Downtown Buzz News from the Downtown Winnipeg Business Improvement Zone Bike friendly businesses


Fools and Horses is one many local businesses that have joined up with the Bike Friendly Business Program in Winnipeg. A


Bike Friendly Business is one that openly supports and promotes cycling by offering services to people who ride bikes.


A virtually untapped market in our city, people riding


bikes are able to stop and park on a whim much more easily than motorists, making businesses more acces- sible to them. Studies have shown that people who walk or ride bikes visit local merchants more frequently than other types of commuters, and spend more money at those businesses. Tose interested in joining the Bike Friendly Business


program will have a BFB bike loop installed outside their business and be provided with a BFB decal for their store- front window/door, and a basic BFB kit which includes Winnipeg Cycling maps, a bike pump and loaner lock(s). Any business showing the BFB decal will be a known part of a network of advocates supporting cycling as a mode of transportation.


infrastructure permitting. Locations for on-street bike parking pads will be considered, conjointly with the Win- nipeg Parking Authority, and discussed as an option for businesses willing to offer a spot or loading zone for such a purpose. Te Downtown Winnipeg BIZ aims to expand the pro-


gram’s scope citywide and to potentially include employee- based businesses in future years. Te Downtown Winnipeg BIZ and Exchange District BIZ will maintain ownership and administration of the program, with the possibility of further partnerships developing. Te program expansion and administration, as well as assessment of the success of and response to the adapted program will be reassessed by the steering committee annually, according to program need and resources. For more information and a list of participating busi-


Businesses committing to the program will have bike loops installed, free of charge, outside their business,


6 Safety Summit Continued from page 7 We are very pleased that many of


the recommendations coming from the Summit were adopted in the City Report. Te Downtown BIZ, and more impor-


tantly, the community we engaged are supportive of all the recommendations in the City’s Proposal.


We recognize that not everything


can be done at once, but these are the right incremental steps to improving downtown safety. Downtown Winnipeg partners have a


clear vision for the safety of our Down- town – a friendly, safe and a secure neighbourhood for everyone.


And we are committed to this vi-


sion for the safety for all those who work, live, shop, learn and play in our Downtown. Te proposed City Multi-year down-


town public safety strategy builds on and supports the BIZ goals, and we feel aligns and is incremental to the WPS


CentreLine Downtown Strategy, being spearheaded by our Police Chief. Te recommendations coming will


build on and support the outstanding work being done by community stake- holders who are dedicated to making our city and communities safer places to live.


downtownwinnipegbiz.com (204) 958-4640


info@downtownwinnipegbiz.com 426 Portage Avenue, Winnipeg, MB R3C 0C9 8 Manitoba Post www.manitobapost.com September 2018


nesses in the Bike Friendly Business program, visit www. downtownwinnipegbiz.com.


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