ByWard Market BIA Dissolution and District Formation
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 that will represent the Byward Market in...
OCOBIA Requests to NCR Caucus – Pre-budget 2023 meeting
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 temps sans précédent....
Build your Holiday Campaign
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 build your digital campaign. To kick of the campaign season, we...
Mayoral Candidates: Building Resilience for the Ottawa Business Community
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 on our business...
Downtown Ottawa Business Relief Fund
APPLICATIONS CLOSE APRIL 30 OCOBIA is proud to partner with Invest Ottawa in support of the promotion and delivery of this significant fund to Ottawa core businesses who were impacted by the convoy protests. To learn more and to apply to the Downtown Ottawa Business...
OCOBIA Request: Trucker Convoy Protest in Ottawa, business support
Open request letter to: Hon. Minister Parliament Mona Fortier, President of the Treasury Board Minister Parliament Yasir Naqvi, Ottawa Centre Re: Trucker Convoy Protest in Ottawa Dear Ministers, We are writing to you today on behalf of 19 Ottawa BIAs, and the...
Ottawa BIA Business Survey – Convoy Protest Impacts
Prior to the 'Freedom Convoy' arrival, it was communicated to citizens and businesses to anticipate disruption of activity and obstructed vehicular access to and within the downtown core for the course of the weekend, beginning as early as Thursday January 27....