- Mickey MacDonald
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Mickey MacDonald (born in 1952 or 1953) is an entrepreneur in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada who has been involved in telecommunications, food retailing and the fitness industry.
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Businesses
Clearwater
When first time MacDonald got back to Halifax, he helped his brother Colin and Rick, and brother-in-law John Risley start up a fishery company Clearwater which big now.[1]
DownEast Communications
MacDonald purchased this single telecommunications store located on the Bedford Highway that specialized in wireless communications in 1991 and grew it to 51 locations across Atlantic Canada[2] sold to Aliant (now Bell Aliant) on October 1, 2004[3]
The Chicken Burger
On March 19, 2007 MacDonald purchased this 50's style diner located on the Bedford Highway, the Chicken Burger, which is considered to be a Bedford, Nova Scotia landmark famous for its burgers that consist of boiled chicken on a hamburger bun.[4]
Palooka’s Gym
MacDonald founded Palooka's Gym, a fitness centre that focuses on its competitive boxing program in addition to general fitness in an old movie house on Gottingen Street in Downtown Halifax in Spring of 2007[2] On Thursday September 8th, 2011 it was announced that Palookas Gym on Gottingen St would be permanently ceasing operations by the end of the month[5].
Charities
Bella Rose Arts Centre
MacDonald contributed $300 000 CAD to Theatre Halifax, a community theatre in Halifax West High School. To show appreciation for this donation, the theatre changed its name to the Bella Rose Arts Centre in honour of MacDonald’s mother Bella and his daughter Rose.[6]
Personal
MacDonald grew up one of seven children in Fairview, Halifax. He left school in grade nine and worked at odd jobs across Canada, spending some time homeless in Toronto.[7] While in Toronto he started boxing competitively. MacDonald later completed a GED. One of his brothers, Colin, is also a prominent Halifax area businessman while another, Rick, is a boxing trainer.
References
- ^ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/your-business/exit/selling-your-business/former-boxer-built-cellphone-empire/article1900883/?cmpid=rss1
- ^ a b http://www.thecoast.ca/halifax/punch-it-up/Content?oid=960339
- ^ http://www.bce.ca/en/news/releases/aliant/2004/09/27/71673.html
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2007/03/20/chickenburger.html
- ^ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/story/2011/09/08/ns-palooka-boxing-club.html
- ^ http://www.bellaroseartscentre.com/pages/about_us.html
- ^ http://www.redcross.ca/article.asp?id=29324&tid=065
External links
Categories:- 1950s births
- Living people
- Canadian businesspeople
- Canadian people of Scottish descent
- People from Halifax, Nova Scotia
- Canadian business biography stubs
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