Contact Information
Downtown Kitchener BIA
29 King Street East - Unit B Kitchener, Ontario N2G 2K4
519-744-4921
Office Hours: Mon-Friday 8:30 a.m. to 5 pm.
Holiday Hours:
Closed for the holidays Dec 23, 2011 at noon. Regular hours starting Jan 3, 2012.
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Board of Directors
Margarida Anao, Chair, Goodlife Fitness
Colin Leis, Co-Chair, DC K-W Health Connection
Mark Graham, BMO Nesbitt Burns, Secretary
Kevin Ballantyne, Treasurer,Stantec
Adrian Conrad, Realex Properties
Darryl Moore, CMG Holdings
John Vickery, Dundee Management Group
Le-Anne Pilecki, Kava Bean Commons
Christine Michaud, The Record, Most Magazine
Liz Howie, Rum Runner Pub
Adrian Darmon, Superintendent, Central Division, WRPS
Michael Von Teichman, Walper Hotel
Councilor Dan Glenn-Graham, City of Kitchener
Councilor Frank Etherington, City of Kitchener
Cory Bluhm, Economic Development, City of Kitchener
Rod Regier, Economic Development, City of Kitchener
Mayor Carl Zehr, City of Kitchener
BIA Staff
Mark Garner, Executive Director
Downtown Kitchener BIA
mgarner@kitchenerdowntown.com
Breanna Scott, Communications and Events Coordinator
bscott@kitchenerdowntown.com
Member Relations
Trudy Sohl
tsohl@kitchenerdowntown.com
Erin Young
Retail Recruiter
eyoung@kitchenerdowntown.com
Mission
To promote Downtown Kitchener as a vibrant commercial, retail, residential and entertainment centre attracting people to live, shop, work and gather.
The Downtown Kitchener Business Improvement Area (DKBIA) is a not for profit organization guided by a volunteer Board of Directors established for the main purpose of revitalizing the Central Business District of the City of Kitchener. We are designated as a Business Improvement Area (BIA) through the Ontario Municipal Act and a City of Kitchener by-law enacted in 1977. The DKBIA is one of the more active BIA's in the province of Ontario and has initiated and participated in many new revitalization initiatives. Read more...
Providing services to more than 550 downtown businesses and organizations, the DKBIA is governed by a volunteer Board of Directors selected from the downtown business community and city council representatives. This Board of Directors has 14 members who reflect business and property owners from different geographical areas of the downtown and different business entities.