Downtown Midland Business Improvement Area (BIA) Launches Digital Improvement/Marketing Grant to Help BIA Members During COVID-19

Downtown Midland Business Improvement Area (BIA) Launches Digital Improvement/Marketing Grant to Help BIA Members During COVID-19 The Downtown Midland Business Improvement Area (BIA) is pleased to introduce a new Digital Improvement/Marketing Grant to assist business owners within the BIA during COVID-19 to create/update online stores, create/update websites, outsource social media management, and run social media […]

Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program

The Ontario Government is committing $241 million to partner with the federal government and deliver more than $900 million in urgent relief to small businesses and their landlords through a new program, the Ontario-Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Program (OCECRA). The OCECRA will provide forgivable loans to eligible commercial property owners experiencing potential rent shortfalls […]

Municipal Task Force: Business Support and Recovery

On March 26, 2020 the Economic Development Corporation held the first economic recovery task force meeting with the objective to support business recovery.  In addition to the Manufacturing Recovery Fund, the Municipal Task Force is working with local businesses through the COVID-19 pandemic and are developing measures to help the local economy recover moving forward. […]

Midland Town Council approves Community Relief Measures for Taxes and Utility Interest

At its April 1 meeting, Midland Town Council approved a report recommending Community Relief Measures for Taxes and Utility Interest, that will help alleviate financial concerns for residents during the COVID-19 pandemic.​ Council unanimously approved recommendations from Staff that will see the following: The April 20, 2020 interim tax instalment will be deferred to June […]