The south-coast resort is revelling in a new-found cool.
But some of Vancouver's new-found cool has wafted across the water and today downtown Dundarave has a bit of the air of Sausalito — galleries and coffee places, chowder and sushi, a scattering of petals on the sidewalk outside the florist.
It is great to see two women founding a cool new startup.
Would you try to turn your luck into a business by founding Really Cool Apps, Inc.?
Mélanie-Rose Frappier, is an ex-competitive squash player who founded It's Cool To Be Healthy and teaches Canadian teens about Indigenous history.
Jonathan Knight founded Punk Publishing, which produces Cool Camping (www.coolcamping.co.uk).
For its part, le cool was founded in 2003 after René Lönngren, who was working in advertising at the time, encountered Flavorpill on a trip to New York.
Bolsen, however, is confident that Cool Planet, founded in 2009, has what it takes to both foment environmental change and grow into a thriving business.
IN 1554, a band of wandering Jesuits, after sweating through southern Brazil's forested coastal hills, stopped by a river on the high Piratininga plateau and, delighted at its fresh, cool air, founded the city of Sao Paulo.
The cool kids, founded by Zee Desmondes and Teddy Powell, are an emerging neo-soul act that evoke sort of a modern Jamiroquai vibe.
