JULY 2014 - Uptown Waterloo

HAPPY
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JULY 2014
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22nd annual
SUN LIFE FINANCIAL UPTOWN WATERLOO JAZZ FESTIVAL
FRIDAY, JULY 18 - SUNDAY, JULY 20
Main Stage: Waterloo City Centre parking lot, 100 Regina St. S.
Satellite Stage: Waterloo Public Square, 75 King St. S.
Join us for the 22nd annual Sun Life Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival
as we welcome our most exciting lineup yet! Headliners include heavy-hitters
like New Orleans’ own The PresHall Brass, along with the Marcus Roberts
Trio, Ivana Santilli and Dee Dee and the Dirty Martinis. For the full festival
lineup and more information, visit www.uptownwaterloojazz.ca.
PresHall Brass
Marcus Roberts Trio
SIDEWALK SALE
Arrangements have been made so that you can bring your wares out onto the sidewalk all weekend
Don’t long during the Sun Life Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival, from Thursday, July 17 to Sunday,
forget!
July 20. We remind businesses to please be mindful to keep a pathway clear for pedestrians.
Let us know if you will be participating by calling 519-885-1921 or emailing uptownwaterloobia@waterloo.ca
and we will help promote your sale on social media!
MORE UPCOMING EVENTS
Open Streets
July 19, August 3, September 14
Have fun exploring King St. from William St. to Bridgeport St.!
Thursday Nights UpTown
June through September, 5:00 - 8:00 pm
Explore the streets as they come alive with music from local artists.
Sun Life Financial Waterloo Busker Carnival
Thursday, August 21 - Sunday, August 24
Have fun with the whole family as international performers take
over King St. in UpTown Waterloo.
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UPCOMING
STREET
CLOSURES
King St.
Jul.19 Open Streets
Aug. 3 Open Streets,
Car and Bike
Show
Aug. 21-24 Busker Carnival
Sept. 14 Open Streets
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HAPPY ANNIVERSARY
WELCOME
Coupal Markou
Commercial Real
Estate Inc.
150 King St. S.
HAPPY 10TH
ANNIVERSARY!
Masala Bay
3 Regina St. N.
THANK YOU UPTOWN!
The UpTown Waterloo Business Improvement Area would like to extend a
warm thank you to all businesses for once again supporting the annual LPGA
Classic at Grey Silo. We would also like to thank all participating restaurants,
volunteers and attendees of our 2nd annual Solstice Sampling event on June
21. Both sittings were very well attended, with the evening sitting selling out
well before 10 pm, and we have already received many positive comments
about the event. Again, thank you for your support in the success of these
two events!
UpTown Waterloo Events
Open Streets July 19, August 3, September 14
Sun Life Financial UpTown Waterloo Jazz Festival
July 18-20, 2014
Sun Life Financial Waterloo Busker Carnival
August 21-24, 2014
Oktoberfest Pancake Breakfast October 11, 2014
UpTown Waterloo Great Oktoberfest Barrel Race
October 11, 2014
Thanksgiving Day Parade October 13, 2014
UpTown Waterloo BIA Annual General Meeting
November 5, 2014
Santa Claus Parade November 15, 2014
Holiday Open House November 2014
FREE Horse Drawn Trolley Rides
November & December 2014
Victorian Carollers December 2014
Winterloo February 2015
Kitchener Waterloo Comedy Festival March 2015
Cruzin on the Square May 2015
EMAIL COMMUNICATIONS
As of July 1, 2014, Canada’s new anti-spam legislation comes into effect, which
governs the way businesses communicate with clients and customers through
email. This legislation includes strict criteria on the type of messages that can
be sent, and requires all businesses to only send information for which they
have consent to do so. Therefore, UpTown Waterloo will be updating its email
list and transitioning to a new format for sending email communications to our
valued business members. We recently emailed a contact form to all businesses
to fill out to be added to our updated mailing list. If you did not receive this
message and/or are not regularly receiving email from the BIA and would like to,
please send an email to natalie.gallo@waterloo.ca. We remind all businesses
to please keep us informed of changes to management and/or contact
information.
If your business regularly sends email communications to your clients or
customers, please consider how the anti-spam legislation affects you and
ensure you have consent to send information via email. More information on
this legislation is available online at fightspam.gc.ca.
Solstice Sampling June 2015
2010-2014 UpTown Waterloo
Board of Directors
Jeff Zavitz, Tavis Roland Development 519-497-9897
Paul Puncher 519-888-7999
Kim MacCormack, Bank of Montreal 519-885-9156
Lawrence Greaves, Oldfield, Greaves, & D’Agostino
519-576-7200
Tony Graci, Graci Financial 519-804-9061
Alnoor Keshvani, LOOP Clothing 519-746-1688
Melissa Durrell, City Councillor 519-747-8784
Catherine McCall, Bank of Montreal 519-885-0083
Kathy King, Primus Property Management 519-886-4190
Scott Witmer, City Councillor 519-747-8784
Michele Baumgarten, Marketing & PR Consultant
226-972-7442
Nancy Fox, Investors Group 519-886-2360, ext. 247
ION UPDATE
The first in a series of ION-branded signs to identify
the future light rail transit (LRT) stops in Waterloo
Region was unveiled by Regional Council in June. The
ION-branded signs are now placed near each of the
16 future LRT stops along the 19-kilometre route that
will stretch from the Conestoga Mall transit terminal in Waterloo to the
Fairview Park Mall transit terminal in Kitchener.
Three ION-branded signs are now located in UpTown Waterloo, including
Waterloo Town Square, Caroline and Willis Way, and King and Allen.
Wendy Vasco, Sun Life Financial 519-888-3900, ext. 6185
Celene Lecompte, Princess Café (non-voting) 519-886-0227
Derek Henderson (non-voting) 519-883-5352
Liasion to the Board of Directors
Justin McFadden (non-voting)
Economic Development, City of Waterloo Liaison
519-747-8539
Patti Brooks (non-voting)
Executive Director, UpTown Waterloo BIA
519-885-1921
For more information, contact Kim Moser, ION’s Manager of Community
Relations: 519-575-4757, ext. 3461.
Connect with ION:
www.facebook.com/ROWRapidTransit
@ROWRapidTransit
www.rapidtransit.regionofwaterloo.ca
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CONTACT US
For a look at each of the ION stops, please see the map accompanying this
newsletter.
The UpTown Waterloo Business Improvement Area
is a not-for-profit organization directed by a volunteer
Board of Directors whose mandate is to promote,
beautify and maintain the UpTown Waterloo core.
P. 519-885-1921
E. uptownwaterloobia@waterloo.ca
W. www.uptownwaterloobia.com
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