NEWSSUMMER 2013 ISSUE A PUBLICATION OF THE BLOOR-YORKVILLE BIA

NEWS

Road Reconstruction, Watermain andStreetscaping Improvements

PHASE I (July 15th to October)

Bay/Davenport Intersection, DavenportRd and Yorkville Ave – WatermainReplacement (Yorkville Ave only), Road& Sidewalk Reconstruction, TrafficSignal & Streetscaping Improvements

**Traffic Restrictions**

a) Southbound Lane Closure – Bay St(continuous for Phase I)

b) Intersection Closures – Bay/ Davenportfor 3 consecutive weekends (Fri pm -Monday am)

PHASE II (October to November)

Bay St – Road & SidewalkReconstruction, Traffic Signal &Streetscaping Improvements

**Traffic Restrictions**a) Lane Restrictions – Bay St one lane ineach direction

Beautylicious Returns to Bloor-Yorkville for its 5th Anniversary!

Anything with “licious” in its name has to be great! Now in its 5th year, is the ever-popularBloor-Yorkville Beauytlicious. From October 24th to November 3rd, 2013, this uniqueToronto event is the premier event for all things beauty!

It’s a great way to experience salons, spas, aestheticians and other wellness services thatyou may not have ventured to, at a fraction of the price. Inspired by Toronto’s prix fixe dining festivals of Summerlicious/Winterlicious, Beautylicious is all about just that – beauty.

With over 60 participating Bloor-Yorkville businesses, Beautylicious offers consumers theopportunity to enjoy an array of hair, spa, health and wellness service packages available atfour “prix fixe” prices: $30, $50, $75 and $125. Packages are available in four categories:Hair (hair colour/cut/style); Spa (includes; massage and/or facial, and/or mani/pedi); Skin(procedures including Botox, Restylane or chemical peel); and Health & Wellness (nutrition,dental, and chiropractic services). These specially-priced packages will not be available, atany other time, during the year.

The BIA will be running a multi-layered outreach plan to include media relations, ads with major media partners such as Global Toronto,99.9 Virgin radio, Chatelaine, LouLou, Toronto Star, Metro, specific event webpage on www.bloor-yorkville.com, distribution of a brochure(75,000) of which 70,000 will be inserted in the Toronto Star, fully integrated social media campaign, and promotions/contests running online and via broadcast. If you are interested in participating with your business, this is the last chance before the event brochure will becompleted. Please contact Rick Kaczmarek, Director of Marketing at 416-928-3553 ext. 24 or marketing@bloor-yorkville.com.

Spring in Bloor-Yorkville would not be thesame without the 90,000 Triumph Tulip andGrape Hyacinth bulbs in full bloom, offeringa magnificent display of colour and fragrance. They encourage tourists andpedestrians to take photos and visitorsenjoy the colourful impact they have on thestreet.

We hope that you were able to participate inthe 4th annual tulip bulb give-away, whichhas turned into a “must-attend” event in appreciation of all the support from the localbusinesses and property owners.

Bloor Street TulipBulb Giveaway aGreat Success!

For more information:

Contact: Premnauth Deonarain,

McCormick Rankin Corporation(City of Toronto's Consultant)

647-621-8675

24 Hours: General Inquiries, Call 3-1-1

TTY : 416-338-0889

Councillor: Councillor Kristyn Wong-Tam

councillor_wongtam@toronto.ca

Ward 27: Toronto Centre-Rosedale - 416-392-7903

Website: www.toronto.ca/involved/projects/bay_dav-

enport_yorkville/index.htm

More than 60 restaurants and food purveyors took part in the 23rdinstallment of Toronto Taste, inside and outside the ROM onSunday, June 9th, offering culinary creations to over 1,500 food-ies, in support of Toronto food rescue program Second Harvest.Food and wine lovers who paid the $250 ticket price were treatedto a dizzying array of seemingly endless fine food and wines, andgot the opportunity to rub shoulders and be served by some ofToronto’s top chefs, including Food Network chefs Mark McEwanand Michael Smith.

