November 23, 2023 Joel Harden, MPP Ottawa Centre Lucille Collard, MPP Ottawa – Vanier Dear MPP Harden and MPP Collard, We are deeply concerned regarding the AGCO’s recent and seemingly arbitrary decision to rescind licences … Read more
October 31, 2023 Planning and Housing & Finance and Corporate Service Committee City of Ottawa Council Re: Lansdowne 2.0 Proposal “On weekdays, it is so empty, tumbleweeds could be rolling through it.” This statement from … Read more
— OCOBIA encourages small business owners to copy and paste this text to email directly to their MP. MP contact information per constituency can be found here – in your letter, please make sure to … Read more
Digital Services Associate – Contractor The Digital Services Associate (DSA) is a self-starting, independent worker and excellent team player. Must have superb communication and client service skills and be enthusiastic about supporting small businesses. Work … Read more
Thursday April 27, 2023 Le Moulin de Provence KD, Ottawa, Ontario Ottawa BIAs, Mayor Sutcliffe, Honourable Filomena Tassi, MP Yasir Naqvi, MP Jenna Sudds, Councillor Rawlson King, businesses and staff celebrated the successful completion of … Read more
Survey Results: State of Businesses and CEBA Loans On Friday March 3, OCOBIA released a survey link via social media and direct email to Ottawa BIAs. The survey was shared by sectoral partners (Ontario Restaurant … Read more
News regarding ByWard Market BIA dissolving later this year, 2023. To summarize, the city of Ottawa is in review of expanding their existing Municipal Services Corporation (MSC) currently known as Ottawa Markets, to an entity … Read more
OCOBIA Executive Director, Michelle Groulx, attended the National Capital Region Liberal Caucus meeting to share 3 pre-budget requests for 2023. OCOBIA était très heureuse du soutien apporté par le gouvernement aux petites entreprises en ces … Read more
Build Your Holiday Campaign & Enter to Win! BIA Small Businesses! T’is the season to build your holiday campaign and make the most of the season! Ottawa’s own Digital Service Squad is here to help you … Read more
OCOBIA posed a question to all Mayoral candidates for the Ottawa Election regarding Building Resilience for the Ottawa Business Community Pandemics, protests and power outages (and other extreme weather impacts). These have had devastating impacts … Read more