Good Afternoon Broadview Danforth BIA members, Holiday Shopping Contest: As a reminder, we are getting ready to launch our Holiday Shopping Contest on Saturday, Dec. 7 and it will run through to Saturday, Dec. 14. Customers can enter the contest by either spending $10 or more at any one of our BIA businesses or by posting a Google review for their favourite BIA business. Attached is the poster for the contest with full details on how to enter. We ran…

Good Afternoon BIA Members, I've spoken with a number of you in the past couple of days about the Federal government's proposed HST/GST tax break for consumers slated to run from December 14, 2024 to February 15, 2025. At the moment this motion is still being discussed in Parliament so it has NOT yet been passed. My sources think that the NDP will side with the Liberals in order to get this passed. In the meantime you all need to…

Good Afternoon Broadview Danforth BIA Members, Area Safety Reminders: Earlier this week I sent an email about our holiday events - that was the jolly information. On the flip side, this is the time of year when we see an increase in vandalism and thefts so I wanted to make sure that once again I remind you of some safety tips and what to do if you have an incident in your business. Our Crime Prevention Officer, PC Jonathan Little,…

It's that time!!!!!!! The holiday season is ramping up and we have some plans to make it merry and bright! Planter Decorations: Once again Bruno and his wonderful team at our Fresh Florals will be decorating our planters and cedars along Broadview and Danforth. Work has started and should be completed soon. Holiday Shopping Contest: During our last event in September we ran a contest for all shoppers who spent $10 or more or posted a Google review for their…

Good Afternoon BIA Members, We just received notice today that Woodgreen will be starting their construction this Monday, Nov. 18/24. As you know, this is the demolition of the church located on the south/west corner of Danforth and Bowden and the construction of a new seniors' residence. This project has been delayed several times and getting the notice that work is starting this Monday is very tight. I do not have Woodgreen's traffic and parking plans for the affected area…

Good Evening All, The film crew shooting in our BIA this week is wrapping up tonight - this means that all of our Green P lots (Erindale/Ellerbeck and Danforth/Playter) will be open tomorrow (Friday) as well as on-street parking. We have a second production crew moving into the area next week. Their prep will begin this Sunday, Nov.10; filming on Monday, Nov. 11; wrap up on Tuesday, Nov. 12. The Green P located at Danforth and Playter will be closed.…