SAVE THE DATES! Cheers to 2017! BIA Meetings MEMBER NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2017

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1 MEMBER NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2017 SAVE THE DATES! Downtown Brampton B.I.A. Business Mixer Date: Wed. March 1 st, 2017 Time: 5:30-7:30 pm Venue: Wendel Clark's Classic Grill and Bar Cheers to 2017! Happy New Year! For starters, I would like to personally thank the many downtown businesses who took part in the Downtown Brampton Christmas Market. This event was a fantastic way to showcase the lights and magic of Downtown Brampton during the holiday season. The B.I.A. looks forward to further building on our past successes for During the past month of January the board of directors, B.I.A. staff and committees have been very busy implementing the 2017 Downtown Brampton business plan. The Downtown Brampton B.I.A. is committed to improving and promoting Brampton s downtown through investment and advocacy to further position the downtown as Brampton s premier business, entertainment, and dining destination. Our strengths include the many events that take place in the downtown core and the B.I.A. will be looking at ramping up the marketing and Downtown Brampton experience for Included in this newsletter is the 2017 Downtown Brampton B.I.A. Event Listing Insert, so please share this information with your staff and add to your business planning calendars. Each event will include business engagement opportunities and the B.I.A. will share this information to you through the Downtown Brampton B.I.A. Member e-news. The Downtown Brampton B.I.A. is also proud to announce the kicking off of the Winter Taste on February 27th, 2017, and our first Business Mixer to be held on Wednesday, March 1st. As always, the B.I.A. is continually looking at new opportunities to better connect your business and we encourage you to take part in the many events and co-operative marketing programmes. Sincerely, Suzy Godefroy, Executive Director, Downtown Brampton BIA Annual General Meeting Date: Wed. May 17 th, 2017 Time: 6:00-8:00 pm Venue: West Tower City Hall - Atrium BIA Meetings Board of Directors Tues. March 14 th 8:30 10:00 am Meet every second Tuesday of every month. Marketing & Communications Wed. March 15 th 5:00 6:00 pm Meet the first Wednesday of every month. Events & Promotions Tues. March 7 th 8:30 9:30 am Meet the first Tuesday of every month. Food + Drink Tues. March 14 th 3:30-4:30 pm Meet the first Tuesday of every month. *Meetings take place at the Downtown Brampton BIA office located at 76 Main Street North, Brampton, ON

2 Downtown Brampton Clean Team A clean downtown is an essential factor in making a business district an attractive and appealing destination to eat, shop, and enjoy the many amenities that a downtown has to offer. At this time the newly formed Downtown Brampton Clean Team will be driving the clean factor for downtown and will be implementing some innovation programs for all B.I.A. members. Right now, our Clean Team has teamed up with Sheridan College s Visual Merchandising programme and Beaux Arts Brampton to help beautify downtown business storefronts and vacant properties. More details on these programs will follow and if you would like more information please Suzy.Godefroy@brampton.ca PLACE IT...FACE IT...SPACE IT...ERASE IT! Just a friendly reminder that waste collection is picked up on Monday and Thursdays by the Region of Peel and that all B.I.A. businesses are responsible for making sure that carts are properly placed, spaced and erased. PLACE IT: Place your carts at the curb by 7 a.m. on your collection day. Make sure the lids on your garbage and recycling carts are closed. Place your carts as close to the road as possible without blocking the road or sidewalk. Make sure the collection vehicle can reach your cart. Don't put your carts too close to parked vehicles. Make sure material isn't jammed into your carts or overflowing. Don't use bungee cords or other items to keep the cart lid closed. FACE IT: Face the front of the carts toward the street and the handles towards your business. SPACE IT: Make sure your carts are an arm's length apart from one another. ERASE IT: Remove your carts from the curb by 3 p.m. on your collection day. If your carts aren't collected by 8 p.m., report a missed collection. No Occupier/ Owner located within a Business Improvement Area designated by an Area Municipality shall Set Out Waste Receptables prior to 7:00 p.m. on a day immediately preceeding a Scheduled Collection Day, or later than 10 a.m. on a Scheduled Collection Day and shall ensure that all receptacles and all uncollected Waste is removed from the Collection Point at which it was Set Out no later than 3:00 p.m. on the Scheduled Collection Day. For more information please DowntownBIA@brampton.ca Downtown Brampton B.I.A. Membership Survey The Downtown Brampton B.I.A. needs your input! As the Downtown Brampton B.I.A. enters into the Downtown Brampton Capital Project and the Environment Assessment, we need your input on how we can better service you as a B.I.A. and downtown business owner. What can we improve on? How do we make our events more awesome for the B-TOWN consumer? Tell us what you would like to see us do in the marketing! The Downtown Brampton B.I.A. Membership Survey will be ed to you during the week of March 7, Opportunity to Advertise in the Upcoming Discover Downtown Brampton Newspaper The B.I.A. is currently working on a Spring/Summer Edition of the Discover Downtown Brampton marketing supplement similar to the Holiday & Winter Editions. At this time the B.I.A. is offering all B.I.A. members the opportunity to advertise in this B.I.A. publication. For more information on advertising please contact the B.I.A. at DowntownBIA@brampton.ca Downtown Brampton Planter Rebate Program Spring is almost here and before you know it, Downtown Brampton will be lining the streets with gorgeous flower planter boxes! In addition to this, the City of Brampton and the Downtown Brampton B.I.A. have a special merchant flower Planter Program, whereby the City and the B.I.A. will fund your business 50% of your floral/garden box supplies Through this process, 50% of your total expenditure up to $150 will be covered by the B.I.A., which is a maximum of a $75.00 rebate to beautify your front entrance way. To take advantage of this program please call Bobby Karmakar at and/or DowntownBIA@brampton.ca Sponsorship Opportunities with the Downtown Brampton B.I.A. The Downtown Brampton B.I.A. is a big supporter of special events that bring residents, families and visitor s together downtown and we are always looking for new sponsors to help us deliver these amazing events for Brampton s downtown core. If you would like more information on upcoming sponsorship opportunities please contact Suzy Godefroy at suzy.godefroy@brampton.ca

