINTER 2013 'peg biz | 5