The Beach Village BIA represents more than 300 businesses and service professionals. 2015 saw progress with its initiatives including community events, streetscaping and member promotion, all in the spirit of “bringing more feet to Queen Street.” Streetscaping is a significant component of a pedestrian-friendly, accessible, vibrant neighbourhood. The BIA street audit helped prioritize 2016 initiatives […]
Tag: shopping
A tale of two fitting rooms
The first time I went shopping for clothes with my husband, The Rational One, he was not quite my husband. We were securing shoes to accompany his wedding suit, in which he would marry me the following month. Never having shopped with my husband, I had no idea what type of shopper he was. Just […]
Danforth home to pop-ups in December
After a successful pilot project over two weekends earlier this fall, Renew East Danforth – an offshoot of the Danforth East Community Association (DECA) – is launching a more extensive round of pop-up shops on Danforth between Woodbine and Coxwell for the holiday season. The idea is modeled on an urban renewal project from Australia called Renew […]
DECA adds pop-ups to Danforth
Modeled after an Australian project called Renew Newcastle, the Danforth East Community Association’s first of two pop-up shops took over 1948 Danforth Avenue, across from East Lynn Park, last weekend. Birthia, a shop on Dundas West that sells locally-made jewelry, clothing, art and home decor, set up for two days in the space, which was […]
Dig deeper to take full advantage of post-Christmas sales
Did you survive the most stressful time of the year for shopping? Have you maxed out the credit cards? Or are you one of the few that made it through the season without too much stress? Hopefully you still have some money left because there are great sales in January. Traditionally January is the time […]
Reduce, reuse and upcycle
Spring is the time when garage sales pop up like tulips and daffodils! They are great places to find all sorts of bargains, and a great way to recycle your ‘stuff’. I used to think I was ‘cheap’, but it seems that I am really actually ‘green’. Beach Metro News has listings for all the […]
Beach BIA survey points way for new stores
Back in March, Beach residents were asked by the Beach BIA to take part in a survey to determine how the community felt about the quality and quantity of businesses along the Queen Street strip. The survey was part of a unique BIA initiative which hopes to be proactive about encouraging businesses to move into […]
