Doors Open East Elgin invited a peek inside organizations and businesses from Aylmer, Malahide and Bayham – a total of 21 sites. Check out photos below from Aylmer Old Town Hall, Elgin Innovation Centre and Mennonite Furniture Gallery, taken on September 14th.
The Aylmer Old Town Hall was completed in 1874 – the second floor's mid-Victorian Opera is now home to the Aylmer Community Theatre. A display highlighted appearances on the stage by Pauline Johnson & Sir John A McDonald. 2013 marks the hundredth anniversary of Pauline Johnson’s death – she read her poetry in Aylmer in the 1880s. “Sir John A. Macdonald” addressed the visitors to Doors Open, as he had the residents of Aylmer in 1886. Read more…
Elgin Innovation Centre, housed in the former Imperial Tobacco plant offered tours of the space which is now home to several offices and businesses and Elgin Business Resource Centre's Aylmer location. Imperial Tobacco opened in 1946 – at its prime the plant could store 110 million tons of tobacco and at one point had almost 600 employees. It closed its doors in 2007. Walking and golf cart tours gave visitors a chance to get an idea of what nearly one-million square feet looks like and to see some of the businesses presently operating there. Many of those who took the tours could recall some of the areas from working as Imperial Tobacco employees. The Aylmer Malahide Museum exhibited photography and memorabilia from the days of the former plant.
Mennonite Furniture Gallery was open at their Eden Line location near Straffordville with a sampling of furniture in different woods, finishes and styles all available in custom combinations. Their main location is in Aylmer.
Elgin Innovation Centre, housed in the former Imperial Tobacco plant offered tours of the space which is now home to several offices and businesses and Elgin Business Resource Centre's Aylmer location. Imperial Tobacco opened in 1946 – at its prime the plant could store 110 million tons of tobacco and at one point had almost 600 employees. It closed its doors in 2007. Walking and golf cart tours gave visitors a chance to get an idea of what nearly one-million square feet looks like and to see some of the businesses presently operating there. Many of those who took the tours could recall some of the areas from working as Imperial Tobacco employees. The Aylmer Malahide Museum exhibited photography and memorabilia from the days of the former plant.
Mennonite Furniture Gallery was open at their Eden Line location near Straffordville with a sampling of furniture in different woods, finishes and styles all available in custom combinations. Their main location is in Aylmer.
Isaak Wall of PFI located in the Innovation Centre shows laser cutting operation to Inis Gibbons who toured the plant where she was formerly employed by Imperial Tobacco
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