Sparks Street Business Improvement Area

Sparks Street going greener thanks to $182K in federal funding

Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi announced this week that the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario is providing about $875,000 for four projects in

Downtown businesses cheer feds’ plan for public servants to start returning to office next month

Ottawa, Top Stories

Employees across all departments in the core public service will be subject to a “phased introduction” of the return-to-office plan starting Jan. 16.

City needs to ‘get serious’ about revitalizing downtown core, task force co-chair says

Ottawa

“There are no easy answers here,” Claridge Homes executive Neil Malhotra says of what it will take to encourage more residents to live, work and

Business leaders form part of new task force looking at ways to revitalize downtown core

Ottawa

The task force, announced today by Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi, brings together community and business representatives to propose creative ideas for Ottawa’s downtown core,

‘We cannot wait for people to come’: local BIAs cheer return of in-person festivals and events

Tourism

With the first official day of summer around the corner, neighbourhoods across the city are coming to life – and Ottawa’s business improvement areas couldn’t

Protests deal another blow to reeling downtown businesses, merchants say

Ottawa

Hotel association boss suggests trucker convoy could continue for a while yet as some protesters book rooms for next weekend.

Hard-hit Ottawa small businesses to get federal funding, marketing support

Ottawa

Bank Street, Preston Street, Somerset Chinatown, Sparks Street and Vanier BIAs have been chosen to participate in program aimed at revitalizing mainstreet retailers.

Downtown Ottawa retailers waiting for the workers to return

Retail

The city’s central business district remains virtually empty more than a year into the pandemic, leaving a legion of forgotten retailers searching for answers, writes

City embarks on fresh effort to revitalize Ottawa’s Sparks Street

City Hall

In its never-ending quest to breathe life into Sparks Street, the city is asking residents, business owners, community associations and government agencies what they want

La Machine roars life into Ottawa businesses

Tourism

Long Ma the dragon horse wasn’t the only winner in the four-day-long march of La Machine through Ottawa as downtown businesses were packed with customers.