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Bronte Village BIA wins ‘ Shop The Neighbourhood’ Award

First photo from left to right: Chris Long, Vice President Sales, Central Canada Janet Bedford, Board Member Ralph Robinson, Board Member and Ward 1 Councillor Town of Oakville Linda Leatherdalde, Board Member Carolyn Moshtagh, Vice Chair Roger Lapworth,  | Bronte BIA
First photo from left to right: Chris Long, Vice President Sales, Central Canada Janet Bedford, Board Member Ralph Robinson, Board Member and Ward 1 Councillor Town of Oakville Linda Leatherdalde, Board Member Carolyn Moshtagh, Vice Chair Roger Lapworth, | Bronte BIA

For the second year in a row the Bronte Village BIA has won a beautification prize as a participant in Shop The Neighbourhood TM, a program dedicated to creating thriving neighbourhoods through support for Canada’s small businesses.

This year, for generating business community engagement and spirit, the Bronte BIA placed second out of over 50 GTA BIA’s and will be presented with a $3,000 cheque on behalf of Shop The Neighbourhood on Tuesday, March 3rd 2015 at the Bronte Village (BIA) office.

Chair, Mary Roberts thanked Yellow Pages for its now annual Shop the Neighbourhood initiative;

“it is important to reinforce the message to consumers that Shopping Local supports your neighbours and your local community, keeping dollars working for thriving neighbourhoods”.

Chris Long, V.P. Sales Central Canada Yellow Pages presented the cheque to the Board of the Bronte Village BIA.

"It’s impressive that such a small BIA could display such outstanding passion for its business community and pride in its members for the second year in a row. We weren’t surprised to see Bronte on the winner’s list again” said Long.

This year's event will take place on November 28th.

About Shop The Neighbourhood

The first Shop The Neighbourhood took place on November 30th 2013, in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Shop The Neighbourhood is an initiative to encourage local shopping and support for small businesses. Taking place during the busiest shopping season of the year, the promotion raises awareness of the large-scale push from retailers both online and across the border which moves dollars away from the small businesses, directly impacting on the health of our communities.

This year, the program expanded across Canada and included 5 major Cities – Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal, Calgary, Vancouver – Within that group, 200 plus Business Associations participated, with over 6,000 individual businesses registering to take part, loading over 8,000 unique deals.

As part of the program Business Improvement Areas (BIA’s) were offered one of three beautification prizes in the greater regions of Toronto, Montreal, Ottawa, Vancouver and Calgary.

Bronte congratulations to the other winners!

1st place = $5,000 Burlington BIA

2nd place = $3,000 Bronte Village BIA

3rd place = 2,000 Kingsway BIA


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