3 Downtown Brampton BIA Committee Updates Events & Promotions Committee Grettel Comas, Chair of Events & Promotions Committee Good Friends, Good Food, GOOD times! Happily, another year full of events is ahead of us and as always, we want you to be a part of it along with your family and friends; right here, right now. That s why the invitation is extended to all the members to support new and existing BIA events and we want you to pass the voice to all the people you know to explore The Taste of Downtown Brampton! Also a big cheers to spring, as it is a beautiful time to start brightening our storefronts and show off our Downtown. As well, June will bring us the Thursday Night Concert Series until August. The busiest month that everybody is waiting on, July, will bring the bigger and better Classic Cars Celebration, and still to be confirmed the Brampton s Salsa-Latin Fest plus a Jazz Festival. While those projects are awaiting confirmation, the Live Art Competition in the fall is on and if you love surprises, A Night in the Lane will have changes that you don t want to miss. Last but not least is our Christmas Market event that will also have surprises for all of you. If you have an event in mind, don t be afraid to organize it. We have designed an Event Work Plan that will guide you when it comes to creating the event you always wanted to see, signature events, or to get sponsorship from the BIA. For more details, do not hesitate to contact the BIA office. I wish you a great 2017 in your personal and business affairs with Good Friends, Good Food, GOOD times! Grettel Comas THE TASTE of DOWNTOWN BRAMPTON February 27 th March 12 th Win Dinner for a Year in Downtown Brampton! Cantina Fellini Wine Bar Carve on Lot 5 Dolcezza Custom Cakes Fanzorelli s Restaurant & Wine Bar Fruision Freshly Thai Godavari South Indian Grandma s Kitchen Golden Stool Restaurant and Lounge Gusto Pizzaria Joey s Deli La Capannina Restaurant La Catrina Mexican Food La Marmite Mauricienne Mauritian Pot Little Shop of Ice Cream MacaronZ Mr. Pepper s Pizza Nom Nom s Yogurt Bar & Café Queen Gypsy Sul Irmaos Smokehouse Taste of Mediterranean Tracks Brew Pub The WORKS Gourmet Burger Bistro Wendel Clark s Classic Grill & Bar #tastedtbrampton Food + Drink Committee Spring Update Kristina Romasco, Chair Happy New Year from the Food and Drink Committee! 2016 brought unparalleled success for many of our members and 2017 promises to be even better. There are many opportunities coming up for F&D, starting with the Taste of Downtown Brampton Winter Edition. We ve changed up the program this year, giving all of our food establishments different ways to participate. We are also introducing exciting PRIZES for our customers! We have a fantastic advertising and social media campaign prepared which promises to spread the message that Downtown Brampton is THE place to eat. So, keep your eyes and ears open for our ads and sponsorship and share the news with your clients and fans. Did you know that Downtown Brampton has over 40 food and drink businesses? Be sure to visit the newest additions to our family: Mauritian Pot, Taste of Mediterranean & Wendel Clark s. Our downtown is truly a foodie destination, with something for everyone. That is the message being spread throughout the GTA through print, blogs, radio and more, and we want you to share the excitement too. Visit the BIA website for all things food in the downtown. You can also join us for an hour on the second Monday of every month as we discuss new opportunities, events and advertising as they relate to our culinary sector. Kristina Romasco, Chair, Food & Drink Committee Owner, Dolcezza Custom Cakes US! Have you got an idea or a concern and you just want to share it with someone? Please do! We'd love to hear from you. You can your comments to the Downtown Brampton BIA at downtownbia@brampton.ca Get Social with Us Are you connected? To grow our online and social media presence in the local community, the BIA is now on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn & Instagram. Want to be part of the community? Follow us and we will follow your businesses right back. Let s make social media social again.

