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LVBIA - Liberty Village Business Improvement Area
Description
Excerpted from http://www.lvbia.com/about/mandate.asp
- Improve and enhance the design, safety and security features of the area
- Champions and Nurtures a Creative and Vibrant Community
- Was officially designated a BIA in 2001
- Beautify and maintain the streets and buildings within the Business Improvement Area
- Promote Liberty Village as an employment, business and destination area
- Support local businesses, and encourage business to business support
- Promote the area through newsletters and special events
As the first non-retail BIA in Canada, the LVBIA represents the more than 500 businesses and 6,000 employees located in a campus-style community at King and Dufferin. Some of Toronto's leading creative thinkers and companies in the high tech, arts, design, entertainment and media businesses are located in Liberty Village.
One of 60 Business Improvement Areas in Toronto, the Liberty Village BIA (LVBIA) works on behalf of, and supports, the businesses and property owners of Liberty Village, creating a safer, more attractive community environment, promoting economic development within the BIA boundaries and representing the area to the City of Toronto.
A Business Improvement Area is an association of property owners, business operators and commercial tenants within a specified area, who work together to enhance and promote their business area. Support of BIA’s is provided by the Toronto Association of Business Improvement Areas (TABIA), which is the umbrella organization for BIA’s, and by the City of Toronto’s Business Improvement Area office.
A Board of Management made up of member business volunteers, is appointed by the BIA membership and endorsed by Toronto Council. Various Committees, made up of Board members and business representatives, assist in goal setting for the LVBIA One employee acts as Executive Director to run the day-to-day operation of the BIA.
The BIA is funded by a special tax levy applied to commercially assessed properties within the BIA boundaries, calculated proportionately based on their assessed value. The BIA sets an annual budget which is approved by the LVBIA membership and endorsed by Toronto Council.
Liberty Village BIA businesses range in size from large corporations to sole proprietorships. Creativity is abundant in the area. A variety of businesses call Liberty Village home including digital, fashion and home furnishing design, media, advertising, high tech, printing, service, and food and beverage.
Address
- 77 Mowat Avenue, Suite 101
- Toronto, Ontario M6K 3E3 CANADA
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English
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