TORONTO, May 3, 2006 ... The Forest Hill Village Business Improvement Area recently invited member merchants, property owners and City of Toronto staff to attend a special meeting titled: "Developing a Lifestyle Business Community in Forest Hill Village." Led by acting Chair Peter McClelland, the presentation discussed how best to move forward with retail, parking, and streetscape projects in the Village.  

The meeting held at Grace Church on the Hill and catered by Sotto in the Village, also heard from Robert Mays of the City of Toronto Economic Development Office who presented his preliminary streetscape plan and Richard Talbot of Talbot Consultants International, a consulting group that the BIA is hoping to utilize through the City of Toronto's Commercial Research Grant Project.

"We are developing a great infrastructure to analyze and implement the shared vision of merchants, property owners and residents in the Village," said Peter McClelland, Acting Chair of the Forest Hill BIA. "What we need now are volunteers from all groups to help us determine exactly what that vision is."

Next on the agenda for the Village Vision Project is to recruit volunteers and determine the best use of for commercial research funds i.e. a parking, retail or consumer study etc.

To download the Forest Hill Village Vision Plan and other important BIA documents, click here.