Ottawa’s city council has passed a bylaw that will raise operating costs for vendors who do not sell local goods in the Byward and Parkdale markets.
Ainslie Coghill, Centretown News Starting this spring, the cost to rent a booth for vendors selling non-local goods in the Byward market will double â to $900 per month.
Category: Business
Tourism taking steps to go green
Centretown businesses that cater to visitors are applauding a new going-green toolkit developed by the Tourism Industry Association of Canada.
Ottawa tourism website supports gay village
Popular tourism website Ottawakiosk.com is taking a step to support the GLBT community’s push to brand a section of Bank Street as “the village.”
Ainslie Coghill, Centretown News Glenn Crawford enjoys a coffee at Cafe Supreme on Bank Street. It is one of the locations with the purple village sticker, indicating a gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender and friendly business.
Viewpoint: Lansdowne redevelopment must keep farmers in mind
The future of the Ottawa Farmer’s Market has been in constant flux since it opened three years ago. And just when it seemed the farmers might finally secure a permanent home at Lansdowne Park, the market could soon face its biggest challenge yet: developing the market while maintaining the grassroots elements that made it a success.