Downtown carleton place BIA
About us
The Downtown Carleton Place BIA is dedicated to promoting local businesses, enhancing the beauty of our historic downtown, and strengthening connections between merchants, residents, and the wider community. We work to create a vibrant and welcoming environment where commerce and community thrive side by side.
Through beautification projects, events, and collaborative initiatives, the BIA helps ensure downtown Carleton Place remains a lively, attractive destination—rooted in heritage, and growing together.
Our team
BIA BOARD OF DIRECTORS
Sarah Cavanagh
Board Chair
Mark Lovell
Vice Chair
Robert Probert
Director (& Founding Member)
Chanel Murray
Director
Madison Barr
Director
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OUR MANDATE
Founded in 1992, by a group of like-minded business owners, Downtown Carleton Place has successfully organized and financed a wide variety of initiatives and programs that have assisted in the transformation of the business community and the surrounding neighbourhood.
Areas that Downtown Carleton Place focuses on:
– Build mutually beneficial partnerships with outside organizations
– Street Beautification, Cleanliness and décor
– Safety and Security
– Brand Building, Marketing and Promotions
– Supporting Economic Development
– Liaise with the stakeholders
Sustained funding – ongoing fiscal and marketing management provides the ability to plan programs in advance.
Self reliance – provides the mechanism to raise money to be spent on useful projects within our area.
Restore public image – the activities of the BIA raise the profile of the area by raising money to be spent on useful projects.
Community benefits – to build a business area that is physically attractive, well marketed and successful.
To develop and strengthen the business community to be a unified body.
To be the voice of BIA businesses.
To make the BIA area an enjoyable experience for each person who visits.
To reflect the concerns and needs of the BIA business community to all levels of government.
To maintain and increase awareness of the BIA to BIA members
Location
136 Bridge St.
Carleton Place ON
K7C 2V5
Call us: 613.257.8049
Office Hours: Monday – Thursday 12:30-3:00PM
collaboration
Local partners
We’re proud to be a part of an amazing community! We work regularly the many of the community partners you see here and many more to maximize our collective success and capabilities.
