OCOBIA NEWS
OCOBIA NEWS
News & Updates
This is where we share the latest news, announcements, and updates from across the OCOBIA network. From policy developments to citywide initiatives, you’ll find insights and information that matter to Ottawa’s BIAs — and the businesses they support.
Ottawa’s Business Improvement Areas Celebrate Third Places for Small Business Month
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...
Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas celebrates fifth anniversary
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...
Letter to MPPs Re: AGCO and Support for Ottawa Small Businesses
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 BIA)...
OCOBIA Letter Re: Lansdowne Park 2.0
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...