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Not the First, but still the First Friday in Brampton

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It wasn’t the first Friday that Brampton business people spent the evening together networking.  Peel’s First Fridays Tradition Is Here! By Stephen Weir 1st Fridays Peel (Ryan Knight, President of the  Afro Caribbean Business Network (ACBN),  Andria Barrett, President of the  Canadian Black Chamber of Commerce (CBCC) and Warren Salmon Technically Brampton has already had three First Fridays, but the Caribbean Community is still in first contact mode for the once monthly business-networking event.   Last Friday evening over 50 people from Peel came out to see what the professionals' Greet and Meet is all about.Organizers are expecting an even larger crowd in April. First Fridays is a networking and social night that is, as the name says, held the first Friday evening of each month, has been a must-attended ritual in Toronto for the past 26-years. An after-work chapter has just been established in Brampton which is being run by  Ryan Knight, the Afro Caribbean Business