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Business improvement areas
THE LIST LARGEST BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT AREAS (RANKED BY NUMBER OF MEMBER BUSINESSES)
Name/Address/ Phone/Fax/Web
1Wellington West BIA
101-1292 Wellington St. W. Ottawa, ON K1Y 3A9 613-729-0363 wellingtonwest.ca
2ByWard Market BIA
202-267 Dalhousie St. Ottawa, ON K1N 7E3 613-562-3325 / 613-562-3326 byward-market.com
3Kanata North Business
Association 100-350 Legget Dr. Kanata, ON K2K 0G7 613-254-8778 kanatanorthba.com
4Barrhaven BIA
407-900 Greenbank Rd. Nepean, ON K2J 4P6 613-825-8242 discoverbarrhaven.com
5Downtown Rideau BIA
1105-1 Nicholas St. Ottawa, ON K1N 7B7 613-241-6211 / 613-241-8612 downtownrideau.com
6Quartier Vanier BIA
261 Montreal Rd. Vanier, ON K1L 8C7 613-745-0040 / 613-745-0686 vanierbia.com
7Bank Street BIA
300-176 Gloucester St. Ottawa, ON K2P 0A6 613-232-6255 / 613-232-3372 bankstreet.ca
7Glebe BIA
110-858 Bank St. Ottawa, ON K1S 3W3 613-680-8506 / 613-680-8512 intheglebe.ca
9Heart of Orleans BIA
1H-245 Centrum Blvd. Orléans, ON K1E 0A1 613-580-2424 x23900 heartoforleans.ca
10 Carp Road Corridor BIA* P.O. Box 194 Carp, ON K0A 1L0 613-314-7597 carproadbia.ca 11 Westboro Village BIA 203-290 Picton Ave. Ottawa, ON K1Z 8P8 613-729-8145 westborovillage.com 12 Preston Street BIA 343 Preston St. 11th Floor, Office No. 1177 Ottawa, ON K1S 1N4 prestonstreet.com 13 Bells Corners BIA 15B-2150 Robertson Rd. Ottawa, ON K2H 9S1 613-695-2425 bellscornersbia.ca
14 Manotick BIA Box 414 Manotick, ON K4M 1A4 613-692-7657 manotickvillage.com 15 Kanata Central BIA Terry Fox Drive 613-513-3646 kanatacentral.com
15 Somerset Street Chinatown BIA 5-299 Bronson Ave. Ottawa, ON K1R 6J1 613-230-4707 ottawachinatown.ca
17 Sparks Street BIA and Mall Authority 200-100 Sparks St. Ottawa, ON K1P 5B7 613-230-0984 sparkslive.com 18 Carp Village BIA* carpvillagebia@gmail.com
No. of member businesses Chair/Executive director
610 Brian Muzyka Dennis Van Staalduinen
600 Co-chairs: Ashley Hopkins Dominique (Deek) Labelle Jasna Jennings
558 Vicki Coughey Jamie Petten
Year founded Area covered
2008 Neighbourhoods of Wellington Village and Hintonburg, also including Parkdale Market (north to Scott Street and south to the Queensway)
Special projects and events
Parkdale Market, ArtsPark, TASTE of Wellington West, Porchfest.
1993 The ByWard Market, bounded by Sussex, St. Patrick, Cumberland and George streets, with extensions north on Dalhousie Street to Cathcart Street
2012 Bounded by Maxwell Bridge on the north, March Valley/Herzberg Road on the east and March Road on the south Winterlude activities including stew cook-off, Tulip Festival and ByWard Barket, Canada Day and Capital City Bike Fest, seasonal programming including Christmas caroling and horse and carriage rides; ByWard Market Street Ambassador program; advocacy on planning, parking, transportation and safety and security. Promotes and enhances the existing ecosystem of diverse businesses with expertise in innovation and technology.
540 Jason MacDonald Andrea Steenbakkers
525 Brian O'Hoski N/A 1981 53 blocks surrounding Rideau Street from Elgin Street to the Rideau River and George Street to Laurier Avenue. Branding Downtown Rideau as Ottawa's Arts, Fashion & Theatre district and a destination for shopping, dining, culture and tourism in the community, online and in the media. Implements programs to attract customers to Downtown Rideau and works with the city to improve the public realm.
