New Stittsville Business Association (SBA) has board of directors in place
Networking event planned for Cabotto’s on February 22 The New Year always brings new things with great enthusiasm and for the SBA it is no different. Last year was a…
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New Stittsville Business Association meets for breakfast on November 14
Out of the ashes of the Stittsville Business Improvement Area comes a new Stittsville Business Association. You may recall earlier this year when a group of local businesses proposed establishing…
NOTEBOOK: Local businesses invited to BIA info meeting on Tuesday
UPDATE: About 50 people attended the meeting on Tuesday night to hear about the BIA proposal, ask questions and share concerns. The steering committee plans to keep educating the local business…
COMMENT: Let’s start saying light rail to Stittsville
(ABOVE: Artist’s rendering of the Rideau LRT station downtown. Via City of Ottawa.) It was great to see City Council approve plans for Phase 2 of light rail transit (LRT)…
Qadri encourages Business Improvement Area for Stittsville Main
(via Councillor Shad Qadri) On Monday, November 21st, I was pleased to attend the Stittsville Village Association event, “Reinventing Stittsville Main Street”. The discussion focused on potential business growth in…
NOTEBOOK: Wild parsnip, mosquitos, and a cross-Canada bike trip
DOG WALKERS BEWARE Jonathan Seguin sent along some photos and warning about wild parsnip along the trails south of Abbott Street and east of Shea. Colloquially known as the “Abbott…
Business leaders ask mayor to accelerate light rail to west end
(PHOTO: “Take the O” by Payton Chung. Used under a Creative Commons license.) West end business leaders say that Kanata’s poor transit service is hindering their ability to attract talented…
NOTEBOOK: Stories we’re watching in 2016
I often jokingly refer to Stittsville as “one of Ottawa’s most exciting suburbs”, but there’s actually a lot of truth to that. (Just look at what happened here in 2015…
Notebook: Gaia Java update, Stittsville BIA
A couple weeks ago at their weekly Friday night music event, Gaia Java co-owner Paul Jay announced that he and Paul Melsness will not be renewing the lease on their coffee shop…
Hydro a concern for Carp Road Corridor businesses at AGM
(via the Carp Road Corridor BIA) The Carp Road Corridor business association held their annual general meeting on November 12. Members attending the meeting discussed local business priorities including how…
Carp Road BIA meets on November 12 for AGM
The Carp Road Corridor Business Association represents businesses along Carp Road from Rothbourne Road to March Road. The area is designated in Ottawa’s Official Plan due to the high concentration…
Ottawa Business Journal: “Local biz owner pushes for BIA”
From the Ottawa Business Journal: The 18 business improvement areas within Ottawa’s city limits currently span from Orleans in the east to Carp Village in the west, but Stittsville is…