Good Afternoon All, Just following up on my email from this past Sunday re: the opening of the portals for the Provincial grants for Property Tax and Energy costs. It seems that the portals are not working properly - so you may be having a hard time attaching documents etc. The Province is working on the glitches so please keep checking back - hopefully these issues will be fixed asap. Here's the link again for those who need it: Property…

Good Afternoon All, I have a couple of things to pass on today as follows: 1. Grant/Subsidy Application Support: There are some new government applications that will be opening soon and for those of you who may need some help navigating the application process the City of Toronto has a Help Centre dedicated just to these programs. For one-on-one help with applications for any of these programs contact the BusinessTO Support Centre. 2. An invitation from one of our BIA…

Good Afternoon All, I want to make sure that everyone remembers that tomorrow (Monday, Nov. 16) the Provincial grant portal will open. These grants are available to assist with property tax and energy cost rebates. Below please find the links to the Province's web page - the How To Apply link on the web page isn't active today but will be tomorrow. I also did a search to see if there was any kind of an update on the CERS…

Good Afternoon All, This is a quick reminder that our BIA AGM is scheduled for next Monday, November 16 from noon to 1:30pm via ZOOM. If you wish to join please email me. Thank you to those who have already confirmed their participation. We will send the ZOOM link out to all confirmed participants this coming Friday, Nov. 13/20. Attached once again is the AGM notice that was sent to everyone last month. Thanks, Susan

Good Morning All, What a week this has been - we started with snow, now we're back to summer, our US neighbours are duking it out and.... we have some updates from our Provincial and Federal governments. 1. Federal Update on Rent and Wage Subsidy Programs Last night the Federal Opposition Parties agreed after a lengthy four hour discussion to support the Liberals on the revised Rent, Wage and Top Up subsidy programs. The plan is for the Legislation to…

Good Afternoon All, The Province has just announced their new framework for Ontario with regard to new categories that will determine various restrictions and modified closures. The full release is below and attached is a copy of the framework - I strongly suggest that you all take a few minutes to read through the attachment. Items of note: 1. Mayor Tory and the Premier have agreed that Toronto will continue the current modified restrictions until November 14/20. The current restrictions…