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Only 12 days until July 4th and the big celebration of our own Thrill of the Grill and the official lighting of the Bloor Viaduct Bridge. Once lit, it will be THE most beautiful gateway to our Danforth BIA. The permanent lighting of this bridge is the culmination of 10 years of work by our Danforth BIA and we would love to have you all join in the celebration on the night of the 4th. There are a few ways…

As we approach the start of the games in a few weeks, it's time to start preparing your business! Tourism Toronto has created a special set of training modules to help your business prepare to welcome guests to the city. The program is made up of three 15-minute modules: Customer Service About Toronto About the Games These modules also include information specific for your business and how to make the most of games cross-promotion. To get started, go to http://www.wbeytoronto.ca…

The City of Toronto is interested in understanding how commercial property taxes and the business education tax impact the operations of small businesses. Your input into the following survey will assist the City of Toronto in better characterizing the challenges small businesses face. The survey will only take a few minutes and can be found here: http://cityoftoronto.fluidsurveys.com/surveys/christianv/small-business-taxation/ Please complete by June 19th, 2015. If you have any questions or concerns about this survey, please do not hesitate to contact Ahmed…

THRILL OF THE GRILL, the Danforth BIA’s signature marketing event will be held on the Prince Edward Viaduct Bridge on the evening of Saturday July 4th. The Bridge is the Gateway to the shops, restaurants and services of the Danforth BIA. In excess of 10,000 people are expected on the Bridge that night to celebrate the flipping of the switch to light up the Luminous Veil and welcome the Pan Am torch. This is a great opportunity to showcase your…