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 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...
Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas names Brad Fougere as Executive Director
The Board of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA) is pleased to announce the hiring of Brad Fougere as the organization’s new Executive Director effective immediately. A resident of Kanata North, Fougere brings a decade of experience in...
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...