benefit social and economic concerns
within the community. “We were very
successful early on. One of the things that
we realized with that success was that we
wanted to give back to the community,”
Bates said.
Because many of TOSS’s projects were
confidential in nature, the firm took com-
munity involvement as an opportunity to
share their abilities and knowledge. with
the business community, at large. One
example of this was the emergence of
Saint John's Safe Harbour Youth Facility,
a conversion of an abandoned church to
a 6,000-square-foot home for transitional
youth. TOSS is also engaged in economic
strategic projects like ConnexionWorks,
partnering on the development of Saint
John’s first co-working environment within
the Uptown business core of Saint John,
providing a 10,000-square-foot profession-
al, shared, resource-based workspace for
small businesses and start-ups to grow
and thrive.
TOSS continues to look forward, enhanc-
ing individual and firm skillsets, mentoring
young designers within the firm to encour-
age their fresh ideas. By working closely
with manufacturers, and industry leaders
to understand forward-looking trends and
strategies, new and innovative products,
and current and upcoming technologies,
TOSS continues to provide clients with
flexible, creative and fully integrated de-
sign solutions.
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