Thursday Feb 17, 2022
9am to 10am
​Conference Call:
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Welcome & Introductory Remarks – Chair, Eshe Despres 
Review & Approval of the Agenda 
Review & Approval of January 2022 Meeting Minutes

Board Business:

• Hate graffiti updates
• MOTION:  BIA Hate graffiti Board action plan to do better in response to these kinds of actions
• Guest invited, Julia Davis Business Development & BIA Officer 
• Code of Conduct review
• New board members will be finalized later this month:  Dave and Sarah to sign Code of Conduct document
• MOTION:  Appointment of interim Vice Chair
• Guest Invitied:  David Reed, Concession BIA Ambassador for My Main Street Accelerator Program:  federal grant thru City of Hamilton that will provide Concession BIA with dedicated Ambassador, David Reed
• Mayors Task Force: Local Commercial Areas Economic Recovery Program updates ($750,000 city wide)

Treasurer Report – Brandon Eyre
 
Chair of the Beautification Committee –Cristina Geissler
2022 Concession Banner update
             
Chair of the Concession Marketing Committee – Cristina Geissler

• CHCH remote with Tim Bolen aired Feb 8/22 – available on BIA website video library
• Hamilton Community News digital marketing campaign 2022
• Mountain News:  new business spotlights to continue
• Concession BIA billboard
• Continued social media on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok

 
Chair of Concession Events Committee – Cristina Geissler

• All dates and current information have been updated on our BIA website:  concessionstreet.ca
• Book Crawl on Concession:  third Saturday of each month 10am-1pm (Jan virtual, Feb virtual)
• N2N Coldest Night of the Year – virtual for Saturday Feb 26, 2022 - BIA distance sponsor again this year
  • Concession BIA is a community sponsor again this year in support of N2N
• Hamilton Winterfest:  Feb 17 to March 6, 2022 based out of Auchmar Estate
• Virtual Alternative History Tour on Concession active and available on our website

 
Chair of Safety Committee – Chair:  Jim Foreman 
Responsibility of businesses/property owners for prompt snow removal from city sidewalks

Executive Director Updates – Cristina Geissler
Thanks to everyone who reached out and responded to Charlie Broughton’s 90th birthday celebration – it made the front page of the Mountain News
BIA motion (seconded by Concession BIA) to reinstate the marking of parking meters for 2 hour Holiday Parking Program in 2022 and moving forward

New business updates:
Dollarama opening late Spring 2022 at 503 Concession (corner of Upper Wentworth and Concession)
 *All required changes to our online business directory have been done on our BIA website:  concessionstreet.ca

BIA Members and Community   
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