Dispatch

Dispatch

Dispatch: A summary of recent business appointments and announcements, plus upcoming events for the week ahead

CLOSED Grace Restaurant, 215 Dundas Street.

MOVED Boomerz Boxing Club, to 275 Colborne Street, Unit 3.

AWARDED Info-Tech Research Goup, 2025 Excellence Awardee by the Canadian HR Awards in multiple categories: Excellence in Flexible Work Strategies, Canadian HR Leader of the Year (Shawn Gibson), and HR Rising Star of the Year (Kristen Shaw).

APPOINTED Rachel DeCoste, office manager, Music Central Entertainment.

ANNOUNCED By the London Community Foundation, recipients of 2025 Community Vitality Program Grants: Alzheimer Society Southwest Partners, Forest City Film Festival, Growing Chefs! Ontario, John Howard Society of London & District, Ontario Nature, Progressive Animal Welfare Services, Southwest Middlesex Health Centre, STEAM Education Centre, Type Diabeat It.

APPOINTED Adam Thompson, senior director, municipal affairs & economic development, Winston Wilmont.

APPOINTED Toby Stolee, chief operating officer, South Winds Development Co. Inc.

CLOSED International Marketplace, 174 Hamilton Road.

PROMOTED Natalie Close, to regional director, Lambton Kent Middlesex, Libro Credit Union.

ANNOUNCED By the YMCA of Southwestern Ontario, closing of its Woodstock branch (808 Dundas Street) in late September.

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