by Kelly Weiss | Mar 1, 2025 | BIA News, News & Updates
Celebrating bold ideas, strong communities, and local leadership. Across Ottawa, BIAs are leading the way — and being recognized for it. At the 2025 Ontario BIA Association (OBIAA) Awards, three Ottawa BIAs were honoured for their contributions to placemaking,...
by Kelly Weiss | Oct 1, 2024 | BIA News, News & Updates
A home away from home and work. Across Ottawa every day, local citizens gather in cafes, coffee shops, collaboration spaces, games rooms, bars, and venues to enjoy the company of their community peers and enjoy local fare. These vital third places (home is our...
by Kelly Weiss | Aug 6, 2024 | News & Updates
From Manotick to Sparks Street, Orléans to Carp Village, Ottawa’s commercial main streets all have one economic development secret in common, a Business Improvement Area. These 18 placemaking organizations and their 6400 business members employ nearly 130,000 Ottawa...
by OCOBIA | Nov 22, 2023 | News & Updates
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 from Mercato Zacconi (Preston Street...
by OCOBIA | Nov 1, 2023 | BIA News, News & Updates
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 a small business owner is not about...
by OCOBIA | Jul 19, 2023 | BIA News, News & Updates, Press Releases | Letters
— 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 include your business address/postal code. Supporting Small...
