Please mark your calendars for next Wednesday, Oct. 17th. There will be an all candidates meeting for our new Ward 14. We have 10 candidates running in our ward and they will be at this meeting. Each will have an information table where you can meet them individually and discuss your issue(s) or ask your questions. The meeting will be held at the Ralph Thornton Community Centre, 765 Queen Street East, from 7:00pm to 8:45pm. Attached is the flyer with…

Good Afternoon All, Our BIA AGM has been set for Monday, October 29th with the reception starting at 6:30pm and the meeting starting at 7pm. The meeting will be held at 7 Numbers, 307 Danforth Avenue. The full notice is attached to this email. If you wish to attend we ask that you rsvp via email to me on or before Thursday, October 25, 2018.

Happy October All, The month of October is a time to celebrate and promote our amazing small businesses. To this end we'd like to take the week of October 15 - October 21 (Monday - Sunday) to promote and celebrate the wonderful businesses that make up our Danforth BIA. Here's the plan: 1. On Saturday, October 13th Eszter (our social media manager) and myself will be in the hood shooting little videos of consumers - we will be asking them…

Solid Waste Management Services has been directed by City Council to undertake consultations with members of the public and stakeholders on opportunities to reduce single-use and takeaway items. Below you'll find information on upcoming public consultation sessions. Please consider sharing this information with your networks to help promote attendance and participation in the consultation process. If you have any questions, please contact Sean Hurley at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Have your say on how to reduce single-use and takeaway items The City of…

Good Morning Folks, On behalf of the BIA Board and myself, I wanted to thank all of you for your generous support of the fundraising efforts for the victims of the shooting. The Danforth Strong Go Fund Me account was set up by our own Keiley Abbat, owner of Small Wonders, shortly after the shooting. Yesterday Keiley transferred the money raised over to the Toronto Foundation. A total of $75,000 was raised through the Danforth Strong initiative and that's thanks…

Happy September All, I hope that everyone had a good long weekend and if you have kids going back to school today I hope the morning wasn't too crazy! A few items to start off this week: 1. Danforth Strong t-shirts are still for sale with proceeds going to the Toronto Fund. Shirts are being sold at Small Wonders, Second Cup and Kemi. 2. New Street Lights - we did a walk through last week in the evening and the…