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Compass News: Back to office mandate for Ontario public servants receives praise and criticism towards revitalization plans

Read here: https://compassnews.ca/back-to-office-mandate-for-ontario-public-servants-receives-praise-and-criticism-towards-revitalization-plans/ Back to office mandate for Ontario public servants receives praise and criticism towards revitalization plansCompass NewsSeptember 2, 2025Written by: Audrey Pridham Article excerpt: Groulx also stated that an all-day accessible customer base is vital for businesses to thrive. “The pre-COVID mono-culture of a strictly ‘workplace’ area in our downtowns saw devastating impacts and effects on businesses,” she explained. “We have seen businesses that are located in non-workplace-dominated areas [that] have been thriving in comparison.”

Ottawa Citizen: Deachman: Ottawa has lost another neighbourhood jewel. What will replace our well-known small businesses?

Read here: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/deachman-ottawa-has-lost-another-neighbourhood-jewel-what-will-replace-our-well-known-small-businesses Deachman: Ottawa has lost another neighbourhood jewel. What will replace our well-known small businesses?Ottawa CitizenJanuary 15, 2024By: Bruce DeachmanPhoto by Jean Levac /Postmedia Article excerpt: “They’re pillars that really do define a neighbourhood,” said Michelle Groulx, who, until joining MBC Group as president this month, spent the last three years as executive director of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA). “They’re part of the character of a community, and when you see a place like The Herb and Spice close, it’s gutting.”

Ottawa Citizen: HELP WANTED: Ottawa employers face elevated vacancies for kitchens, retail, construction jobs

Read More: https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/help-wanted-ottawa-employers-face-elevated-vacancies-for-kitchens-retail-construction-jobs Ottawa CitizenSeptember 27, 2022By: Taylor BlewettPhoto: Jean Levac /Postmedia Article excerpt: “Retailers have had to … layoff or downsize staff more than three times, possibly four times, over the course of two and a half years,” said Michelle Groulx, executive director of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA), speaking to this newspaper in July.

Ottawa Business Journal: Aging hydro grid needs upgrade, biz leaders say in wake of Saturday’s deadly storm

Read here: https://obj.ca/aging-hydro-grid-needs-upgrade-biz-leaders-say-in-wake-of-saturdays-deadly-storm/ Ottawa Business JournalMay 24, 2022By: David SaliPhoto: Ellen Bond Article Excerpt: “When we’re talking about things like pandemics, we hope that our government does more to plan ahead, and I would say the same thing for climate resilience and these kinds of disasters,” Michelle Groulx, the executive director of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas, told OBJ on Tuesday.  “It’s going to cost money for the city and for the province, but … one day it’s going to cost more to keep repairing it than to actually do something else.”