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Bronte Buzz Village Update
Bronte Village BIA's Monthly Newsletter
March 2017 Edition
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Invitation to Bronte BIA Annual General Meeting
The Bronte BIA invites all members to the Annual General Meeting and 2017 Budget presentation, being held this month.
DATE: Wednesday, March 22, 2017
TIME: 8:00 - 9:45 am
LOCATION: Taste of Colombia Fair Trade
Coffee & Gift Shop.
Please join us and your fellow BIA neighbours.
Agenda
- Receiving and considering the minutes of the previous 2015 AGM
- Highlights on the 2016 annual activities of the Bronte BIA Board
- Presentation of the annual audited financial statements for the BIA ended December 31, 2016 and the report of the auditors thereon;
- Appointment of auditor for 2017
- Presentation of the 2017 Draft Budget
Please come out and update yourself on BIA Activities and meet your business neighbours. We need your feedback.
Please RSVP to BIA Marketing & Member Services Coordinator Cathie Han
Taste of Colombia - Multi-purpose room
67 Bronte Road
Oakville, ON
L6L 3B7
(289) 837-3021
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Easter EGGstravaganza
The Bronte Village BIA is hosting the fourth annual Bronte Bunny Trail - Easter EGGstravaganza.
On Saturday, April 15 the festivities kick off at the Bronte Heritage Park Gazebo at 10am when fam
ilies have an opportunity to come on down and visit during a Meet and Greet with the Easter Bunny. Bring your own cameras to capture the fun moments! F
amilies will also receive a village bunny trail map showing all of the participating businesses and special promotions that are being offered at the various businesses as they start to make the walk.
At 11:00 am the Easter Bunny will lead a parade from the park up to Bronte Rd. up the Bunny Trail along Bronte Rd. and Lakeshore. Please visit only those participating Bronte businesses displaying pink and yellow balloons to pick up an Easter treat.
When you are finished the Bunny Trail, do stop and enjoy some great food and drink at our local Bronte cafés and restaurants. You will be warmly welcomed.
Come to Bronte for some fun Easter Saturday. We look forward to seeing you.
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Canada Day Volunteers - We NEED YOU!
We are currently looking for Volunteers for Oakville's Canada Day. Volunteers would be providing assistance with programming and logistical operations, and offering hospitality to our guests in areas such as
Bronte BIA Hospitality Booth (Information and Merchandise), Vendor check-in, parking, performer check-in and liaison, set-up, tear-down, and more.
Please contact us to discuss options!
Volunteering is a great way to give back to your community. It puts you in the centre of things and gives you the ability to really make a difference and meet great people with the same vision...a vibrant, beautiful, and very livable Bronte Village community.
High school students seeking volunteer hours are very welcome to apply. It offers a great experience for your future to learn to work collaboratively as a team to accomplish a major task. Some of our best ideas come from volunteers.
Residents or students wishing to volunteer their services in the planning and execution of the event, or on the day of, please contact Cathie at the BIA office at
communications@brontevillage.net
. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
Oakville's Canada Day Volunteer Application Form
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Bronte Village Growth Area Review Open House
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Bronte Village is a unique area in Oakville situated on Lake Ontario at Bronte Creek. With its rich history, scenic lakefront park and harbour, pedestrian focused main streets, and residential neighbourhoods, Bronte Village is a distinct community positioned to be truly great.
As one of six growth areas identified in the
Livable Oakville Plan
, Bronte Village is intended to be revitalized as a mixed use area with a thriving commercial area and a variety of housing options that provide a year round environment for residents, employees, and visitors.
An information session was held by the Town for the pubic on March 1, 2017 at Queen Elizabeth Park Community and Cultural Centre (QEPCCC). Town planning staff provided a presentation on the Official Plan Review, Bronte Village Growth Area Review, and Draft Policy Change. People asked questions about the plan and raised their suggestions and concerns.
If you couldn't make the open house, but still want to have your voice to the Plan, please send your thought and comments to
plan@oakville.ca
. If you don't declare your thoughts and views, someone else will do it for you. Be a part of your Bronte's future.
