In this email you will find:

1) Important meeting for BIA members about new Patio By-Laws
2) Last day to load your deal for Nov 29th -Shop the Neighbourhood  City Wide Promotion (same day as Light up the Riverside)
3) Light up the Riverside Details
4) Toronto Tourism – Free Food Tourism Workshop
5) Neighbourhood News

IMPORTANT MEETING FOR ANY BIA MEMBER WHO IS CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEW CITY  BY-LAWS GOVERNING OUTDOOR CAFES SESSION 1 – STAKEHOLDERS
Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room 308/309

Attention BIA Members – Please make every effort to attend the above special consultation meeting for Stakeholders (That is us – Business and Property Owners ) about a Proposed Patio By-law which is going to public consultations next week.
It is important to attend so you are  brought up to speed on some of the changes you may be facing, including the 30 meter setbacks from residential properties and that upon sale of a business the patio permit will not go along with said sale and will be needed to be applied for as a new application.
The Patio By-law is at this point a draft and it will be at the public consultation meetings that some of the changes will be highlighted and brought forward for discussion.

John Kiru, TABIA Executive Director has been tracking this on behalf of TABIA and will continue to do so. Upon official receipt of the proposed by-law TABIA  will be developing their  position and sharing any strategy that we will be asking the BIAs to get involved in.

There are three consultation sessions -with the Stakeholder sesson on Nov 26th geared to BIAs.

SESSION 1 – STAKEHOLDERS
Date: Wednesday, November 26, 2014
Time: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm
Location: Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room 308/309

SESSION 2 – GENERAL PUBLIC
Date: Thursday, November 27, 2014
Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Location: Metro Hall, 55 John Street, Room 308/309

SESSION 3 – GENERAL PUBLIC
Date: Tuesday, December 2, 2014
Time: 6:00 to 9:00 p.m.
Location: East York Civic Centre, 850 Coxwell Avenue, Council Chambers
Please RSVP with Olga Kusztelska  at 416-392-7964 or okuszte@toronto.ca .

For the Outdoor Café Guidelines, you may contact Chris Ronson at 416-392-8008 or
cronson@toronto.ca.
Visit www.toronto.ca/mlshaveyoursay for more details.

LAST CHANCE – Deadline is today – Shop the Neighbourhood REMINDER  – Riverside BIA Member businesses- Load your Deal NOW – if you haven’t already done so!

This week, a  Shop the Neighbourhood street team in the .Riverside and the reported that our BIA was The most engaged one they had visited!  Thanks to all the participating merchants for loading you deals.  Getting more businesses on board will help ensure that people come to Riverside!

Remember –  It is completely free to submit a deal!

To load an exclusive offer for November 29th please click here.

Should you require any assistance please contact one of our team members for help loading your deal.

1-844-975-6225 (YP LOCAL)
OR
shoptheneighbourhood@yp.ca

LIGHT UP THE RIVERSIDE – SATURDAY NOV 29th

The same day as Shop the Neighbourhood is the annual Riverside Tree Lighting Ceremony.  There are macFAB elves busy building decorations to animate the Mustard Seed Parkette and our Streetscape.  Elves are assembling treat bags for the kiddies and next Thursday a team of volunteers will be decorating the tree and gardens in Mustard Seed.  If you have some spare time, please pop over and help!  Thanks to Matt & Ben & Solina from the Matt & Ben team at Re/max Hallmark for sponsoring the event, and to Mustard Seed for hosting again.  Rumour has it that Paul Stone – the Manager of the Jimmy Simpson Center will be on hand again as the Tallest Santa you’ve ever seen!

Posters are on display, postcards have delivered..Please invite your friends and customers to kick-start the Holiday Season in Riverside:

Details:

  • Saturday Nov 29th (same day as Shop the Neighbourhood)
  • 5pm – Visit Santa and Free Kids’ activities
  • 6pm – Tree lighting
  • 5:30 – 7pm – Toronto Beach Chorale performances
  • Free Hot Chocolate and Treats

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TORONTO TOURISM NEWS – FREE WORKSHOP – GROWING FOOD TOURISM.

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What are the new food tourists looking for? It’s more than just good food!

Join Tourism Toronto as we host our partners, The Ontario Culinary Tourism Alliance, who will give an exclusive member presentation. Featured topics include:

  • The latest trends in food tourism – and the numbers to back them up
  • Attracting the ever-important millennial food tourist
  • How to better meet customer expectations and encourage them to linger longer, engage with you and your staff and spend more money
  • Leveraging food tourism to attract new and culinary-savvy clientele
  • The benefits of Ontario’s new Feast ON program – a “Certified Taste of Ontario” and designated food service establishments (from fine dining restaurants to food trucks) who source and promote Ontario food

Date: Monday December 1, 2014

 

Time: 2:00pm – 3:30pm

 

Location: Tourism Toronto Office at 207 Queens Quay West, Suite 405, Toronto, ON

 

This event is free to members in good standing

 

To RSVP, contact Lisa Thompson at lthompson@torcvb.com before Friday, November 28th.

Problems seeing using the evite above? Please visit the online version.

 

NEIGHBOURHOOD NEWS
Please drop us a line at office@riverside-to.com if you have any comments or questions.
Cheers

Perry Lupyrypa
Executive Director, Riverside BIA
offiice@riverside-to.com

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