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This past Friday our friends at put on a big shindig in the Salt Building which up until now has been rented out for events as a venue. As I recently about, its intended use has always been to house a brewpub and was recently locked down by CRAFT Beer who are going to be leasing it out in the long term to open a restaurant and taphouse with 140 beers and an eclectic menu. I could be wrong but I think that this Tides party was the last big hurrah that the Salt Building will be hosting before CRAFT gets the keys!

Photos: Renne Hooper

The party was loads of fun with much great food and drink, an inspiring speech as well as a photobooth geared around Tides' messaging where they're aiming to get unlikely partners to work together for the betterment of our future, or "Uncommon solutions for the common good".

As I was walking in to the party (literally right next door to our place, it took me 30 seconds to get there) I ran into my friend Joel Solomon who is the Vice-Chair of Tides Canada, as well as the chair of the Hollyhock Foundation which I a little over a year ago. Joel is an agent of change who is constantly inspiring folks (like myself) who are running businesses that work towards positive social and environmental change and not simply a single bottom line geared towards profit. The dude is a change-maker of the first order and in case you missed it I introduced you to him over coffee a few months ago . Here's what he had to say about the party:

And here's what he had to say recently to my friend Aaron Vidas (whom I met through Hollyhock!) who is a local social enterprise strategist. Aaron interviewed Joel for his and got some wise words out of him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?&v=kZsapTf1Evg

This bash at the Salt Building was the perfect ender for the space as a sort of blank slate venue and I'm really looking forward for the new tenants to move in. Word is that we'll be enjoying by this summer.

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