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Bronte BIA Website Under Construction
The revamped site will include changes to navigation, more informative and structured content, and a more mobile friendly layout.
Our goal with this new website is to provide our visitors with an easier way to learn about what's happening in Bronte Village and special activities offered by our members. We will also provide an enhanced visitor experience when exploring brontevillage.net.
We are aiming to launch the new website by May in time for the spring/summer kickoff. Stay tuned!
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Hot Commercial Condominium NOW for SALE in Prime Bronte Village
Thinking about opening a business or becoming a commercial property owner in Bronte Village, this beautiful harbor location? Now is the opportunity. A hot property on prime Bronte Rd South is up for sale now.
Steps from the harbour, this property located at 100 Bronte Rd South, is prime retail area directly accessing streetscape and Bronte Harbour. It has full frontal exposure with its own access for retail space. It offers a contiguous office space and can provide additional retail or stock space. The 800 sq. ft floor space is developed for both retail and office use. If you want to invest, this property is financially self-sustaining, the retail and office rental incomes currently carry taxes, heating, hydro, condo fees and mortgage. This won't last long. Put your business in the Bronte Harbour picture.
Call Hugh Carter to learn more details. 905 827 5006.
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Upcoming community events in Bronte Village
Check out our community events in March on our community event calendar. Bronte BIA and its 200+ members are always preparing activities that will suit you.
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Business Gas Station - Website Improvement
As we talked in the last issue, having a website is a MUST do for most businesses today to improve your marketing and sales performance. Then there is the question, why isn't my website making a difference to my business? What do I need to do to improve it and get more results?
Content is always the first priority you have to focus on to attract and convince your prospects to become engaged with your company or product messaging. But today we are not going to talk about content, besides content are there any others things you can do to improve your web user's experience on the site.
Here is a summary of some tips that can improve your website to make it more helpful and useful.
A. Keep an eye on your website speed.
One of the most frustrating experiences for web users is waiting for a page to load for too long. According to research,
more than 83% visitors expect a web page to load in 3 seconds or less and more than 40% of visitors abandon a web page if it takes more than 3 seconds to load. So if you want your users to stay longer time on your website, speed it up.
B. Be mobile friendly
There are tons of reasons that your website should be mobile friendly, and the first is that most of your customers are accessing information on their mobile devices. With more consumers using mobile devices doing in-car and on foot research on potential purchase decisions, your website needs to be mobile-friendly to ensure that web visitors aren't bouncing from your site due to a poor mobile user experience.
The other critical reason that you have to be mobile friendly is Google and other search engines have changed their algorithms to a higher rank of Mobile-Friendly Websites. It's important for your SEO (search engine optimization). So if you'd like to get found easily on search engines, make your site mobile friendly.
C. Use Effective Calls to Action
A call-to-action (CTA) is a button or link that you place on your website to drive prospective customers to take action on your web page. It helps you convert an interested party to an engaged party, a request for more information and ultimately, a possible transaction.
A clearly marked action button also enables your user to create a personal experience on your website and lead them to where they want.
When you create the CTA, you should think about the colour and words you put on the button to make it outstanding and attractive. Some CTAs could be:
- Download the free demo
- Sign up for free
- Start a free trial
- Make an appointment
- Get a free consultation
- And so on....
The more specific, more customized, the better
D. Improve Website Navigation
A clear navigation on your website helps both your web users and your search engine rankings. Think about how many competitors you have, and how impatient your customers can be when looking for products for services, you'd better put your feet in your customer's shoes and make more customized navigation. Research the words your prospects are using and provide descriptive navigation. This helps your visitors find what they are looking for, it also helps search engines to locate you.
E. Add a value proposition
The last tip we wish to offer is about the value proposition.
A website can do a lot for a business. Instead of a direct sale, value proposition builds the long-term relationship between you and your customers.
It tells prospects why they should do business with you rather than your competitors, and makes the benefits of your products or services crystal clear from the outset.
Put it on the home page as a heading,
let the visitors know exactly what they will be getting from you. It's not just a slogan, it shows how your products solve problems, the benefits customers can expect, and why they should buy from you over your competitors.
Why don't you try these tips and see what happens? Please give us your feedback.
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