MGroup of Companies is a locally owned organization that specializes in property management and real estate services. It provides comprehensive services across the residential and commercial sectors that help ensure tenant satisfaction, streamlined operations, and community engagement.
The Stratford & District Chamber of Commerce advocates and represents the business interests and issues in Stratford, St. Marys, Mitchell, and surrounding areas for all businesses large and small. Its goal is to create an environment in which businesses can prosper.
Tariffs continue to impact the cost structure and profitability of businesses across both the U.S. and Canada. With the right strategies, you can reduce exposure, maintain competitiveness, and protect your bottom line.
Watch Schooley Mitchell’s free, value-packed webinar where we’ll break down:
Who Should Watch: Business owners, CFOs, operations managers, procurement professionals, and decision-makers concerned with cost management and global trade.
Thank you, Stratford Times for highlighting our work for the community!
This year, we’re thrilled to share that Schooley Mitchell donated 1,568 lbs of food to the Stratford House of Blessing Food Bank and The Food Bank of Waterloo Region! A HUGE thank you to our staff for their generous donations. This is going to help so many people this holiday season.
Recently, one of our employees, who is also a talented freelance writer, published this incredible piece about our fundraising efforts for Heart & Stroke in honour of our late and dearly missed coworker, Meagan Ellis. Thank you Julia Paul for writing this piece for the Stratford Times.
You can read the whole article, here, on Page 9.
Over the past six weeks, our team at Head Office has been collecting food donations for Stratford House of Blessing Food Bank and The Food Bank of Waterloo Region, and we’re proud to share that we were able to donate 1,803 pounds of food! A HUGE thank you to our staff for their generous donations. This is going to help so many people in need this holiday season.
Schooley Mitchell teams in both Stratford and Kitchener participated in our yearly walk for the Heart & Stroke Ride for Heart event. Together, we raised $2,678 for critical heart disease and stroke research.
We wanted to share a couple team photos from the day. Thank you to all who donated and walked.
Whether you’re going to church for the first time or need a new place to worship, check out Waypoint Church. Its an amazing community full of friendly people who welcomes everyone that wants to learn more about the faith.
Years ago, there were three bowling alleys located in the 
beautiful town of Stratford, Ontario, but today only one remains – Mike’s Bowling Lanes.
Mike’s Bowling Lanes was originally opened in 1956 by Mike Gornyiczki. It was taken over by Len Barber in the mid ’80s and then by current owner and manager, Joe Shaw, more than a decade ago.
Shaw had just completed his Business Management degree and was having trouble finding work in that field.
Having already known Barber, Shaw was offered a part time gig working weekends at the bowling alley.
Twenty-one years later, Shaw can still be found working seven days a week at Mike’s Bowling, and loves every minute of it.
Today, Mike’s Bowling Lanes offers adult and youth leagues, as well as a special Olympics program.
It provides space for several types of events such as birthday parties and glow in the dark bowling.
Mike’s Bowling Lanes’ open season is from Sept to the end of April with reduced hours during May and June. It shuts down during July and August, during the warmer weather.
Mike’s Bowling Lanes is also fully licensed and has a snack bar complete with food like chicken fingers and fries.
Although Mike’s Bowling Lanes offers a great experience for people of all ages, getting people to join is one of the biggest challenges
“In this day and age, no one wants to do a weekly time commitment,” Shaw said.
Mike’s Bowling Lanes strives to alleviate the financial costs by offering weekly payments, rather than upfront in hopes of encouraging people to join.
“My biggest goal right now is to be around and go after the property,” Shaw said.
Since the property is still owned by Barber, they can’t renovate or make any large changes.
When asked about what he enjoys most about what he does, the answer was obvious – it’s the people.
Being such a strong pillar of the community, Mike’s Bowling Lanes strives to support and give back any way it can.
In the past, they have hosted many fundraisers for organizations such as Big Brothers Big Sisters, and has been home to many hockey events and other private events.
It also provides donations to local charities and organizations whenever possible.
For more information about this great business, visit it online at www.mikeslanes.ca.