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Join us in welcoming the following businesses to the Burlington Downtown family!

NEW BUSINESSESDENTISTRY ON BRANT713 Brant Street

LAKEFRONT FAMILY DENTAL2128 Old Lakeshore Road

MONACO MEDICAL AESTHETICS 400 Martha Street

THE ARBUTUS COLLECTIVE 600 Brant Street THE COOP WICKED CHICKEN 370 Brant Street

MARLON M. ROEFE 460 Brant Street, Unit 11 PIZZAIOLO 1477 Lakeshore Road THE COVER GUY 2078 Pine Street THE BENT SPOON 448 John Street STYLED 422 Pearl Street BURLAP & TWINE 393 John Street

THE BLOCK CO. 395 John Street

COLOUR CONNEXION HAIR STUDIO 2080 Pine Street

BURLINGTON'S MOBILITY HUBS STUDY

As Burlington grows over the next 20

years, complete, compact neighbourhoods

will be planned and developed around

the city's three GO stations and the

downtown. These areas are called Mobility

Hubs, which are locations with several

transportation options and a mix of uses

such as transit, employment, housing,

recreation and shopping.

Mobility hubs will be neighbourhoods

that are environmentally friendly,

infrastructure-efficient, walkable,

bikeable and transit-oriented. They are an

important opportunity for Burlington to

grow in a way that ensures the city has

a thriving economic future and supports

local businesses, while maintaining many

of the things we value about our city. The

city is preparing plans and implementation

strategies for each Mobility Hub that will

consider things like land use, urban design,

servicing, public transportation, parking

and parks and open space needs. There

will be multiple opportunities for public

engagement on the plans throughout the

process.

YOU'RE INVITED! Mark your calendar for

the Mobility Hubs Study Launch Party

on Wednesday April 12th from 6:30pm-

8:30pm at the Mobility Hubs planning

office located at 1455 Lakeshore Rd, Unit

7 (on Locust St, across from the Esso Gas

Station). Come and learn more about the

study, meet the team, sign up for more

information, ask questions, have some

treats and win some prizes. RSVP at

mobilityhubs@burlington.ca.

Please visit www.burlington.ca/

mobilityhubs for more information and

learn about how you can get involved!

Our members continue to have great success with our CHCH Morning Live partnership whereby the BDBA subsidizes these local television segments to help showcase and promote a broader range of products and services available in our downtown.

In 2016, we helped to promote 20 BDBA members through this unique television programming parntership. 2017 has already showcased 15 members and there's opportunities for everyone.

Contact: samantha@burlingtondowntown.ca to learn how your business can get involved.

BDBA & CHCH TV PARTNERSHIP

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SPRING 2017QUARTERLY MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTER

2017More culture,new faces, fresh ideas —more to explore!

This event also helped to spread the word

about the Canadian Cancer Society (Halton

Chapter), who was the charity-of-choice

for this year’s “pay it forward” donation

request. We thank everyone who attended

the performances and for their generous

support of our local Cancer Society.

Spring also means the beginning of

construction season! We have recently

learned that the first leg of the Elgin

Promenade, an enhanced east/west

pedestrian walkway through the downtown,

is expected to begin construction by spring

2017. Permit approval has been obtained

from Trans-Northern Pipeline Inc. The

second leg of the Promenade, between

Elizabeth Street and John Street, is also

slated to begin construction in fall 2017

(post Ribfest).

Municipal parking lot #1 (that runs from

Pearl Street to Elizabeth Street) is being

redeveloped to coincide with that first leg

of the Elgin Promenade construction this

spring. Parking Services is in the process

of contacting the monthly permit holders

in that lot to advise them of the upcoming

change. When construction is complete

the lot will be reassigned as "customer

only" daily parking in an effort to provide

relief to the businesses in that corridor.

Further, on the topic of parking … this

spring, underground "pucks" will be added

to all on-street parking and municipal lots

to give us real time, 24/7 parking use data,

so we will have a better idea of whether

parking is at capacity, and the times and

areas of downtown where there is heaviest

use. The result may be the addition of new

on-street parking spaces for customer use.

Through member feedback in recent

months, we realize that there have been

some challenges faced by our members

and visitors to our downtown with regards

to the new on-street and surface lot

parking machines. Please know that

we have alerted the City of Burlington’s

Transportation staff to a number of

these issues and, City staff are presently

working with the vendor to address these

issues, which range from processing time,

rejection of credit card payments, etc.

In addition, the Downtown Parking

Committee has hired a firm to work with us

to improve the branding of the downtown

parking experience to customers and

visitors. The result will be a three year

marketing and communications plan

aimed at making the downtown parking

experience more easily understood and

user-friendly.

Finally, as spring will quickly turn to

summer, I am personally looking forward

to all of the wonderful events to come,

including; Fit in the Core, our outdoor

fitness event that happens each Sunday

morning in front of City Hall, summer

retail sales, patios and open-air markets. I

also hope to see you out at our upcoming

Business Mixes and Annual General

Meeting.

UPDATE FROM THE CHAIRMAN OF

THE BOARD

DAVID HAYWARDMartin & Hillyer Associates

It’s been a mild start to 2017 weather wise,

but a busy start to the New Year for the

Burlington Downtown Business Association.

A few short weeks ago, we hosted a very

successful 2nd annual Burlington Comedy

Festival – drawing in enthusiastic crowds at

both the Burlington Performing Arts Centre

and the Water Street Cooker, who were our

event hosts. The comics were well received

by the audiences and we are pleased to

have brought new patrons to the downtown

during this shoulder season. Thanks also to

the many partners that helped to make the

events true "made in downtown" animation,

including: Waterfront Hotel Downtown

Burlington, CAPREIT, Carriage Gate Homes,

Beaver & Bulldog, Investor’s Group (Patrick

Buscar), Pepperwood Bistro, Pane Fresco,

and The Burlington Sound of Music Festival.

