Long Branch is a neighbourhood located in south Etobicoke, Toronto. The area has been through some challenges, with nearby big box stores on the Queensway wiping out a lot of the smaller shops located on Lakeshore Road. Plus the transition from manufacturing to gentrification has also created a neighbourhood in transition. Business clusters are interconnected businesses which operate in a complimentary fashion to one another. Walking around the neighbourhood, you notice some interesting business clusters which seem to be surviving by working around the typical big-box offering. What follows is…