On Tuesday, council’s Strategic Priorities and Policy Committee considered three financial requests from BIAs that feel they are equally deserving in response to how the homeless crisis has impacted business.
If approved, the Downtown BIA will receive $1.6 million, the OEV BIA $500,000, and the Argyle and Hamilton Road BIAs will both receive $125,000 to offset the homelessness crisis.
It’s stressful having to sit there and redial 834 times, explained Natalie Judges. Earlier this month, Judges’ cell phone logged her 834 attempts to book a paratransit ride only to find the system overloaded with calls from other Londoners with disabilities.