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Keep an eye out for the Spring/

Summer 2017 Business Directories

that will be arriving at your

doorstep in the coming month!

Twice a year we print an updated

business directory and deliver them

to all businesses within the BDBA

boundaries and to high traffic areas

throughout the City of Burlington.

Please review your business listing

online to ensure all the information

is correct. If any changes need to

be made or if you simply need a

top up of directories, please don’t

hesitate to contact us at

905-333-9868 or via email at

membership@burlingtondowntown.ca

SUMMER DIRECTORY

FREE Member service.

SUMMER EVENTS & SPONSORSHIP

FIT IN THE CORECIVIC SQUARE (CITY HALL)SUNDAYS | 10AM — 11AMJUNE 4TH – AUGUST 27TH Our fifth annual free open-air fitness event is back every Sunday morning this summer at Civic Square outside City Hall. Fitness providers from downtown Burlington will be featured leading classes from boot camp to yoga. These classes are geared to all fitnesslevels and run from 10am – 11am. This years' series is presented by Lisa-Marie Winning of Investors Group Financial Services Inc.

SOUND OF MUSIC / STREETFESTTHROUGHOUT DOWNTOWN JUNE 16TH — 18TH Downtown Streetfest is back during the annual Sound of Music Festival and the BDBA is co-presenting with Martin & Hillyer Associates.

During Father’s Day weekend the streets come alive with music, performances, extended patios and amazing promotions!

RED WEEKEND

DOWNTOWN BURLINGTON

JULY 22ND — JULY 23RD

Once a year, downtown Burlington goes

RED for the biggest sales event of the season.

Again this year we are kicking off the sale

season with a weekend shopping event! The

streets are electric for two days with great

food promotions and amazing deals!

Join us downtown for an amazing line-up of summer events. If your business would like to

get involved as a sponsor, event participant or vendor for any of our events please contact:

Samantha Statham, samantha@burlingtondowntown.ca

The city has received an application

from Carriage Gate Homes to amend the

Official Plan and Zoning By-law to permit

a 26-storey mixed-use building at Brant

Street and James Street across from City

Hall. The development encompasses five

individual parcels at 421, 425, 427, 429

and 431 Brant Street, as well as 2007 to

2015 James Street, running the width of

the block from Brant to James.

The application is for a mixed use

building with retail on the ground floor,

office spaces on the second floor and

residential units above.

The proposal includes widening of the

sidewalks all around the building and a

public art opportunity at the corner.

For more information about this project

and to track the progress of this

development, including announcements

of community meetings and staff reports

visit https://www.burlington.ca/en/

services-for-you/421-431-brant-street.asp.

Marianne Meed Ward, Burlington/Halton

Councillor, Ward 2

marianne.meedward@burlington.ca,

905.335.7600, x7588

UPDATES FROM OUR COUNCILLOR

2017Events & happenings!

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WELCOME NEW BLOCK CAPTAINS!

MEET NEW BOARD MEMBER, BRAD SMITH

We are thrilled to introduce you to TWO of

the newest members to our Block Captain

program!

Alexandra Kravchenko from Lakefront

Family Dental will be the Block Captain

for Old Lakeshore Road. A new member

to our downtown, Alexandra was quick

to volunteer for this role as a way to

meet and keep in touch with her business

neighbours. Another new member

business, Styled Lounge, has committed

to this volunteer program! Laura, Jess

and Adriana will be combining efforts

to help us spread the word about BDBA

events and programs as part of their

Block Captain duties. The purpose of this

program is to help better connect our

members to one-another by providing

an additional BDBA-community-point-of-

contact who will act as an ambassador to

the downtown.

Would YOU like to volunteer as a Block

Captain for YOUR area? Give Jaclyn

Jones a call 905-333-9868, ext 5

or send her an email membership@

burlingtondowntown.ca to find out more

about this program and how you can get

involved.

Please join us in welcoming Brad Smith of

Seferian Design Group to the BDBA Board

of Directors. Brad is both a resident

and business owner in Burlington. He

is heavily involved in development

projects throughout Burlington including:

parks, open spaces, schoolyards, trails,

community spaces and placemaking.

Brad is also actively involved in the

Mayor's Millenial Advisory Committee and

the Burlignton Chamber of Commerce

Young Professionals Network. Welcome

to our team Brad!

Please put a placeholder in your

calendar to ensure you are able to

join us on April 19th, 2017 at the Art

Gallery of Burlington for our 37th

Annual General Meeting. Your personal

invitation will be posted to you in the

coming weeks. Our Annual General

Meeting will include a buffet breakfast,

highlights of our 2016/2017 work-plan,

marketing and membership services

updates. We will also share with you a

recap of our successes from 2016. This

is your opportunity to ask questions

about your Association and the things

that we do to help advance, progress and

enrich the downtown experience. If you

know that you are available, and able

to attend, don’t wait for your invitation

– please RSVP now to membership@

burlingtondowntown.ca.

BDBA ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING

SAVE THE DATE - Tuesday, April 19th, 2017 | 7:30am

Art Gallery of Burlington, 1333 Lakeshore Road

You're invited!

We would like to remind our

members that we are only as

strong as your involvement.

Our strength comes from the

volunteers that help direct our

working committees and Board of

Management. All committee and

board meetings are open to the

public, and we encourage you to

attend.

Please email Lorrie Birmingham,

our Office Manager -

lorrie@burlingtondowntown.ca for

a list of upcoming meetings and to

RSVP.

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