Local Business

Judith Sung is one of two lucky winners of a draw.

Artspacific Coop Gallery has reopened with the addition of potter Catherine Epps and weaver Sheila Vetter.

David Bellringer has just moved to Bowen Island to manage Village Square but he has already developed a deep appreciation of local people and local businesses.

Jordan McLean is not easily rattled. That is evident when he stays calm despite a mix-up in a delivery that will considerably shorten the time in which he has to pull together a big dinner.

The Bowen Island Chamber of Commerce would like to remind everyone of their local merchants this holiday season. Our local economy is like an organism for which money is the blood. The blood needs to flow to keep it healthy.

Amie Thomas named her interior design studio Moss and Oak ( www.mossandoak.com ). "Moss represents the artwork: objects, furniture, the decorative element," Thomas explained.

The three women come from different backgrounds and have followed different career paths but they have one thing in common: they want to create better conditions for women who run businesses and live on Bowen Island.

It will not come as a surprise to Bowen Island coffee connoisseurs that they may be indulging in a world class cuppa joe.

Three months ago, Glenn Cormier wouldn't have believed it possible that he would open a business on Bowen Island. "To be honest, to me Bowen Island was always a Neverland-kind of a place.

Making island life sweeter, one gourmet truffle at a time, is chocolatier Joanne Mogridge, owner and operator of Cocoa West chocolates.