09-07-2025 13:10 via windsorstar.com

How is former Toronto Raptors boss helping Amherstburg grow into 'hottest community in Essex County'?

It started with a simple little smalltown bookshop. When Richard Peddie retired as president and CEO of Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, he and his wife Colleen left Toronto for a slower pace of living in the Town of Amherstburg. Managing a professional basketball team had been his dream — one he fulfilled at the helm of the Toronto Raptors. In retirement, however, he has stumbled upon a new passion: championing the historic riverfront town located in Canada’s deep south at the m
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