PARKING ON KING STREET DOWNTOWN KITCHENER

We are pleased to inform you that the City of Kitchener has completed an assessment of parking on King Street. The bollards that were in place this year have been removed wherever possible. Consideration had to be made for fire hydrants and other emergencies. 

The City has advised the BIA that signs are up indicating 15 minutes and 2 hour free parking. 

This was in response to membership feedback/concern regarding colder weather and more curb-side pick up business. As patios are dismantled there will be potential to remove more bollards, again where possible. 

We wanted to pass this information on so you can let your customers know as soon as possible. 
DIGITAL TRANSFORMATION GRANT
Thank you to those who have taken the time to meet with our Digital Service Squad already! We want to make sure you can put some faces to the names of our Experts who are working in your BIA. To those that we haven’t met with yet, we hope that there’s a time in the near future that we can introduce our Experts to you.
 
The Waterloo Region Small Business Centre is holding two information sessions around the topic “How to Apply for the Digital Transformation Grant”. The dates are as follows:

Tuesday, October 27th from 6:30 - 7:30 PM


Tuesday, November 3rd from 6:30 -7:30 PM

The Digital Transformation Grant is a $2,500 grant that businesses can receive to help their adoption of technologies through funding and advisory support. Our goal in holding these sessions is to have your BIA and the businesses in your BIA attend to learn more about the Digital Transformation Grant including:

  • Who is Digital Main Street?
  • What is the Digital Transformation Grant Program?
  • What are the program objectives?
  • What is the application process?
  • Who is eligible for a Digital Transformation Grant?
  • What are some eligible and ineligible costs of the grant?
  • What is the Digital Service Squad and who can access them?
 
The hard deadline for the Grant application is November 30th, which is why Digital Main Street wants to make sure businesses have lots of time to apply! Please pass the webinar information along to your businesses to join us so we can help them receive the $2,500 grant!