The event was hosted by Food Network’s Bob Blumer and FoodNetwork Chef and recording artist Roger Mooking, with auctions,both silent, and live, and one online, adding into SecondHarvest’s charitable pot, all the while feeding guests some trulyfantastic food. Chefs served up everything from dainty zucchinifritters to pork sandwiches slathered with bacon-fat mayo!Seafood also took a fair amount of attention, with almost everyform of crustacean and fish handed out, either raw (as sashimi)or delicately paired with veggies like fennel to complement thedish.The Bloor-Yorkville BIA was the proud Venue Sponsor. Delectable

dishes were prepared by area restaurants: Café Boulud: TylerSheddon, One: Mark McEwan, Pangaea: Martin Koupre,Sassafraz: Geoff Web, Crêpes à GoGo: Véronique Perez.

Second Harvest is a food rescue program which receives dona-tions of surplus fresh and frozen food, and delivers it to local com-munity agencies. Over the years, Toronto Taste raised over $9million in support of Second Harvest, and this year’s event raisedfunds for more than one million meals, to be served to those inneed. An unforgettable evening, in support of Second Harvest!

Toronto Taste 2013 - An Evening of Sampling Dishes from Bloor-Yorkville and Toronto Chefs!

Despite rain and grey skies earlier in the day, the bad weathercleared to make the 4th annual Yorkville Exotic Car Show an in-credible success! Attendance was stellar, with somewhere in be-tween 70,000 to 80,000 people showing up to view the thorough-breds on display on Father’s Day, June 16th.

Every year, Bloor Street (from Bay Street west to Avenue Road)is turned into a street showcase of some of the finest exotic andhigh performance supercars in Canada. Car collectors, dealer-ships and enthusiast alike came out in spades to wow the crowdswith their cars. The heavy-hitters this year were the 1989Camaro, a Ford GT, a mean looking Shelby Cobra and a greenDodge Viper.

The show contained a few sections, themed by car make, includ-ing Ferrari, Lotus, Porsche, Aston Martin, Lamborghini and a sec-tion dedicated to the classic generations of BMW’s. The 2014Aston Martin Vanquish received a lot of attention throughout theday and a very special car also made a rare appearance; the“BatBerry”, a replica of the Batmobile.

The event also made an important impact on the community, rais-ing a record $40,000 this year for Prostate Cancer Canada. Anadditional $20,000 was also raised onsite, with raffle ticket salesfor a chance to win a limited edition 2013 Camaro ZL1, on displayat the show!

The Bloor-Yorkville BIA has been the Presenting Sponsor, fromthe inaugural event. This year the show also had support fromPlatinum Sponsor Ultra 94 and five Gold Sponsors: Porsche CarsCanada, Grand Touring Automobiles, Hudson’s Bay Centre, EliteCustom Car Storage and Garage Living, and three SilverSponsors: Porsche Design, McLaren Toronto and Auto OneGroup. Thank you to the following area businesses for their support as Bronze Sponsors by sponsoring a car: Hugo Boss,Hume Media Inc. and Village Orthodontics. Thank you to our TVPartner Global Toronto and our print media sponsor NationalPost.

Many thanks to the following area businesses for donating prizesto the Bloor-Yorkville Prize Package Draw: Toronto Marriott BloorYorkville, Avec Plaisir, Liss Gallery, RADS Jewellery, Flight Centreat Holt Renfrew Centre and Whole Foods.

Yorkville Exotic Car Show: An Excellent Source of Eye Candy!

