"Yes, We Are Open" Season 8 Episode 8-The Parlour
In the season 8 finale of ‘Yes, We Are Open’, Al is back in Ontario, visiting Brenda and Rick Coletta, owners of The Fry’s The Limit and The Parlour.
Yes, Bradford Academy of Music Is Open!
This week, Al is back in Ontario visiting his hometown of Bradford West Gwillimbury and a business he’s known intimately for over 30 years, Bradford Academy of Music.
The music school started off in 1987 in the basement of Rita Hunt. Al was one of her early students. Over the next 30 years, Rita moved and grew the school eventually becoming a pillar in Bradford’s business community. In 2017 Rita was ready to retire, so she sold the business to one of her teachers Tyler Tossounian, a young ambitious entrepreneur.
How did the young inexperienced Tyler do with the established business?
Listen to find out.
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In the season 8 finale of ‘Yes, We Are Open’, Al is back in Ontario, visiting Brenda and Rick Coletta, owners of The Fry’s The Limit and The Parlour.
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