• Featured: Join us for Halloween Fest on Oct 27th from 9:30am to 12:30pm; Welcome to Riverside Neighbourhood: Dresden Vision!; $2,500 grant to Improve your Digital Presence.
• BIA Notices/Reminders: Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon Oct 21st; Hiring? St. Stephen’s Community House Will Pay You!; Filming Location in Jimmie Simpson Park;
• Upcoming Riverside BIA Member Happenings 
• Neighbourhood News: Calling All Youth! Youth Arts Council; Parent-Friendly Co-Working Space

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

We all love dressing up! Whether as our alter-ego, superhero or just as a mere form of expression. Kids of all ages are invited to get into costume and join in for some fun and spooky happenings in Riverside this Halloween. It’s Riverside’s FREE Halloween Fest on Saturday, October 27th, presented by Nell & Natasha’s Real Estate Homeward, the Jimmie Simpson Rec Centre, the Riverside BIA:

• JOIN THE FUN outdoors starting at 9:30am at Nell & Natasha’s (807A Queen E) for face painting, a bouncy castle, pumpkin decorations and more!
• Haunted House and Pumpkin Carving from 10am to 12pm at Jimmie Simpson Rec Centre (870 Queen E)!
• TAKE PART in the Riverside BIA’s Kiddie Costume Parade, leaving from 807A Queen Street East (11:30am-12:30pm): guided by the Riverside BIA, kids and parents will meet & greet and get fun treats from around 20 local Riverside businesses! 

Thanks to all the fabulous Riverside businesses and organizations taking part to make this a fun time!! 
Please help spread the word! Folks can let us know they’re coming via: https://riversidehalloween.eventbrite.ca 

Please, check our road closure notice here!

Specializing in interchangeable, durable, lightweight, and recyclable material, Dresden Vision can make your vision come to life in their on-site lab with frames starting at only $49. They have frames made of trash, made of money, and of course, plastic ocean waste!

Learn more about all the environmentally friendly and affordable glasses Dresden makes on the Riverside blog!

Check out their Facebook page and stop in and help give them a warm welcome!
 

Applicants will access the grant process through the Grant Program Portal, which will be available on October 15 on the Digital Main Street website.

There are two types of grants that will be available:

1) Digital Transformation Grant: 2,000 grants of $2,500 each available to qualifying small businesses to help them adopt new digital technologies.

2) Digital Service Squad Grant: 300 grants of $10,000 each available to qualifying business groups to develop and implement local squads of digital vendors and experts to directly help small businesses.

ATTENTION: There are only 2,000 grants available, so we recommend applying for this program NOW!
Click here to sign up! 

Our 2018 calendar shows an overview of what’s happening this year! Email marketing@riverside-to.com anytime with your 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 STWM, through the Scotiabank Charity Challenge, raises money for nearly 200 local charities focused on helping young people reach their infinite potential and building vibrant communities.

Also, this year, the 2018 Finishers’ medals feature the Riverside bridge with a TTC streetcar, something which has become a symbol of our neighbourhood. Ever since the bridge’s iconic art was commissioned by the BIA and City in the 1990s, this image has been an important daily fixture and inspiration, along with the streetcars that pass through every few minutes. 

ATTENTION: the marathon route goes by the south side of Riverside and there will be road closures around the area.
Check all the information about road closures here. 
Learn more about the marathon here. 

For every youth hired, we give you $2,000. We give you $1,000 when the youth starts and $1,000 in six months. You hire the youth, we provide the money. The process is simple.

There are a few things to abide in order to qualify for the grant, for example (list not extensive):
 – Be licensed to operate in Ontario
 – Hire a youth between the ages of 15 and 29
 – Not use the money for someone already working for you
 – Employ the youth for a minimum of 20 hours per week

Click here for more information or contact Beth Kesselman at St. Stephen’s Employment & Training Centre at kbeth@sschto.ca or 416-925-2103 ext. 4334.

The production vehicles and various pieces of film equipment will not be obstructing parking or sidewalks in any way, will be not be reserving parking or coning the area.
If you have any questions, please approach any crew member and ask to speak to Brendan Cox or Ali Goldthorpe from the Production Department. 

Check full Filming Notice here.