A record-breaking $40,000 was raised, during the event, with proceeds going toProstate Cancer Canada. Photo (l to r): Michael Bozzer, BIA Member Services; Briarde Lange, BIA Executive Director, Phil Downe, YECS Founder; Rocco Rossi,Prostate Cancer Canada CEO; Rick Kaczmarek, BIA Director of Marketing. Photo by: Henry Lin

The Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area (BYBIA), founded in 1985, is a self-funded, non-profit organization made upof commercial rate payers, governed by a volunteer board andmanaged by a professional staff. The BYBIA represents over1,650 businesses within the general boundaries of St. Paul'sSquare to the west side of Avenue Road and Scollard Street toCharles Street and is mandated to promote Bloor-Yorkville as abusiness and shopping area and to improve, beautify, and maintain municipally-owned lands, buildings and structures in thearea beyond such basic maintenance as is provided by the City ofToronto.

MAINTENANCE PROGRAMThe City of Toronto is ultimately responsible for providing a basiclevel of service to maintain streets and boulevards, to include litter pick up, poster removal, graffiti removal, as well as snow clearing. Our BIA strives to create an enhanced level of experience to area visitors, employees and residents by providing the following additional services:

• Daily pick-up of loose litter, cigarette butts, leaves and debrisfrom sidewalks, public areas and parks • Pressure washing and gum removal from sidewalks, lampposts and benches • Graffiti, poster and sticker removal from street level items suchas: benches, light standards and pay & display machines. The BIAdoes not remove graffiti from private property • Ongoing maintenance to over 230 blue BIA decorative lampposts• Supply, install and maintenance of the Bloor Street Gardens, treebases of City boulevard trees, 230 Hanging Flower Baskets,Winter Decorations and terracotta planters in the area. • Installation of holiday lights in the Village of Yorkville Park, andaround the area

Please do your part - Community involvement is necessary!

It is everyone’s responsibility to play a role in making the community a better place to live, work and play

• PUT LITTER IN WASTE RECEPTACLES

• CIGARETTE BUTTS AND GUM ARE GARBAGE! - Please putthem in the proper waste receptacles (see photo)

• POOP AND SCOOP – Be considerate - Just do it! It’s the Law- NO ONE else is responsible for picking up after your pet

If you are aware of someone who commits an offence often, reportthe address & approximate time that the individual commits the offence to Toronto Animal Services 416-338-7297, or visit theirwebsite at; www.toronto.ca/animalservices

IMPORTANT NUMBERS

311 improves residents accessibility to non-emergency City serv-ices and information and increases the City's effectiveness in re-sponding to public enquiries.

BLOOR-YORKVILLE BIA ONGOING MAINTENANCE PROGRAMHOW YOU CAN HELP

From September 5-15th, Bloor-Yorkville will, once again, welcomethe Toronto Film Festival - one of the most exciting annual eventsin the city - to our area. As Toronto's premiere shopping, diningand cultural destination, Bloor-Yorkville will play host to an array ofbuzz worthy events and A-List guests in the neighbourhood!

With Hollywood's elite set to descend on the city, many VIP guestshave already booked suites at our premiere hotels including theWindsor Arms, The Hazelton, Park Hyatt and the new FourSeasons – open for its first film festival - making our area the topdestination in Toronto for star spotting during the Festival!

Bloor-Yorkville will have no shortage of red carpet events this film festival season, including InStyle Magazine's party at the WindsorArms Hotel - a major red-carpet draw - and a series of star-stud-

ded film premiere screenings at The Isabel Bader Theatre.

Expect celebrities to dine at One Restaurant, Sassafraz and LaSociété and shop for red carpet worthy looks on Bloor Street’sMink Mile. In fact, Men’s fashion house Hugo Boss - with its BloorStreet flagship store - is once again the official menswear brandfor the Festival and will dress key attendees, including Festival di-rector Cameron Bailey, throughout the duration of the festival.

The celebration is in full swing and if you’re looking for a TIFF-wor-thy experience, be sure to join us in Bloor-Yorkville! Stay tuned forupdates on star sightings, events and celeb-worthy experienceson Bloor-Yorkville’s social media outlets; follow our Facebook,Twitter and Instagram for an exclusive look at what’s happening atthe Festival.

