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Edmonton earmarks $12M for COVID-19 projects for 2021

Lisa Cavicchia — Thu, 06 May 2021 18:16:05 +0000

Edmonton will spend $12 million this year on COVID-specific initiatives to help the city cope with the pandemic, city council agreed Wednesday. The funding includes tax relief for businesses in 13 areas of the city and $1.3 million to support vaccination operations at the EXPO Centre. It includes nearly $6 million to install ultraviolet air-purification technology in Edmonton Transit vehicles.

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The City of Halifax is considering ways to help improve the predictability of property taxes for commercial property and business owners by bringing in a rolling three-year Assessment Averaging Program.

Lisa Cavicchia — Thu, 06 May 2021 17:18:36 +0000

This program will include phasing-in the annual valuation increase over a three-year period, for those properties exceeding the average commercial increase by five per cent.
This will offer more certainty to commercial property and business owners that experience sudden spikes in property assessments with the current annual valuation system.

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Building Atlantic Canada’s entrepreneurship and innovation sector with focus on BIPOC entrepreneurs and BIPOC-led organizations

Lisa Cavicchia — Thu, 06 May 2021 15:46:28 +0000

BIPOC entrepreneurs and BIPOC-led organizations in Atlantic Canada are forming strategic partnerships with incubators and accelerators as part of a co-operative effort to dismantle historical systemic barriers built even higher by the pandemic.

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Parkdale FitPlay supports Black fitness leaders to help locals take care of their mental and physical health while exploring parks

Lisa Cavicchia — Tue, 09 Feb 2021 12:27:06 +0000

The local business improvement area connected with Black people in the fitness industry (yoga instructor, baseball coach, track athlete and boxing coach). On the Parkdale FitPlay Instagram account, these instructors take turns demonstrating how to do exercises with proper form. Instagram link: https://www.instagram.com/parkdalefitplay/

How it works: Community members are encouraged to visit designated public park locations and participate in self-led physical exercise and play, inspired by the FitPlay letter key. Each letter of the alphabet, A to Z, is associated with a simple exercise most can perform some variation of safely. E.g. A = 10 high knees on the spot.
Participants self-select a word or phrase and perform the exercises associated with each letter. E.g. P A R K D A L E = 10 squats, 10 high knees on the spot, etc. Mix up your FitPlay by choosing a new word, a new park or a new challenge each time and invite your Parkdale friends and neighbours to do the same.

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Shop Old Town Toronto: A shop local campaign that splits prize money wins between individuals supporting local businesses & the local business

Lisa Cavicchia — Mon, 08 Feb 2021 14:26:23 +0000

The St. Lawrence BIA and OLD Town have launched a support local campaign. Save & upload receipts of $25 or more (excluding delivery and tip) from local businesses February 8 – April 5, 2021, for multiple chances to win — $500 is for the shopper and $500 for a local business. In addition there is one grand prize of $2K to be split with local business. Prize money is donated by BMO bank

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Albuquerque’s procurement process to benefit local business

Lisa Cavicchia — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 22:23:30 +0000

The City of Albuquerque spends around $400 million a year on purchasing goods and services — excluding any CARES Act spending. About 65 percent of that already goes to local businesses in Albuquerque, including Diverse Office Supply, a partnership of two woman-owned Albuquerque businesses — one a manufacturer of office supplies, where 60 percent of its employees are adults with special needs, and the other a distributor. The partnership took on a $5 million-a-year contract with the city in 2019 that was previously held by a Florida-based supplier.

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Town of Canmore’s Economic Recovery Plan backed by $281,000 in funding that focuses on business retention and survival during and post-pandemic.

Lisa Cavicchia — Wed, 13 Jan 2021 13:39:59 +0000

The Plan is being rolled out and the website specifies the progress being made across each pillar.

Canmore is a small town (14,000 population) located in Alberta’s Rocky Mountains

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Free shopper tool during COVID-19

Lisa Cavicchia — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 16:05:10 +0000

Find local businesses OPEN for WALK-IN, PICKUP or DELIVERY. Searchable, mobile-friendly directory and map of Greater Toronto area stores.

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Black Owned Toronto is an online platform dedicated to highlighting Black-owned businesses.

Lisa Cavicchia — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:54:35 +0000

Often times it is very difficult to find Black-owned businesses in the city. This is a one stop shop for all shopping/service needs. This is also a great way to buy locally, and support the city’s economy!

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‘Not Amazon’ is a website of (mostly) user-submitted small businesses to support across 4 Canadian cities and growing

Lisa Cavicchia — Tue, 15 Dec 2020 13:50:16 +0000

The site operates like an online mall directory of exclusively independent businesses throughout the cities and online. Currently featuring thousands of shops in Toronto, Halifax, Calgary and Vancouver. It is free to submit a local business. You can search or just browse around by category: handmade, spirits, coffee & tea, stationery, music, home decor, vintage and more. Black and Indigenous-owned businesses and businesses owned by people of colour and people with disabilities are featured.

Next for Not-Amazon is to expand to more cities. People from other cities in Canada have volunteered to collect initial lists of businesses, which the website will then convert into the Not-Amazon website. Hamilton and Ottawa are next.

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