The Municipality of Brighton is renovating and repurposing the canteen building behind the King Edward Park Arena and Community Centre into 3 vender rental spaces to encourage local entrepreneurs to set up businesses in Brighton.
Brighton’s Director of Economic Development and Communications Ben Hagerman told us about the project.
Located behind the Brighton Curling Cub and near the baseball diamonds, the old Canteen building will now be known as The Shed at King Ed. The Municipality of Brighton is currently renovating this building to accommodate 3 vender spaces for weekly or bi-weekly rentals, in a pop up shop style format and are they are accepting applications from entrepreneurs to set up shop in these spaces.
According to Hagerman, The Shed is ideal for small businesses.
“We are looking for small businesses that typically attend local markets or do on-line sales who have not made the jump into a bricks and mortar space,” said Hagerman. “There will also be some food truck opportunities there as well.”
The intent of this initiative is to bolster both economic and tourism based business opportunities in the Municipality.
The Municipality is currently seeking applications for the use of these spaces. The cost to rent a space for one week is $100.00 and the two weeks is $150.00. The maximum is 2 weeks at a time.
Hagerman told us how to apply.
“We are looking to make this a destination within the park and to compliment the amenities that currently exist there,” added Hagerman. Applications can be found on the Municipality of Brighton’s website The Shed at King Ed – Municipality of Brighton.
Hagerman told us they’ll keep everyone up to date on whose at The Shed.
The Shed at King Ed will launch on June 28th, so check the Municipality’s social media channels for announcement of the vender schedule.
Written by Alicia Vandine
