- Featured: Riverside Wine & Craft Beer Fest – Get Involved; Riverside’s Chi Junky Turns 6 in the 6ix; Nellie’s Coldest Night of the Year Walk is Saturday!
- BIA Notices/Reminders: Love Yourself Event @ OMA Tonight; City of Toronto Survey Until Feb 28th: Sidewalk Litter; Apply for Canada Summer Jobs Grant Until Feb 24; 40 Years, 40 Stories – Share Yours; Upcoming Free Training from Enterprise Toronto
- 2020 Riverside BIA Event Calendar
- Upcoming Riverside BIA Member Happenings
- Neighbourhood News: Ontario Line Update; East End Arts Survey Closes Feb 28
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Riverside Wine & Craft Beer Fest – Get Involved
Tuesday, March 24 to Sunday, March 29 is Riverside’s Annual Wine & Craft Beer Fest. It’ll be a week-long celebration of Ontario wine, local craft beer and Riverside businesses, featuring: talks, classes and prix fixe events (March 24-29) and the ever-popular Expo (March 28)!
- HOST A PRIX FIXE EVENT/PROMO: March 24-29 restaurants, bars, cafes and shops can host special events, such as prix fixe classes or meals with wine/ craft beer pairings. Partner up with one of your existing wine or beer reps or let us know if you need a recommendation
- PROMOTE YOUR REGULAR SPECIALS: restaurants, bars and cafes that offer regular wine or beer specials (BYOB, 1/2 price…) can promote these as part of the festival
- DONATE TO SILENT AUCTION: showcase your business while giving back by donating to our Silent Auction while having a presence at the Riverside Wine & Craft Beer Expo – proceeds go to the Ralph Thornton Community Centre children’s programming
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Riverside’s Chi Junky Turns 6 in the 6ix
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Nellie’s Coldest Night of the Year Walk is Saturday!
Jennifer Lay (Riverside BIA Executive Director) with Wendy Bray (Snr Development Officer at Nellie’s)
This Saturday Feb 22 is the Coldest Night of the Year. Join us in supporting Nellie’s Shelter in Riverside/Riverdale.
There are many ways to support: volunteer, donate, sponsor, fundraise and/or walk. Visit: cnoy.org/location/riverdalepape
Big thx to J&C Toronto Real Estate Team for putting together this amazing heartfelt video.
Huge thx to all local sponsors to date: Nell & Natasha – Nell Bradshaw & Natasha Varjacic, Baird MacGregor Insurance Brokers LP, Oma Chiropractic & Wellness Centre, Blackbird Baking Co, Ralph Thornton Community Centre Jam Factory T.O Claudio Cerrito, our rest stop Riverdale Perk Cafe and the many amazing teams and volunteers coming out!!
It’s not too late to lend your support – go to cnoy.org/location/riverdalepape
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City of Toronto Survey Until Feb 28th: Sidewalk Litter
A note from the City of Toronto MLS policy review team:
The City of Toronto is reviewing issues related to cigarette butts and litter in front of licensed businesses, in particular, the regulation described in Toronto Municipal Code, Chapter 545, requiring licensed businesses to install and maintain temporary cigarette butt receptacles on the sidewalk adjacent to their business. The purpose of this work is to keep sidewalks cleaner by simplifying rules for licensed businesses, and raising awareness of responsibilities of business owners.
We are seeking feedback on these issues to inform a report to General Government and Licensing Committee in Spring 2020. As BIAs and licensed businesses, we encourage you to provide your feedback via a short survey, until February 28, 2020.
If you have any questions about this review, please contact us at mlsfeedback@toronto.ca.
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Apply for Canada Summer Jobs Grant Until Feb 24
The Canada Summer Jobs Program is now open for application and will close at 3PM EST on February 24th. As in 2019, funded employers are no longer restricted to hiring students: all youth aged 15 to 30 years may be eligible participants. Get more details and APPLY
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40 Years, 40 Stories – Share Yours
This year to celebrate and commemorate these first 40 years, we’d like to capture and share 40 short stories of the BIA. If you are a current or past: local business or property owner, employee of a local business or organization, resident or visitor – we’d love to hear your story!
These stories will become a blog series, virtual time capsule, and self-guided Scavenger Hunt that will help local people and tourists alike get to know the Riverside BIA in 2020 and for years to come.
If you have a short story, pls share it (ideally up to 500 words plus photos) with us via this link:
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Upcoming Free Trainings from Enterprise Toronto
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Our 2020 calendar gives you an overview of what’s happening this year in terms of Riverside BIA-wide events throughout the year! Email office@riverside-to.com anytime with your questions and to get involved in any BIA events.
P.S. Check out our detailed Riverside Online Events Calendar which showcases BIA member and community events – to get your event posted, submit anytime to office@riverside-to.com |
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