By Pepper Parr
February 19, 2015
BURLINGTON, ON
While the Mayor may have given one of the driest and flattest speeches heard in some time Keith Hooey, president of the Burlington Chamber of Commerce did a great number in teasing the audience as to who the next Entrepreneur of the Year was going to be.
Dan Lawrie, an artist in his own right with a piece of art that is part of his collection. Lawrie was named the 2015 Entrepreneur of the Year
At one point Hooey had the crowd laughing with him – that Mayor Goldring should be so lucky.
While there was no drum roll – Hooey told his audience that Dan Lawrie would be the 2015 Entrepreneur of the year.
Dan Lawrie put up a significant portion of the money needed to pay for the creation of the Spiral Stella.
While the Gazette always felt that entrepreneurs were those young guys with nothing but energy working to get a start-up off the ground – Burlington sees it differently.
We would put Lawrie in the ranks of the season veterans who runs a tight operation and has grown a very significant business that covers Burlington and Hamilton very well. Bur more on Dan Lawrie and what he has achieved when we do a full profile.
Right now – Dan is the Man for 2015.
Lawrie was the guy with the wallet behind the Spiral Stella that sits outside the entrance to the Performing Arts Centre where it really doesn’t get noticed.
