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As the official patron of the Roncesvalles Polish Festival, the Consulate General of the Republic of Poland in Toronto hosts an annual reception for festival sponsors, participants, and BIA members. We were gratified this year to have an excellent turnout, including a number of new faces from Roncesvalles Avenue.
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If I’m going to embark on a Beach shop crawl, why not do it with someone who knows the businesses in the area like the back of her hand?
Beach BIA executive director Deborah Etsten and I meet for lunch at the new Harvest Café & Fine Foods, located in the former space of the Kaffeehaus Konditor. The new resto and catering company offers fresh and frozen organic and vegetarian goodies.
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Proposal highlights greening streets and laneways, gateways, parkettes and public gathering spaces
While much has been said about the long overdue revitalization of Regent Park, another community just to the north will also be getting a facelift, with the first changes coming as early as this summer.
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Toronto is one of the most culturally diverse cities in Canada and this diversity is a large contributor to its uniqueness. Over the past few decades, pockets of cultural “towns” and markets have developed throughout the city, such as Korea Town and Little Italy.
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December 22, 2008
To our friends on the Hill and at Queens Park:
With all due respect, the solution to our current economic situation need not be of bail outs and continued subsidies that have proven over and over not to guarantee any true job retention or long term benefits.
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Business owners in the Regal Heights Village Business Improvement Area (BIA) are encouraging residents to shop locally as they are about to enter a busy construction period.
With the construction of the dedicated streetcar lanes along St. Clair Avenue between Dufferin Street and Oakwood Avenue scheduled to start in August, businesses are anticipating more congested traffic.
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Legal options considered in wake of court ruling that lowers tax burden on downtown office towers.
"Lionel Miskin, who heads the tax committee for the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas, said the impact of the ruling is "unpredictable."
A greater worry is the recent end of a two-year freeze on assessments, he said: "Huge numbers of our members will see our assessments skyrocketing."
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The Creation of TABIA
The Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) was formed to coordinate the efforts of the city's growing number of BIAs.
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Small business apprehensive about looming assessments
TORONTO October 3, 2007 - One issue which has received scant attention in the Ontario Election Campaign is the current value property tax and it's effect on small business.
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