Bri-Ann Stuart spoke at our July 8th, 2014 Probus meeting. Bri-Ann is the General Manager of The Outlet Collection at Niagara. Her presentation was entitled “Defining the Outlet Experience? Outlet Collection at Niagara”. She provided us with some fascinating statistics about the Mall and its development. Here are just a few of them:
- Situated on a 63 acre site
- Largest open air mall in Canada
- Requires 1,500 full and part time employees
- 2,700 parking spaces
- 100 retail outlets
- An eatery with 8 outlets and a Community Space nearby
- Will grow to 521,000 square feet of space
Our August 2014 Speaker:
Ron Dale will be our speaker at the August 12th, 2014 Probus meeting. The title of his talk is “Girding for War: Canada and the beginning of the Great War”. In his presentation he will discuss the beginning of the war and the amazing feat of recruiting, training and equipping the Canadian Expeditionary Force in record time in 1914.