4 Downtown Brampton BIA Business News Openings - Welcome to Downtown Brampton! Brampton Central Walk-In Clinic 74 Queen Street West (905) Empress Beauty Salon 45 Queen Street East (905) Flower Town Coin Laundry & Dry Cleaners 135 Main Street North Unit 1 (905) flowertownlaundry.ca Lumbini Wellness Spa 122 Main St North (905) lumbiniwellnessspa.com MGR Construction Services 60 Queen Street East Suite 205 (905) mgr-cs.com Business Updates Fanzorelli s Restaurant and Wine Bar Under new management by Sabena Coulter 50 Queen Street West (905) fanzorellis.ca Mr. Pepper s Pizza Under new management by Don Handapangoda 119 Queen Street West (905) mrpepperspizza.ca Coming Soon! 6 Spicy Island Jerk Caribbean Fusion Cuisine 135 Main Street North Unit 2 (905) UPS George Street South OMG Day s Inn Salon and Spa 71 George Street South (905) Superior Shea Butter Blends 27 Queen Street East (647) superiorbrand.ca Supply X Demand Liquidation 6 George Street South Taste of Mediterranean 41 George Street South (905) Wendel Clark s Classic Grill and Bar 36 Main Street North wendelclarks.com (289) City of Brampton Entrepreneur Centre - Upcoming Business Seminars Introduction to Financial Statements & Ratios Event Date: Friday, February 24, 2017 Start Time: 2:30 PM End Time: 4:00 PM Fees: Free Event Contact/Host: Brampton Entrepreneur Centre Event Contact/Host's bec@brampton.ca Phone: Event.aspx Downtown Brampton BIA 76 Main Street North Brampton, ON L6V 1N7 (905) downtownbia@brampton.ca

5 MEMBER NEWSLETTER FEBRUARY 2017 EVENT SCHEDULE The Taste of Downtown Brampton February 27 - March 12, 2017 The Downtown Brampton BIA presents The Taste of Downtown Brampton, an exploration of culinary fare from the best that Downtown Brampton restaurants and foodies have to offer! Featuring downtown Brampton s culinary with two weeks of diversity, feeding the foodie within with exceptional experience from some of our best restaurants. For more information visit Easter Celebration - April 15, 2017 Details to come. Thursday Night Concert Series June 1 August 31, 2017 Downtown Brampton Business Improvement Area (BIA) is pleased to present the 2017 Thursday Night Concert Series in downtown Brampton s beautiful Gage Park, Thursday evenings from June 1 to August 25th. This event will run from 7 9 p.m. Guests are invited to bring a lawn chair and enjoy the local music for free. The event has been a running success for several years, in previous seasons attracting more than 500 attendees in a night. For more information visit www. downtownbramptonbia.ca Classic Cars Celebration July 20-22, 2017 Classic Cars Celebration will open on Thursday, July 21st at 7:00 p.m. with a kick-off concert in Gage Park followed by Party in the LANES on Friday evening featuring live entertainment from 5:00-10:00 p.m. throughout the downtown core including Jazz on George Street, Party in the LANES (Vivian lane, McCarter Lane, Daily Times Square & Harmsworth Lane) and a headline concert in Garden Square at 9:00 p.m. Saturday celebrations will be chock-full of family entertainment including the traditional Classic Cars Parade at 1:30 p.m., followed by a Show & Shine from 2:00-5:00 p.m., movies in Garden Square and live entertainment from 8:00-11:00 p.m. For more information visit Live Art Competition - September 9, 2017 Live Art hits our downtown core on September 9th, Guests 18 years or older are invited to come out and take part in the competition beginning at 9AM to 4PM. For more information visit A Night in the Lane - September 2017 Event details to be announced. Fall Food Event DATES TO BE ANNOUNCED The Downtown Brampton BIA will present a Fall Food Event, an exploration of culinary fare from the best that Downtown Brampton restaurants have to offer. Come and taste Downtown Brampton s culinary diversity, feeding the foodie within with exceptional experience from some of our best restaurants. For more information visit Downtown Brampton Christmas Market - DATES TO BE ANNOUCED The Downtown Brampton BIA, supported by the City of Brampton, presents the 6th annual Downtown Brampton Christmas Market the perfect way to start the holiday season! Join us for the inaugural evening of the Downtown Brampton Christmas Market on Friday November 17th in Garden Square. Enjoy a variety of festive vendors, live entertainment, food valley, carousel rides, and more! For more information visit Events and details are subject to change.