BLOOR-YORKVILLE WELCOMES THE 2013 TORONTO FILM FESTIVAL

BIA MaintenanceGum Gone Graffiti Gone: 416-231-8776

Lighting – BIA decorative blue poles BYBIA: 416-928-3553x26

Lighting – hydro poles Toronto Hydro 416-542-8000

Graffiti and Posters City Dispatch311

Flowers Bloor Street/Lampposts/Pots BYBIA: 416-928-3553x26

Tree & Weed MaintenanceCity Forestry 416-338-8733

Traffic Signal Maintenance City Dispatch 416-397-8723

Yorkville ParkMaintenance Parks & Forestry 416-392-8690

Newspaper Box Maintenance By-Law Enforcement 416-392-1799

Dog DroppingsToronto Animal Services 416-338-7297

EMERGENCY 9-1-1

BIA Maintenance Contractor 416-231-8776

City Hall 3-1-1

City By-law Vending Enforcement 416-392-7560

City By-law Enforcement email: mlstorontoeastyork@toronto.ca

Garbage Collection & Complaints 3-1-1

Graffiti/Noise Control 3-1-1

Parking Enforcement/Radio Dispatch 416-808-2222 x 311

Parks Maintenance 416-392-1111

Police - Non-Emergency 416-808-2222

Homelessness/Panhandling 416-397-4432

Yonge-Bloor-Bay Association 416-922-4211

Ward 27 Councillor Wong-Tam 416-392-7903

City of Toronto e-mail 311@toronto.ca

BLOOR-YORKVILLE NEWSPublished and distributed by:

Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area55 Bloor Street West, Suite 220Toronto, Ontario M4W 1A5Phone: 416-928-3553Fax: 416-928-2034

E-mail: bybia@bloor-yorkville.comwww.bloor-yorkville.com

BIA STAFFBriar de Lange

Executive DirectorMichael Bozzer

Member Services CoordinatorSuzanne Hajdu

Urban Design CoordinatorRick Kaczmarek

Director of MarketingKelly Newell

Office AdministratorEditor: Dr. Christena Chruszez

Communications Committee Chair

EXHIBITS, EVENTS & NOTICES

CALL MEImportant numbers to keep at your fingertips...

The Board of Management meets on the lastWednesday of every month with the exception ofDecember. Members (due to space limitations, onerepresentative per business) may attend these meetings beginning at 8:30am. Please register toobtain the meeting agenda and location at:bybia@bloor-yorkville.com or 416-928-3553 x 21.

The sound of music is in the air, in the Village of Yorkville Park (Cumberland and Bellair Streets), until September 15th, as a series ofmusical acts perform songs for shoppers, and for those strolling in the Bloor-Yorkville area. The Summer Music in the Park concert series takes place Saturdays, Sundays and Statutory Holidays between 1:30 – 4:30 pm (weather permitting).

We will also have performances September 5 – 15 to coincide with the Film Festival. Weekend performances are 1:30 – 4:30 pm andon week-nights from 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm.

August 10JOHNSON CHUNG TRIO

www.lephunk.com

August 11DONALD GUINN TRIOwww.donaldguinn.com

August 17ATTILA FIAS TRIOwww.attilafias.com

August 18FIFTH AVENUE DUO

www.martyoakesentertainment.com

August 24KENNY V DUOwww.kennyv.com

August 25JOHNSON CHUNG TRIO

www.lephunk.com

August 31SEAN DOWHANIUK TRIO

Sept. 1CASCABEL DUO

www.mexicoamigo.ca

Sept. 2PETER SMITH TRIO

www.petersmithjazz.com

Film Festival Musicians in the Park

Sept. 5MARTY OAKES TRIO(4:00 pm – 7:00 pm)

www.martyoakesentertainment.comSept. 7

MY SWEET PATOOTIE (1:30 pm – 4:30 pm) www.mysweetpa-

tootie.com

Sept. 8CHRISTOPHER PLATT TRIO

(1:30-4:30 pm)www.chrisplattmusic.ca

Sept. 10KENNY V. DUO

(4:00 pm – 7:00 pm) www.kennyv.com

Sept. 12JAMIE RUBEN TRIO(4:00 pm – 7:00 pm)www.jamieruben.com

Sept. 14ATTILA FIAS DUO(1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)www.attilafias.com

