Do downtowns excite you? Are you interested in networking with BIA’s and learning about downtown renewal and leadership? If you are, than you might want to join the Leadership Retreat, put on by the International Downtown Assoc.(IDA), which is coming to Toronto next week. Ryerson’s Sheldon Levy will also be making speech at the event.
The event is also of note, as a celebration will be held to honor the 40th Anniversary of Bloor-West Village, which became North America’s first BIA, and start off the trend of downtown districts, and neighbourhood retail districts, starting BIA’s to market, and renew their retail areas, to compete with suburban malls which were the craze 40 years ago.
I was in contact with the IDA today, and the best they can offer students is a $275 registration fee, which is less than half the price members are paying.
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If you are interested in coming, please email me ASAP at mbinetti@ryerson.ca
