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‘Placemakers’: How BIAs are high-powered catalysts for the local cultural economy

Read here: https://obj.ca/how-bias-are-catalysts-for-the-local-cultural-economy/ Ottawa Business JournalApril 1, 2026 Article excerpt: “Our local businesses and BIAs are catalysts of culture in our neighbourhoods,” explains Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA) Chief Advocate Michelle Groulx. “BIAs help build places that reflect the culture and identity of the businesses in their neighbourhood, but they also bring people together with cultural events and festivals. 

Ottawa Business Journal: Some Ottawa ‘food desert’ neighbourhoods to benefit from city zoning change

Read More: https://obj.ca/some-ottawa-food-deserts-to-benefit-from-city-zoning-change Some Ottawa ‘food desert’ neighbourhoods to benefit from city zoning changeOttawa Business JournalJuly 12, 2023Written by: Mia Jensen Article excerpt: It’s an amendment deemed “wonderful” by Michelle Groulx, executive director of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas (OCOBIA). “(It) addresses the 15-minute neighbourhood strategy in Ottawa’s official plan,” she said. “We hope to see more small to mid-size independent food retailers in our city, as well as larger ones to bring food – a necessity – to various parts of Ottawa where it’s missing.”

Ottawa Business Journal: Park this: Business owners push back on parking fee hike scheme

Read here: https://obj.ca/park-this-business-owners-push-back-on-parking-fee-hike-scheme-2 Ottawa Business JournalSeptember 30, 2022By: David Sali Article excerpt: Michelle Groulx, the executive director of the Ottawa Coalition of Business Improvement Areas, said raising parking rates could backfire by discouraging motorists from coming downtown, leading to less money flowing into city coffers in the long run. “If you up (parking) prices, people won’t come downtown. The people that are going to suffer from increased parking (fees) will be small businesses.”

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.”