446 Mark Kaluski Nathalie Carrier
400 Michael Wallack Christine Leadman
400 Stephane Sauve Andrew Peck
350 Pascale Bazinet Tannis Vine 2008 Almost four kilometres of St. Joseph Boulevard, starting at Prestone Drive to the east and running west to Youville Drive, with pockets at Centrum Boulevard, Place d'Orleans Drive and Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard. Networking events including BIA Happy Hour, BIA Faces of Business, BIA business mentorship program, The Beat magazine, graffiti removal program, banner and signage programs, bench program, vinyl traffic box wrap project, seasonal lighting project, planter program, historical plaque program, bike repair station and rack project, Balance Orléans Initiative, Dinner Under the Stars event.
300 Rick Levitsky Roddy Bolivar
285 Molly Van der Schee Judy Lincoln 1979 Richmond Road from Island Park Drive to Golden Avenue, including Danforth Avenue on the south side, Winona Street and Picton Avenue on the north side, McRae Avenue La nature en ville Westboro Nature Walk, Murals, Women in Westboro International Women’s Day Celebration, Winston Square, I Work in Westboro prg, & seasonal events such as Shop the Village, Westboro FUSE, Wickedly Westboro and Light Up the Village.
280 Antonella Ceglia Lori Mellor 1986 Preston Street from Carling Avenue to Albert and east side of Rochester Street to the west side of O-Train tracks Meet Me on Preston event calendar, Italian Festival, Ferrari Fest, Italian heritage mural program, street beautification and tree lighting, Presdelicious food event, La Vendemmia Harvest Fest, advocacy on behalf of Preston Street businesses, graffiti management program, Tulip Fest, Winterlude venue.
230 Jim Sourges Joe Varner
125 Salima Ismail Donna Smith
120 Adam Stuart Lauri Moussa
120 Peter So Yukang Li
65 Ian Wright Kevin McHale
32 Jennifer Stewart N/A 2006 Bounded by Fallowfield Road to the north, Prince of Wales Drive to the east, south urban boundary to the south and Highway 416 to the west Branding and marketing of Barrhaven as a premiere commercial district; support and assistance to local businesses, annual sponsor of local events; smart local growth and development advocates.
1985 Montreal Road from Cummings Bridge to St. Laurent Boulevard, McArthur Avenue from North River Road to St. Laurent Boulevard, Beechwood Avenue from Vanier Parkway to Beechwood Cemetery 1977 Bank Street from Wellington Street to Catherine Street Montreal Road Revitalization four-year plan; CIP tax increment equivalent grant; Vanier Community Hub events; Investing in Murals and artists; Cultural Economic Curation Projects; Digital Mainstreets Ontario, Beechfest, Partage Beechwood (Fundraising dinner in Canada’s National Cemetery);
Digital Map, Graffiti Removal Program, Mural Program, Ottawa's 2SLGBTQ+ Village, the Village Legacy Project and Fire & Ice Festival.
2008 Bank Street between Highway 417, the Rideau Canal, Isabella Street and Chamberlain Avenue
2010 Carp Road in Ottawa's west end, from Rothbourne Road in the south to March Road in the north Signature holiday Glebe Spree contest; Glebe Eats promotion; Great glebe Garage & Sidewalk Sale; Marvest; mural program; game day programming; parkettes and gateway signage; pageantry program including banners, hanging baskets, landscaping and holiday lighting.
Promotes the economic development of the area.
2009 Robertson Road, Northside Road, Stafford Road East, Lynhar Street, Moodie Drive, Bexley Place, Bentley Avenue Christmas tree-lighting event, Christmas wreaths, entrance signage program, seasonal banner program, summer planters, summer concerts.
1997 Main Street to Bridge Street, Main Street to Doctor Leach Drive, Main Street to Bankfield Road, Main Street to Manotick Estates Dickinson Days, Manotick Village Christmas, A Taste Of Manotick, Main Street improvements, signage, marketing Manotick as a destination area, Women's Day, Mahogany Harbour Public Docks.
2016 Carp River in the west, Campeau Drive to the north and Highway 417 to the south Organize, finance and carry out physical improvements and promotional activities to improve central Kanata businesses and support the local community.
1989 Somerset Street West between Bay and Preston streets Lunar new year celebration, Chinatown Night Market, Chinatown imperial arch, Asian-style street furniture.
1979 Sparks Street between Elgin and Lyon streets, Wellington Street to the north side of Queen Street Ottawa Ribfest, Ottawa International Busker Festival, Poutinefest.
WND Carp Village Carp Villager magazine, hanging basket program.
19 Somerset Village BIA* 2-228 Rideau Terrace Ottawa, ON K1M 0Z2 613-232-1746