• Featured: Sounds of Leslieville & Riverside Block Party July 6-8th – Street Closures, Live Music & Sidewalk Sales; Change is in the Air in Riverside This Summer
• BIA Notices/Reminders: FREE City of Toronto Event Series for Businesses on Innovation, Tech & Economy; Upcoming Digital Main Street Boot Camps; Major TTC Streetcar Track Work is Ongoing on Broadview; Film Notice @ Merchants of Green Coffee; Spaces for Lease in Riverside
• Upcoming Riverside BIA Member Happenings 
• Neighbourhood News: Terracyle Programs; Tree Planting Grants Available

Submit your Riverside news/ events via office@riverside-to.com

STREET CLOSURES in Riverside include:

• Boulton Avenue (north of Queen to the laneway), De Grassi St (north of Queen to the laneway), Saulter St (south of Queen to the laneway)
• In effect: July 6 @ 6pm-10pm, July 7 @ 12pm-9pm, July 8 @ 1pm-5pm

LIVE MUSIC:
There is an amazing line up of live music coming to Boulton, Saulter, and De Grassi: streets:
Sounds of Leslieville & Riverside Featured Musical Acts

RIVERSIDE SIDEWALK SALES:
The Riverside BIA has a permit to hold a sidewalk sale July 7 & 8th. Check out Sidewalk Sales and Outdoors BBQs and Food Specials happening in Riverside during the festivities.

Enjoy the festivities!

• Riverside Square implementation continues, with a focus on the south end of the site including the Downtown Automotive Group portion and condo buildings
• 709 Queen E: Brickworks Ciderhouse is working on finishing and licensing their second level back patio space
• 714 Queen St E: Pizza Nova continues renovations for their new space at the northeast corner of Queen & Broadview – formerly Dangerous Dan’s Diner (did you know this corner once housed Toronto’s last newsstand? Check it out in the Riverside Magazine Then & Now Article, pg 35)
• 724 Queen St E: we are saying farewell to Empire by Bullet and Keep Me Posted as they will be moving on soon….

Click here to read the full article on the Riverside Blog!

Our 2018 calendar shows an overview of what’s happening this year! Email marketing@riverside-to.com anytime with you questions/ to get involved.  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 marketing@riverside-to.com

The City of Toronto is convening a group of experts on how technology can be leveraged to advance our economy. Businesses can learn how innovation and technology are transforming Toronto’s economy and what resources are available for organizations to better navigate these changes. Three FREE information and discussion sessions will be held:
 
Wednesday, July 11th – 10:00am-12:00pm — Scarborough Civic Centre Library
https://innovation-technology-economic-opportunity-july11.eventbrite.com
Thursday, July 12th – 10:00am-12:00pm – Richview Library (Etobicoke)
https://innovation-technology-economic-opportunity-july12.eventbrite.com
Wednesday, July 18th – 10:00am-12:00pm — North York Central Library
https://innovation-technology-economic-opportunity-july18.eventbrite.com
 
Please click on the above links in order to register for any of the three sessions  

• Website Building for Beginners Boot Camp Webinar – July 19
• Web Presence Boot Camp – July 20
• Social Media Boot Camp – July 23

Get all the details and Register for these and more 

Phase 1 has begun and this week the City of Toronto and Toronto Transit Commission began work on the aging TTC streetcar track on Broadview Avenue at the intersection of Dundas Street East and replacing track on Broadview between Dundas Street East and First Street.

Construction updates are being posted here.

Questions? Contact:
TTC Liaison: Niki Angelis, 416-981-1532, niki.angelis@ttc.ca
Public consultation: Kate Kusiak, 416-392-2995, kate.kusiak@toronto.ca

Notice from SECOND BEDFORD PRODUCTIONS INC.:
 
We will be filming INTERIOR and EXTERIOR scenes at: Merchants of Green Coffee (2 Matilda St, Toronto, ON M4M 1L9)
-filming will go past 11pm each night from July 4th – July 6
-clearing parking for shot on the east side of Davies Ave from Queen St E to Thompson St (Reserving from 7am on July 4 the until the morning of July 7th)
-Intermittent traffic control under police supervision on Davies Ave from Queen St E to Matilda St
and on Matilda St from Davies Ave to Carroll St

Our production vehicles and various pieces of film related equipment will be parked as follows:
– East side of Davies Ave, Thompson St to Matilda St
– South side of Matilda St from Davies Ave to Carroll St
– East side of Carroll St from Matilda St to Dundas St E

Contacts:   Shaun Cengiz, Location Manager, Alex Makrygiannis, Assistant Location Manager  Phone # 416-717-9433

Prime Spaces for Lease along Riverside’s Queen St East:

Available Aug 1, 2018:
733 Queen Street East, 550 sq feet with Basement and Loft
Contact 416-466-0313 x 2 or email athena@theoperahousetoronto.com

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