Innovation
Presenting the 7th Mayor's Innovation Awards Nominees for Municipal Innovation
Blog Post | November 21, 2025
It is our honour to recognize amazing businesses and leaders within our community through the Mayor’s Innovation Awards. As we approach the ceremony, we would like to introduce the nominees in our final category, Municipal Innovation. This category recognizes the individuals, teams, and departments within the City of Barrie that have gone above and beyond to drive innovation, streamline processes, and deliver more effective and efficient services to our community.
Presenting the 7th Mayor's Innovation Awards Nominees for Youth Innovator
Blog Post | November 20, 2025
It is our honour to recognize amazing businesses and leaders within our community through the Mayor’s Innovation Awards. As we approach the ceremony, we would like to introduce the youth nominees who are challenging the status quo and showcases some of the incredible learning that comes through entrepreneurship and the Youth Innovator category.
Presenting the 7th Mayor's Innovation Awards Nominees for Pivot Point
Blog Post | November 18, 2025
It is our honour to recognize amazing businesses and leaders within our community through the Mayor’s Innovation Awards. As we approach the ceremony, we would like to introduce the nominees that have navigated unexpected challenges by discovering and pursuing opportunities for growth with the Pivot Point category.
Presenting the 7th Mayor's Innovation Awards Nominees for Creative Collaboration
Blog Post | November 17, 2025
It is our honour to recognize amazing businesses and leaders within our community through the Mayor’s Innovation Awards. As we approach the ceremony, we would like to introduce the nominees that have forged an alliance and reached new heights or achievements that they couldn't have reached alone through the Creative Collaboration category.
Presenting the 7th Mayor's Innovation Awards Nominees for Research & Innovation Contribution
Blog Post | November 14, 2025
It is our honour to recognize amazing businesses and leaders within our community through the Mayor’s Innovation Awards. As we approach the ceremony, we would like to introduce the nominees undertaking research and development initiatives through the Research & Innovation Contribution category.
Presenting the 7th Mayor's Innovation Awards Nominees for Shift Disturber
Blog Post | November 13, 2025
It is our honour to recognize amazing businesses and leaders within our community through the Mayor’s Innovation Awards. As we approach the ceremony, we would like to introduce the nominees, starting with fan favourite category, Shift Disturber.
Barrie Welcomes Toronto Business Development Centre Founders
Blog Post | October 27, 2025
Have you ever wondered what a full day tour of Barrie looks like for an entrepreneurial founder? Over 20 founders based in the fintech, consulting, Software as a Service (SaaS), med tech, education, agri-tech, and additional sectors had the opportunity to travel from Toronto to explore what Barrie’s business community and ecosystem offers.
Ground Control to Innovation: Invest Barrie Joins Forces with NASA Space Apps Challenge at Lakehead University
Blog Post | October 8, 2025
Invest Barrie was proud to sponsor the second annual NASA Space Apps Challenge hosted by Lakehead University. Hearing teams talk about how to turn food waste into entertainment and future collectors’ items, to the need to create dashboards on how to track asteroids, it was clear that the energy, collaboration, and creativity on display were nothing short of innovative.
June 2025: Invest Barrie Quarterly
Newsletter | June 16, 2025
40 Years of Innovation: Busch Systems in Barrie
Blog Post | June 27, 2025
This year marks a major milestone for Busch Systems—40 years of innovation, sustainability, and driving change in the waste and recycling industry. What began as one student’s idea to improve a local recycling program has now grown into an international company in sustainable container solutions. We had the honour to speak with Craig Busch, President and CEO of Busch Systems, to discuss the company’s inspirational journey of growth, giving back, and thinking big.
Photo credit to Nat Caron Photography.