Wednesday, 13 October 2021 08:40
Good Morning All, Some of you have been asking me about how you can get the free rapid tests for your businesses. You can register your business for the kits through the Toronto Board of Trade as follows: www.bot.com/rapidscreening I've also attached the release that was circulated back in June - please take a few minutes to read through as it provides some additional information on the rapid test kit program. As always, if you have questions or need further…
Friday, 01 October 2021 00:00
Good Afternoon All, I have a couple of things for you today as follows: 1. De-escalation Training Sessions for Businesses (Level 1 and Level 2) have now been scheduled through to February, 2022: The City of Toronto is now offering De-Escalation Training Sessions for Street-Front Retailers. The sessions are geared to managers or employees who interact with the general public regularly and would like to learn strategies and skills for communicating with individuals who may be street involved or displaying…
Tuesday, 21 September 2021 15:54
Good Morning All, First I would like to send our congratulations out to our Federal MP, Julie Dabrusin, on winning her seat in our Toronto Danforth riding last night (included in the bcc line of this email). We look forward to continuing to work with you, Julie, on the economic recovery of our businesses as we see our way through to the other side of this pandemic. Moving on to tomorrow's start of the new Vaccine Proof regulation. Some of…
Wednesday, 15 September 2021 00:00
Good Afternoon All, This afternoon the Province released the regulations and guidance for businesses and organizations to support them in implementing proof of vaccination requirements, which take effect on September 22, 2021. You can click on each of the links shown above to get full information however I've downloaded the Guidance document and have attached it to this email. I'm urging all of you to take the time to read through the attached document even if you aren't one of…
Friday, 10 September 2021 00:00
Happy Friday All, During all of the craziness that we've been dealing with I don't get to send nice, fun emails to you that often but.... today is our fun Friday email day! We have a few nice things to let you know about: Show LoveTO Heart comes to our Broadview Danforth BIA This is an initiative from the City of Toronto's ShowLoveTO campaign. LoveTO features 26 illuminated hearts distributed across each ward in our city and one at City…
Wednesday, 01 September 2021 16:22
Good Afternoon All, I'm sure most of you have heard that the Province released their Proof of Vaccination plan earlier this afternoon. Below is the information that the Province has sent out - please take a few minutes to read through. This plan goes into effect on Wednesday, September 22, 2021. Proof of vaccination will be required for indoor dining, use of gyms/fitness centres, concert halls etc. It seems that proof will NOT be required for outdoor patio dining, retailers,…
The Sunflower Project
In celebration of BD Beats, BIA business member @cobsdanforth (156 Danforth Ave.) will be spearheading ‘The Sunflower Project’ , a fundraiser in support of a Ukrainian family’s recent resettlement in Toronto. Vibrant solar powered sunflowers (the official flower of Ukraine) will be available beginning at noon on June 4 with proceeds going directly to the family. A group of volunteer youth will be selling the sunflowers for a minimum donation of $20 each at the BIA CafeTO parkette located in the curb lane enclosure in front of COBS. The goal is to sell one hundred sunflowers by 3pm. For those unable to attend but wishing to make a donation, please click below
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