What’s the big idea? Kitchens, kicks, pulses and therapy

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Published on Thursday, October 27, 2016

Photo by Tony Eu. On Thursday, Oct. 20, the second annual ‘What’s The Big Idea?’ event took place. This year, seven individuals pitched their businesses, resulting in four prize winners.

The event, put on by the Economic Development Officers of Neepawa (Marilyn Crewe, far left) and Minnedosa (Vern May, far right) is designed to give local entrepreneurs a hand with starting, or growing, their local business. Not only are monetary awards given out, the event also brings many guest speakers and resources that the entrepreneurs can take advantage of to learn more about running a business.

This year’s winners are (from left): Tim Wiebe, who won three awards for his Eden-based business, Avion Harvest; Kelly Spurway (pictured) and Lianne Christie (missing), who won one award for the Rapid City-based Queen’s Eatery; Kennedy Baker, of Neepawa, won one award for her business, Ken’s Kustom Kicks; Kim Burgess, of Minnedosa, who won four awards for Valley Art Therapy. See next week’s Neepawa Banner for more on this story.