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Eglinton Way BIA board chair Maureen Sirois, left, and executive director Monique Drepaul
Business 

BIA plans how to survive Eglinton LRT mess

June 9, 2014March 11, 2020 Ann Ruppenstein Business Improvement Areas, Eglinton Connects, Eglinton Crosstown LRT, Metrolinx

A hip marketing campaign is one of several initiatives the Eglinton Way BIA is planning to keep merchants thriving until the dust settles on Crosstown LRT construction.

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Business 

Pitch made for midtown BIA

March 6, 2014June 21, 2014 Eric Emin Wood Area, Business Improvement Areas, Diana Sideris, Josh Matlow

Restaurant owner Diana Sideris, who is part of a steering committee for a proposed midtown business improvement area, says she has seen the benefits of a BIA firsthand.

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Business 

Shops approve Leslieville BIA

February 19, 2013 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, Leslieville, Mary-Margaret McMahon, Realosophy Realty

Over 75 percent vote in favour of new local business organization

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Business 

Local BIAs win big at TABIA awards

December 15, 2011 Town Crier staff Bloor-Yorkville BIA, Bloorcourt Village BIA, Briar de Lange, Business Improvement Areas, Decorative Lighting, Forest, heritage, Regal Heights BIA, Shop On St. Clair, Simone Weir, St. Clair Right Of Way, streetscape, Tony Bolla, Toronto Association Of Business Improvement Areas, Toronto Association Of Business Improvement Areas Recognition Awards

Business groups’ projects beautify their communities

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Business 

Award given for namesake's work

December 15, 2011 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, John Kiru, Marissa Agueci, North Toronto Train Station, Paul Oberman, Rosedale Mainstreet BIA, Scrivener Square, Summerhill LCBO, Toronto Association Of Business Improvement Areas, Toronto Association Of Business Improvement Areas Recognition Awards

Rosedale Mainstreet BIA nabs Paul Oberman Heritage prize from TABIA

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West End BIAs do well at awards gala

November 28, 2011 Town Crier staff awards, Bloor West Village BIA, Business Improvement Areas, Keith Denning, Kingsway BIA, Laura Price, Linda Pedersen, Roncesvalles Village Business Improvement Area, Toronto Association Of Business Improvement Areas, Village Of Islington BIA

Ronci, Islington, Kingsway, Bloor West all winners at inaugural presentation

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Parkette adds beauty to shopping district

October 13, 2011 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, city parks, community, Forest Hill BIA, Greenspace

Partnership between city and BIA creates attractive greenspace

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'Little Ethiopia' gaining ground on Danforth

August 22, 2011 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, Danforth Mosaic BIA, Little Ethiopia, Samuel Getachew

Signs of local BIA coming around to support the idea

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Team works toward BIA vote

July 28, 2011 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, city council, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Peter Milczyn, The Queensway, Ward 5

Queensway seen as up and coming area

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Danforth Mosaic BIA faces internal strife

May 20, 2011 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, Danforth Mosaic, garbage cleanup, jazz festival

Founding members quit, citing problems with budgeting and program cuts

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Business 

Gerrard India Bazaar hopes for expansion

April 15, 2011 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, Gerrard India Bazaar

But old cultural differences make the prospect unlikely

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Business 

Wilson Heights’ time to shine

March 7, 2011 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, Erez Karp, Gilbert Ramos, James Pasternak, Wilson Heights

Merchants eager for Business Improvement Area along Wilson Avenue

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BIA expansion a reason for hope

March 1, 2011 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, Regal Heights

Businesses along St. Clair Avenue West from Oakwood Avenue to Winona Drive look to organization to help them recover from the right-of-way construction induced slump

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Winter break for Roncesvalles road work

January 31, 2011 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, construction, Roncesvalles

But frustration mounts over delays, congestion

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Business 

BIA for Queensway?

January 31, 2011 Town Crier staff Business Improvement Areas, Queensway

Councillor Peter Mliczyn tries again to organize business owners on commercial strip

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That was then.

Empringham Hotel 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

From stately hotel to strip club—the Empringham story

November 19, 2020February 6, 2023 Eric McMillan

The Empringham, Danforth or Play Pen — they’re all the same hotel, standing at Danforth and Dawes from the late 1800s into the 1980s.

Queen and Waverley 1903
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Can you believe this century home still stands at Queen and Waverley?

February 27, 2020March 4, 2020 Eric McMillan
Beltline bridge over Yonge Street ion 1915
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

When horses passed UNDER the Beltline bridge

December 1, 2019February 6, 2020 Eric McMillan
Yonge-Eglinton southeast
*FEATURED THAT WAS THEN 

Now that the Yonge-Eglinton mess has been cleared up (almost)

October 24, 2019October 25, 2019 Eric McMillan

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