Pandemic passion: Freedom Boat Club sees spike in memberships as Ottawans look local this summer
Since opening their first location in 2019, Freedom Boat Club Ottawa has seen a jump in new memberships.
Sterling Bown, franchise owner of the two locations in the city, says that this is a rare happy consequence of COVID-19.
“We’re probably one of the few businesses that benefited from COVID,” says Bown. “Everybody wanted to go boating because we couldn’t travel.”