Barrhaven BIA 2018 Programs and Events Survey

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* 1. Please enter your contact information;

Name

Company

Email Address

Phone Number

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* 2. What can we help you with? What are your biggest challenges as a business owner?

	Most challenging	Somewhat challenging	Not a significant issue for me
Staffing challenges	Staffing challenges Most challenging	Staffing challenges Somewhat challenging	Staffing challenges Not a significant issue for me
Marketing and Advertising costs	Marketing and Advertising costs Most challenging	Marketing and Advertising costs Somewhat challenging	Marketing and Advertising costs Not a significant issue for me
Public Transit/Access issues	Public Transit/Access issues Most challenging	Public Transit/Access issues Somewhat challenging	Public Transit/Access issues Not a significant issue for me
Cost of doing business (hydro, minimum wage/labour changes, leasing/overhead)	Cost of doing business (hydro, minimum wage/labour changes, leasing/overhead) Most challenging	Cost of doing business (hydro, minimum wage/labour changes, leasing/overhead) Somewhat challenging	Cost of doing business (hydro, minimum wage/labour changes, leasing/overhead) Not a significant issue for me

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How might we best serve you as a business owner in Barrhaven? For each of these services, rank it's importance to you and your business;

	Very important	Somewhat important	Not important
Offer networking opportunities with other business owners and stakeholders	Offer networking opportunities with other business owners and stakeholders Very important	Offer networking opportunities with other business owners and stakeholders Somewhat important	Offer networking opportunities with other business owners and stakeholders Not important
Helping to share your promos, specials and events through social media	Helping to share your promos, specials and events through social media Very important	Helping to share your promos, specials and events through social media Somewhat important	Helping to share your promos, specials and events through social media Not important
Discounted local advertising opportunities	Discounted local advertising opportunities Very important	Discounted local advertising opportunities Somewhat important	Discounted local advertising opportunities Not important
Breakfast or lunchtime learning opportunities in the community	Breakfast or lunchtime learning opportunities in the community Very important	Breakfast or lunchtime learning opportunities in the community Somewhat important	Breakfast or lunchtime learning opportunities in the community Not important
Newsletter updates to keep you informed about business and government affairs	Newsletter updates to keep you informed about business and government affairs Very important	Newsletter updates to keep you informed about business and government affairs Somewhat important	Newsletter updates to keep you informed about business and government affairs Not important
Community Calendar tool to promote your events	Community Calendar tool to promote your events Very important	Community Calendar tool to promote your events Somewhat important	Community Calendar tool to promote your events Not important
Branded banner advertising on major arterials	Branded banner advertising on major arterials Very important	Branded banner advertising on major arterials Somewhat important	Branded banner advertising on major arterials Not important
Lobbying government for smart infrastructure, transit and road improvements to better move people in/out/around the community	Lobbying government for smart infrastructure, transit and road improvements to better move people in/out/around the community Very important	Lobbying government for smart infrastructure, transit and road improvements to better move people in/out/around the community Somewhat important	Lobbying government for smart infrastructure, transit and road improvements to better move people in/out/around the community Not important
Advocating for employment to bring more consumers to Barrhaven and to keep our residents working in the community during the daytime	Advocating for employment to bring more consumers to Barrhaven and to keep our residents working in the community during the daytime Very important	Advocating for employment to bring more consumers to Barrhaven and to keep our residents working in the community during the daytime Somewhat important	Advocating for employment to bring more consumers to Barrhaven and to keep our residents working in the community during the daytime Not important
Passing along advocacy work information from professional associations like Chambers, CFIA and ON BIA Association	Passing along advocacy work information from professional associations like Chambers, CFIA and ON BIA Association Very important	Passing along advocacy work information from professional associations like Chambers, CFIA and ON BIA Association Somewhat important	Passing along advocacy work information from professional associations like Chambers, CFIA and ON BIA Association Not important

Other (please specify)

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* 4. Get involved with the BBIA and your local business community! Let us know if any of these opportunities interest you so that we may reach out with more information;

Breakfast for Businesses sponsorship- March, June, September

Attending a Breakfast for Businesses networking meeting- March, June, September

Street banner program- Strandherd, Woodroffe, Greenbank (reserve yours NOW for March 2018)

Marketing Committee work (monthly)- website development, advertising, events/pageantry, banners, mobile app

Membership Committee work (monthly)- member benefits, member database enhancement/development, security

Smart Growth Committee work (monthly)- attracting employment-based business to Barrhaven, advocacy issues, research

Barrhaven Santa Claus Parade and Breakfast; sponsorship or committee work- April to November

AGM and Annual Barrhaven Food and Beverage Holiday Showcase Committee work- August to December

Board of Management work (monthly)- oversees governance and operation of the association

Social media- development and management of a multi-platform SM strategy

Ambassadors program- work with the BBIA Board to enhance communication to and from the members within your mall/area.

Do you have suggestions for how we might enhance and improve upon our programs and events?

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* 5. Please select advocacy topics that you would like more information about;

Bill 148- Minimum Wage increases and other wage legislation changes

Hydro costs

Federal income tax changes for business owners

Local transit & transportation issues - Moving people in to, out of & around Barrhaven

Economic & employment development in the greater Barrhaven area

Other (please specify)

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* 6. We would love to stop in to chat about how we can help you. Let us know what time works best for you.

Weekday morning

Weekday afternoon

Weekend

Evening

I prefer not to have a meeting

Other (please specify)