This is part of a year-long ‘Love for Local’ series called NB365: portraits of New Brunswick entrepreneurs, businesses and organizations. Huddle is a media partner with Love for Local. Today, we hear from Éric Gingras of Brûlerie du Vieux Poste in Edmundston.

I’VE ALWAYS HAD A DESIRE TO BE AN ENTREPRENEUR AND I WANTED TO DO IT AGAIN, HAVING ALREADY HAD A BUSINESS WHEN I WAS IN OTTAWA.
Entrepreneurship comes in many forms, and it always has a local flavour. Wherever the business starts, that’s where it takes its colours and its shape. The support of the local community over the past year has been great and very good.

The reception by the population of the roastery and the Café has been very positive. The city and the Downtown Edmundston organization have worked very hard to help showcase all the businesses in Edmundston, for which I am very grateful.

It’s always a plus to support local businesses with your purchases. It’s also a big plus when organizations and levels of government do it too. When we buy local, we are investing in the future of our communities. That’s all we need to remember: we are investing in our future, for all of us.