Jaden Hollingshead: A Main Street Losing its Anchors

Jaden Hollingshead: A Main Street Losing its Anchors

By Jaden Hollingshead When much‑loved or long‑standing businesses close, they take more than a sign down. Places like Oliver’s, Mind’s Alive, Footprints of Muskoka, Black Bear Barber and Metatron’s Garden(All moving or closing), helped stitch together daily routines: a coffee before work, a quick errand, a familiar face behind the counter. When those doors close, the people who built their days around them lose small but meaningful anchors in th…