Sept. 15DONALD GUINN TRIO(1:30 pm – 4:30 pm)www.donaldguinn.com

For a full listing of performances, please visit “Local Events” on

www.bloor-yorkville.com

Music in The Park Returns and the Sound of Music is in the Air

Be sure to stop by and listen to the smooth jazz soundsof Peter Smith Trio (pictured above)

Schedule of Perfomances for August/September

The Bloor-Yorkville Summer Networking Eventtook place in June at Marc Anthony Salon, witha wonderful turnout, that had guests talkingabout it for days.

An evening of hors d’oeuvres, wine and mingling took place as BIA members got toknow their neighbours, and were treated likeroyalty at one of Toronto’s leading hair salons.

As a wonderful host, Marc Anthony Salon gavetheir guests a chance to win a completemakeover by Marc Anthony Salon along withother exciting door prizes.

Guests were treated to mini-makeovers, asthey had the opportunity to have their hairtouched up with curls or a bun, sample theirblow dry bar, and even experience a makeuptouch up...all complimentary!

Thank you to Marc Anthony Salon for hostingthe BIA’s summer networking event!

For more information on hosting the FallNetworking Event, or to donate a door prize,contact Kelly Newell at the BIA Offices at 416-928-3553 x 21 or email her at bybia@bloor-yorkville.com.

Marc Anthony Kickedoff Summer With an

UnforgettableNetworking Event!

Still Time to Sponsor aFlower Basket this

Summer!Our annual flower beautification project enhances everyone’s business and the vitalityof our neighbourhood. We are asking you foryour support and contribution for this beautification project. Sponsors will receiverecognition as a flower basket program supporter in the BIA News, on the BIA website,and at our Annual General Meeting.

The BIA cost for each basket, including sixmonths of daily maintenance to keep them looking their best, is $275.00. There is still timeto participate, please contact Suzanne Hajdu aturbandesign@bloor-yorkville.com or 416-928-3553 x26 for more information.

We would like to thank the following businessesfor their generous support, to date, for the 2013.

Sam Kolber - 1200 Bay StreetMTCC 555 - 1166 Bay Street TransMetro Limited - 1240 Bay StreetFirst Service Corporation – 1140 Bay StreetOxford Properties Group – 2 Bloor StreetWestThe Greater Yorkville Residents’ Association(GYRA)Ms. Guida Fernandes (99 Yorkville Avenue), The Planning PartnershipHemingway’s RestaurantMTCC 1255, 8 Sultan StreetHoliday Inn Toronto Bloor-Yorkville

Kate Spade 138 Cumberland St.416-927-8282

Gadget Direct2 Bloor St. W, CumberlandTerrace, Lower level647-748-3605

Mad-dasH91 Scollard St.416-906-2302

Mira’s Nail Salon85 Bloor St. E.647-348-5668

Monnalisa38 Avenue Rd.416-238-1558

The Kitchen Place in Yorkville840 Yonge St.416-927-9925

Salute Piano Bar29 Bellair St.647-748-1770

The B.U.T. Boutique108 Cumberland St.

Dolce and Gabbana111 Bloor St. W.416-921-1939

Mulberry131 Bloor St. W.

Brooks Brothers 110 Bloor St. W

Nespresso159 Cumberland St.

Husk96 Scollard St.

Bellair Laser Clinic NEW LOCATION116 Cumberland St.

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