How does your business benefit from being located in a Business Improvement Area (BIA)?
- Access to a person (the Executive Director) to liaise on your behalf with the city, the media, Calgary Parking Authority, Roads, etc.
- Support for your business through listing on the BRZ website
- Collective Marketing and cross-promotional efforts including website and social media to benefit the membership
- Promotion of the shopping district through events
- Beautification of the area through seasonal pageantry banners, Christmas decorations, lights in trees
- The ability to bring BRZ specific issues to the city’s attention through the collective voice of the federation of Calgary BRZ Executive Directors (C-Biz)
- Access to anti-graffiti programs negotiated by C-Biz and established through city grants to provide free and/or subsidized graffiti removal
- Access to on-going extra sidewalk cleaning grants negotiated by C-Biz with the city
- Community safety issues can be directly addressed through liaison with City Bylaw Services
- A Community Police Liaison Officer and Bylaw officers specifically assigned to your area.
- Expedited 311 service