MEC comes to Burlington

Awesome and exciting news! Burlington is getting its greenest building to date in the form of a 20,000 square foot Mountain Equipment Co-op.

Snippet from their release.

""Sustainability is a driving force at MEC, and the Burlington store will be developed to our rigorous green building standards," said Robinson.

MEC plans to construct its greenest building to date and to meet at least the gold standard of the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) greenbuilding rating system."

The location is not ideal - but it is still accessible by walking and biking and is close enough to downtown to make transit an option.

Sound of Music Festival

The Sound of Music Festival wrapped up this past weekend and Spencer Smith appears to have survived another festival onslaught.

The weather was glorious, hot and sunny with only a mild sprinkling. On Saturday my family and I rode our bikes down and parked at Caroline and Brant and then meandered through the downtown. Oddly enough during the time we were there, 1- 5 pm, there was very little music being played. About 15 minutes in to our visit my daughter ended up having a little asthma attack and decided to go home with my wife but my young son and I stayed and played.

I reluctantly forked over the outrageous sum of $20 for some amusement ride tickets. Turns out it was well worth it as the young one gleefully and enthusiastically rode the rides. It was great fun to see him grinning ear-to-ear on the slide, mini-roller coaster and merry-go-round. Ahh to have such joy.

After tearing through the rides we sat down at the east end of the park in front of the Bell stage and watched exactly one song from a totally forgettable Canadian Idol finalist Then my son declared the music too loud and we proceeded back to Brant street to do some beading at beadworks. Jacob made a cool looking choker for himself and then we took one more listen tothe music and headed home for cookout.