The At Home in Bronte Muskoka chair art project will continue for another year with chairs on the move to their Summer locations in the coming weeks. Due to COVID restrictions last year, the BIA couldn’t engage local community groups to design and paint chairs for installation in Heritage Waterfront Park like we’ve done in […]
A four-week Ontario shutdown starts Saturday, April 3 to control the spread of COVID-19, in particular, Variants of Concerns. Closed are personal care services like hair salons and indoor & outdoor dining. Essential stores will have 50% capacity; non-essentials 25%. Takeout, curbside and delivery options are still allowed. From the Government of Ontario media release: […]
#FeatureFriday is a new, free social media series launched by Hamilton Halton Brant Regional Tourism Association to promote local tourism businesses and operators’ new products, events and experiences to engage consumers online every Friday from March through May. Fill out the form to be featured. Criteria for partner feature: Business must be located or operate in […]
Funding for Digital Main Street, a free program that helps small businesses in BIAs with digital transformations, has been extended through June 2021. Bronte businesses should take advantage today of one-on-one consultation, webinars and training. Over the past two years, 24 Bronte businesses have applied for and received $2,500 DMS grants, while twice as many […]
The Government of Ontario released its 2021 Budget on March 24, which included support for jobs and workers through more Small Business Support Grants, Digital Main Street funding through 2022, tourism industry supports and skills re-training programs. Below are highlights from Ontario’s Action Plan: Protecting People’s Health and Our Economy, pulled from the […]
The deadline for the federal Canada Emergency Business Account (CEBA) is extended to June 30 from March 31, 2021. The extension applies to new applications for loans of $60,000 or to new applications from businesses that have received a $40,000 loan and intend to apply for the additional $20,000. Apply now.