Good Afternoon All, I have a few things for you today as follows: 1. De-escalation Seminars Attached please find information from the City regarding de-escalation seminars that will be hosted between Sept. 1 and Oct. 8. Over the past months we have seen an increase throughout the City in incidents with the public that put our business owners in difficult situations - whether it be push-backs on wearing a mask in a store, giving names and contact info at restaurants,…

Good Afternoon All, Please see the newsletter below from the City of Toronto. The application for increasing indoor capacity may be of interest to some of you; there's also some other good information resources that you all may find to be helpful. Thanks, Susan View this email in your browser BusinessTO Newsletter August 18, 2020 BusinessTO News is a weekly newsletter that focuses on available resources and supports to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on Toronto businesses. Learn about…

Hi Folks, Jennifer Jones from Joy of Dance revised our little travel form - you may find the attached more user friendly for our survey on how customers travel to our businesses. Thanks Jennifer for the assist! Susan

Good Morning All, The PM has just announced that the Rent Relief Program will be extended to cover the month of August. For those of you who have been able to work with your landlords and use this program I know you've been waiting for this update. Again, it's coming on the last day of July and is only extended for one month. We will have to see if we have to do all of this again at the end…

Hi All, As you're aware we're entering into Stage 3 tomorrow (Friday, July 31/20). This means that a number of businesses that haven't been able to open or only partially open will be able to fully open. There are still a few who can't - in our BIA this would apply to our Danforth Music Hall. During City Council yesterday, Mayor Tory put forward a motion which was accepted that details a few enhanced limitations for businesses opening in Stage…

Good Afternoon All, I have a couple of updates for you today as follows: 1. Proposed Changes to the Federal Wage Subsidy Program Yesterday the Finance Minister announced that the Federal government will be putting forward changes to the current criteria for the Wage Subsidy program. Of key significance is the proposed reduction to the current 30% revenue loss. I know that for some of you this stipulation made you ineligible for this program. The removal of this will allow…