From baby to grandpa: Downtown St. Catharines Block Party promises entertainment for everyone niagarathisweek.com/things-to-do/f… via Niagara This Week

Community Bike Ride happening in downtown St. Catharines niagarathisweek.com/things-to-do/c… via Niagara This Week

This building (Formerly an LCBO) is vacant and has been for a couple of years. When it was first proposed we begged the LCBO and the province to put temporary housing on top… now they could just put it inside around the corner from #129Peter #refugees

Unconditional #BasicIncome – an untested utopia? No, it’s a pragmatic, feasible solution to the unaffordable crises of poverty, insecurity, inequality, and precarious work. It's time to take it seriously.

‘Summer Fun at Block Party in Downtown St.Catharines’ - our #myNiagara Photo of the Week courtesy of the St. Catharines Downtown Association on Instagram. As featured in this week’s #myNiagaraOnline Weekly Community Newsletter! Read in now : mailchi.mp/myniagaraonlin…

This is what it feels like to be alive as we approach the end of the world as we know it. There is time to avoid the worst but it means every single one of us becoming activists. Leave it to other people and we are toast. Listen to David Attenborough who warned us time and again

"I'm not aware of a similar period when all parts of the climate system were in record-breaking or abnormal territory." buff.ly/3Y4VcMg We're in a #climateemergency. Our current actions are not enough. We must #ActOnClimate. #climate #energy #renewables

The Ontario Business Improvement Area Association Ontario BIA Association (OBIAA) released a report with a full-page on Basic Income! Recommending it as a way to: • foster entrepreneurship & innovation • create sustainable income for businesses & workers • boost reinvestments in the local economy

The repayment of the CEBA Loans is coming December 31, 2023. This timeline for repayment is going to hurt small businesses and force some into closure. We are calling on The Federal Government to make changes. (1/2)

“As of 2021, 8.2 million people in Canada staffed small businesses, which is about two-thirds of the total private labour force.” To support small businesses, exempt them from corporate income tax | National Post nationalpost.com/opinion/frank-…

Executive Director Rachel Braithwaite talks all things Grape & Wine including Downtown's Parade After-Party, East End Vintage Market + Food Fest, and more! Head to MyDowntown.ca to learn more. iheartradio.ca/610cktb/audio/…

A smart urban street tree canopy shouldn’t just be considered urban infrastructure… given all the many public interests supported by urban trees, they should be considered ESSENTIAL infrastructure. HT @davidlois_UNED for the graphic.

WATCH: If you STILL don’t understand how car-dependent suburbia is HEAVILY SUBSIDIZED by downtown & all the urban parts of your city, watch this excellent video by JUST CARS 🛻🚗🚙🚳 with Urban3 & Strong Towns. And then please SHARE it as much as possible. m.youtube.com/watch?v=7Nw6qy…

Wishing Zach Smith and the team at Fat Rabbit a warm welcome to Downtown St. Catharines. #TeamSTC celebrated the grand opening of the new restaurant and butcher shop at 34 Geneva St. It was great to meet the Fat Rabbit team and learn more about the business.

First tour at the #2024BIAConference was fantastic. Learnt all about the rich history of Streetsville BIA from the expert Kay Matthews. And yes, there is a photo of a garbage bin - we are always looking for good ideas to R &D (rip off and duplicate).

1/3- Nightly QEW lane & ramp closures are scheduled to take place over the coming week at ramps throughout St. Catharines. According to the contractor working on behalf of the MTO the following is the schedule of closures (pending weather & other unforeseen circumstances):

🏗️ The City wants to hear from the development community about the Housing Accelerator Fund Program and what incentives would be most effective in stimulating construction of housing units within the next four years. Take the survey by July 5 here: bit.ly/3XlP44a

Today, SCDA Executive Director, Rachel Braithwaite presented to the Standing Committee on Finance to discuss the 2025 Provincial Budget.

St. Catharines Councillor Caleb Ratzlaff and I will be hosting a webinar this Thursday, January 23. We'll share our experiences of entering politics and talk about what it's like to represent downtown communities. Register at brocku.ca/alumni/webinar…. #HamOnt Brock Alumni

Want to know? Look it up: St. Catharines launches new CIVIC maps information tool stcatharinesstandard.ca/news/niagara-r… via @stcatstandard