Business Improvement Areas
What is a Business Improvement Area?
A Business Improvement Area (BIA) is an association of property and business owners within a specified district who join together in beautification, promotion and other development activities aimed at stimulating local business in that district. BIAs must have the official approval of the City, in accordance with legislation set out in the Ontario Municipal Act.
Once a BIA is approved by City Council, every commercial property owner within its boundaries automatically becomes a member. There are no exceptions, under the principle that all who benefit should be required to bear their fair share of the cost of the program. For more information on BIA levies, see our Tax Billing Cycle and Business Improvement Area Levies pages.
Effective BIAs benefit not only businesses and the community but Windsor's overall image as well. They can be an economic and social anchor to surrounding neighbourhoods and help to stabilize and add vitality to the local community. Early in 2003, the Planning Department was assigned to act as the point of first contact within City administration for matters pertaining to Windsor's BIAs.
What is the City of Windsor's Interest in Business Improvement Areas?
BIAs are recognized in Windsor's Community Strategic Plan and its Official Plan as important not-for-profit organizations which contribute to community development at a grassroots level
Map of BIAs
BIA Contact List
Downtown Windsor Business Improvement Association
474 Ouellette Avenue
Windsor, ON N9A 1B2
Phone: (519) 252-5723
Fax: (519) 252-6817
Email: dwbia@downtownwindsor.ca
Website: www.downtownwindsor.ca
Debi Croucher (Acting Executive Director)
Rochelle Emergy-Luckett (Operations Manager)
Ford City Business Improvement Association
1029 Hickory Road
Windsor, ON N8Y 3S2
Phone: (519) 919-8827
Fax: (519) 253-6163
Email: kerryippolito@gmail.com
Website: www.fordcity.ca
Kerry Ippolito (Executive Director)
Walkerville BIA
1519 Wyandotte Street East
Windsor, ON N9A 3L3
Phone: (226) 346-WBIA (9242)
Email: info@walkervilledistrict.com
Website: www.walkervilledistrict.com
Joan Charette (Coordinator)
Olde Riverside Town Centre
2334 Cypress Road
Windsor, ON N8T 0A7
Phone: (519) 962-6550
Email: bscheuerman@cogeco.ca
Website: www.oldriversidebia.com
Bridget Scheuerman (Executive Director)
Olde Sandwich Towne Business Association
3118 Sandwich Street
Windsor, ON N9C 1A6
Phone: (519) 258-0361
Fax: (519) 258-5209
Email: macuderman@cogeco.ca
Mary-Ann Cuderman (Chair)
Dan Grimaldi
Ottawa Street Business Improvement Area
1647 Ottawa Street
Windsor, ON N8Y 1R2
Phone: (519) 252-9521
Fax: (519) 973-3922
Website: www.ottawastreet.ca
Email: karens4kids@hotmail.com
Arnie Blaine (President)
Pillette Village BIA
4769 Wyandotte Street East
Windsor, ON N8Y 1H8
Phone: (519) 962-1500
Email: greg@imaginativeimaging.ca
Greg Plante
Via Italia / Erie Street BIA
Fiesta Flowers
884 Erie Street East
Windsor, ON N9A 3Y6
Phone: (519) 999-1889
Email: tmancini@gmail.com
Website: www.viaitalia.com
Tessa Mancini Ruggirello
Wyandotte Towne Centre BIA
1380 Wyandotte Street East
Windsor, ON N8Y 3E5
Phone: (519) 253-8826
Fax: (519) 971-0623
Email: caroline.postma@hotmail.com
Caroline Postma (Executive Director)
For general information, please call 311. For detailed inquiries, please contact:
Planning Department
Suite 404, 400 City Hall Square East
Windsor, Ontario
Canada
N9A 7K6
Phone: (519) 255-6543
Fax: (519) 255-6544
Email: planningdept@city.windsor.on.ca