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SPRING 2014QUARTERLY MEMBERSHIP NEWSLETTER

MERRY MAIDS Where: 2054 James Street Owner/Manager: Donna Hammond 289-779-1131 merrymaidsofburlington.ca

SANTÉ DAY SPA & BOUTIQUEWhere: 396 Martha St. Owner: Nalini Lachhman

905-333-9993 santedayspa.ca

DR. ADELE NGUYEN, OBSTETRICS AND GYNECOLOGY Where: 1455 Lakeshore Road, Unit G14 905-631-8787 dradelenguyen@gmail.com

ANTHONY VICTOR HAIR STUDIO Where: 372 Brant Street Owner: Alyssa Marziliano 905-637-2427

NEW BUSINESSESSPRING 2014

The BDBA welcomes the following new businesses to our community

BIZNEWS

For more information about events and membership opportunities visit: burlingtondowntown.ca

TEST KITCHEN Where: 455 Brant Street Owner: Alex Mickalow 289-245-1999 testkitchenrestaurant.com

NUCOR CANADA INC. Where: 1455 Lakeshore Road, Suite 204N Owner: Orlando Tesolin / Louise Marshall 905-634-6868 nucorcanada.com

HEAVENLY GOURMET Where: 2015 Lakeshore Rd. Owner: Jill Misener 905-336-3287 heavenlygourmet.ca

After three years of successful boutique catering, Jill Misener (above, left) and her team have recently opened the doors to the Heavenly Gourmet Sandwich Shop Downtown at the site of the former Pita Pit on Lakeshore Road.

2014More culture,new faces, fresh ideas —more to explore!

SHOP THE NEIGHBOURHOOD

Santé Day Spa & Boutique

Relax | Regenerate | Rejuvenate

GROWING OUR TEAM: SAMANTHA STATHAM

Your Downtown Business Association is

proud to welcome Samantha Statham

as the BDBA’s new Social Marketing and

Events Coordinator.

A graduate of Guelph University with a

degree in Commerce and a specialty in

Marketing, Samantha has also earned

certificates from George Brown College

for Sports and Event Marketing and

Humber College for Graphic Design

for Print & Web. Sam is a familiar face

on the downtown event circuit having

coordinated many of our 2013 events from

Fit in the Core to the successful Candlelit

Stroll in November.

Samantha is the staff lead for our

ambitious downtown event roster 2014

and will be front and center this spring

to get your business involved. She is

developing new content for our social

media strategy and manages the BDBA’s

platforms including Facebook and Twitter.

Here’s how you can get in touch:

Office: 905-333-9868

Mobile: 905-407-4057

samantha@burlingtondowntown.ca

In late 2013, Burlington Downtown was

invited to participate in a local business

initiative called Shop the Neighbourhood.

We used this opportunity to launch a

supporting campaign called ♥ OUR HOOD.

The campaign invited people from our

community to voice what they love about

downtown Burlington. Not only did the

public respond – but Shop the Neighbourhood

Event Sponsors, Yellow Pages Group, liked

it so much that they awarded Burlington

Downtown with the Community Spirit

Award (and $10,000 cheque).

This was truly a community effort.

Thanks to all of the businesses that

participated in Shop the Neighbourhood

Event and the ♥ OUR HOOD campaign.

And special thanks to our organizing

committee: Jennifer Walker, Mirella

Marsillo, Janet Sachade and Joelle

Goddard–Cooling.

The Board of the BDBA will be making

decisions in the coming weeks to

formalize how this $10,000 will be used

towards beautification efforts in the

downtown. We will be communicating

these decisions with the membership

once finalized.

SHOP THE NEIGHBOURHOOD - WE WON!

PEARL & PINE RETIREMENT RESIDENCE JOINS THE DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY

The BDBA welcomes Shawna Legere, Executive Director of Pearl & Pine Retirement by Signature.

Shawna oversees the development of

the fourteen storey, luxury retirement

facility expected to open its doors

October 2014 to 125 new senior residents.

The Residence promotes independent

living and will feature a theatre, pool

and in-house catering.UPDATE YOUR BUSINESS LISTING

We are continuing to build out our website,

and would like your assistance as we review

and update member listings. We urge you

to review the listing for your business to

make sure that it reflects your business

today including any brands, tags, etc.

1. Visit to the Members section on the

burlingtondowntown.ca website.

