Good Afternoon All, In my previous email to you on August 16 I mentioned that we were planning an event for September 21. Well it's now September and here's all of the details! BD Beats Finale: So Long Summer Saturday, September 21 - last day of summer Full day/evening sidewalk sale available to all members. We hope that as many of you as possible will take advantage of this opportunity and set up in front of your business. For our…

Good Morning Broadview Danforth BIA Members, I have a few items for you today relating to area security. Also I will be off next week starting on Monday, July 29th. Our BIA Board will be on-call and specifically our Board Chair, Albert Stortchak, will be available to assist with anything that may come up that can't wait until I return. Albert's email is: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. SafeTO Information Guides: Over the past several months BIAs in Toronto have been working with SafeTO…

Good Afternoon BIA Members, I have a few updates for you today; TTC This Weekend Due to Ontario Line construction at Pape & Danforth this weekend the subway will NOT be stopping at the Pape Station. This means that we will have shuttle buses on Danforth this weekend. Pape station will remain open and bus service will be unaffected. If you need to travel to Pape Station on Line 2, here’s what you need to do: 1. If you are…

Good Afternoon BIA Members, Well it certainly seems like we're in full-on summer! As you may have seen, we have our two BIA parkettes up and running - one on the south side of Danforth between Bowden and Hampton; and one on the north side of Danforth between Ellerbeck and Broadview. Every Thursday and Friday nights we host our BD Beats Summer Music series in these parkettes however the rest of the time the parkettes are available for people to…

Good Afternoon BIA Members, In the last week or so I've received a lot of inquiries and complaints about various signs - either A-Frame or painted on the sidewalks. Also because we are installing the various CafeTO patios there are a number of MLS officers in the area who are flagging various signage issues. I thought that I should review what's allowed and what's not: painting on the sidewalks is not allowed by the City of Toronto vinyl signage adhered…

Good Afternoon BIA Members, I've received a few alerts from a couple of members about incidents in the area. Thank you to The Clay Room and The Carrot Common for flagging these with me. Please be aware of the following: Anyone coming in and asking if you take cash as a payment. I know, this seems odd but.... there's a guy going around wearing a mask and hoodie asking this question. This may be perfectly innocent but one of our…