Good Afternoon BIA Members, The City has just announced that the 2025 Commercial Façade Improvement Grant Program applications are now being accepted until April 30, 2025, or until all the grant funding has been expended. Eligible applicants can apply online by going to Commercial Façade Improvement Grant Program – City of Toronto. For questions about the Commercial Façade Improvement Grant Program, please contact Michael Saunders at 416-392-1005 or email  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Please feel free to share this email with your property…

Good Afternoon All, Below is the link to the KPMG report that was released yesterday highlighting the significant shifts happening with consumers supporting Canadian products. I would recommend taking a few minutes to read through the report. There are some interesting results. A couple that stand out: 93% of Canadians would like businesses to identify and promote their Canadian products 85% say that the current situation with the US has prompted them to support more local producers and companies 77%…

Hi Folks, I wanted to share a few things in addition to the KPMG report that I emailed to you earlier today. We did a couple of media things this week as follows: Interview with the Toronto Star pertaining to the state of the city's snow removal. I've included the link to the article below. It's a long article, a good one, and our Board Chair's, Albert Stortchak, part is towards the end of the article. Yesterday (Thursday) Albert did…

Good Afternoon All. I've received the following update from my contact at Transportation Services regarding our snow removal. I will also be getting an update from them every morning for the next few days. This will be a huge help in allowing me to keep each of you updated. Okay here's where we're at today: Last night the snow removal crews did the south side of Danforth from Broadview to Greenwood. They removed the snow mounds on the road side.…

Good Afternoon All, Thank you to those of you who attended our in-person meeting with our 55 Division Police team this past Monday. It was a good meeting and provided an opportunity for you to discuss your issues and also to get a better insight into police procedures etc. We will look at hosting these meetings on a quarterly basis so if you didn't come to this one you can attend a future one. PC Jonathan Little, our Crime Prevention…

Hi BIA Members, I finally have confirmation that the City crews will be on Danforth and on Broadview starting tonight removing the snow. There have been rumours going around that the removal wasn't going to happen because of the bike lanes. Barb Grey from Transportation Services confirmed that this was untrue. I know that tonight is the night that you put your garbage bins out - I have already flagged this with Transportation and they have worked out a plan…