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...
A call to Canada to Extend CEBA to Support Small Businesses
— 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 Businesses:...
We are hiring! Contract: Digital Services Associate
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 is...
My Main Street Completion Celebration
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 My Main Street Local...
State of Businesses and CEBA Loans
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 Hotel Motel Association) in Ottawa to support a...