Who is the Bank St BIA?

Businesses on Bank St pay into the Bank St Business Improvement Area to help promote the neighbourhood and to lobby on its behalf. Decisions about the branding of a neighbourhood are typically left to BIAs ? rather than its residents or property owners.

In Ottawa, the seats on the BIA are filled by city council. In April 2007, council approved the current board.

Bank Street BIA

Mel Hartman, Orleans Fresh Fruit (Hartman’s): 613.234.8692
Rock Falardeau, Scotiabank: 613.564.5307
Steven Tanner, Staples Business Depot: 613.235.2525
Jackie Levinson, Comvesco Levinson Viner: 613.728.2000
Brian Roberts, Regional Realty Group: 613.230.2100
Ken Ginn, Ginn Photographic: 613.567.4686
Bill Joe, Cathay Restaurant: 613.233.7705

Marcus McCann

Marcus McCann is an employment and human rights lawyer, member of Queers Crash the Beat, and a part owner of Glad Day Bookshop. Before becoming a lawyer, he was the managing editor of Xtra in Toronto and Ottawa.

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