2. Open the Members Directory

Listing Template

3. Fill out the template including

details as provided

4. Email the completed template to

marketing@burlingtondowntown.ca

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From thewaterfront, to parks to local shops.

It’s all here.

2014

Events, happenings and so much more.

Burlington Downtown business owners, managers and staff are invited. Bring a guest.

Meet with your business neighbours and welcome new entrepreneurs to our community.

Learn about exciting events and programming coming to Downtown.

Door prizes welcome — spotlight your

business! Contact Lorrie today.

RSVP your attendance by Thursday, March 20th to:

Lorrie Birmingham Email: Lorrie@burlingtondowntown.ca Phone: 905-333-9868

BUSINESS MIX AFTER SIXJOIN IN:

Date: Tuesday, March 25th Time: 6pm — 8pmWhere: 1445 Elgin St. (at Locust) W: melodia.ca Melodia Mediterranean Cuisine & Bar Free Members’ Service

MAYFIT IN THE CORE FREE FITNESS SERIESSUNDAYS THROUGH AUGUST | 10 - 11AMburlingtondowntown.ca

JUNESATURDAYS IN THE STREET MUSIC SERIESSATURDAYS THROUGH AUGUST | 3 - 5PM burlingtondowntown.ca

MOON IN JUNE ROAD RACEJUNE 7TH burlingtondowntown.ca

SOUND OF MUSICJUNE 12TH - 15TH LIMITED EVENTS JUNE 6TH - 8TH Spencer Smith Park burlingtondowntown.ca

* BDBA EVENTS

Let Us Promote Your Events

It is free! Just send us the details of events or promotions you are running and we will post them in our events sections and/or promote through our social media channels.

JULYRED BAG SALEJULY 17TH burlingtondowntown.ca

AUGUSTCHILDREN’S FESTIVALAUGUST 16 - 17TH burlingtondowntown.ca

SEPTEMBERCIRQUE IN THE VILLAGE SQUARESEPTEMBER 19TH | 7PM - 2AM burlingtondowntown.ca

Burlington welcomes thousands of visitors

to the City annually to participate in

Regional and National Sports Tournaments

and Group Conferences. As our facilities

are updated to accommodate even more

large events (eg. opening of the new Haber

Community Centre), these opportunities

are also expanding.

Visitors are often staying in Burlington for

several days – looking for things to do in

their downtime. We will be working with

Tourism Burlington this year to connect

with Event organizers and local hotels to

help direct people to our downtown.

Member Opportunity

Stay Informed about these events by reviewing the Members’ Section of our Website for a monthly listing of what is coming up!

TOURNAMENTS & CONFERENCES IN BURLINGTON ♥ OUR HOOD 2014They like us, they really like us! And why not? We have streets bursting with amazing businesses from the hippest cafés to the latest fashions, beautiful tea shoppes and earth-friendly spas. We recognize that our downtown customers want to share their love and we are going to give them the chance.

We are continuing the ♥ OUR HOOD

campaign with a promotion called

My Perfect Day in the Hood, inviting

people to share an itinerary for how

they would spend their Perfect Day in

downtown Burlington.

The Details: Anyone can enter by simply emailing us

their Perfect Day Itinerary, including 4 -

6 places they would visit or things they

would do on their perfect day downtown

(300 words or less).

All itineraries submitted will be entered

into a draw to be held on April 1st for one

randomly drawn prize of $500 (to be

spent in downtown Burlington).

Select entries are featured on our website

weekly and will be posted in the Itinerary

Section of the BDBA Website throughout

the year. If your business is mentioned in

one of the features – we’ll let you know!

The campaign is being promoted through

facebook, twitter, Enews blasts.

HOW CAN YOUR BUSINESS SUPPORT THE CAMPAIGN?

Let your customers know about the

contest and invite them to submit their

entry before March 31st, 2014.

Share our social media posts on

facebook, twitter and with your own

customer database.

Please use the hashtags #myperfectday

and include #Loveourhood and #BurlON

where possible in your social media posts.

CIRCLE YOUR CALENDARThis year we are harnessing the creative

energy found at Downtown’s only open

concept co-working space.

BDBA’s 34th Annual General Meeting

will be a free breakfast event. Join us

to learn more about our goals for 2014,

budget and creative ways for your

business to stay engaged.

Details about our dynamic keynote

speaker to follow, watch for your

business’ invitation early April.

The morning of Thursday April 24th, we invite you to join our Board and staff at The Burlington Hive.

UPCOMING DOWNTOWN EVENTS