BizBridge.io’s Post

Celebrating the unsung heroes of our communities: the BIAs! On Tuesday night, our CTO Winston Edwards and I were invited to attend the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA) Awards celebrating the incredible work of the 84 BIAs - community-based organizations representing the businesses and commercial property owners across the city who mission is to drive economic development and improvements in their communities. Those parkettes you stroll through, those summer street festivals you love, the graffitti cleanups? That's probably your BIA that did it. At BizBridge.io we've been working with BIAs, the Small Business Enterprise Centre in Toronto and others across the province to help keep our communities beautiful and avoid those unsightly vacant storefronts by ensuring transitioning businesses can find their happy exit, and hopefully, a new owner to sustain their legacy. Congratulations to all the winners at the TABIA Awards (including our friend Peter Chang of the Uptown Yonge BIA), Executive Director John Kiru for his leadership, and his team at TABIA for the great work they do for the BIAs across the city! #smb #sme #successionplanning