Board Meeting Minutes are available for informational purposes to all OSDIA Members.  (Effective January 2009)

We welcome your comments and feedback at feedback@downtownowensound.ca.

Please note regular Board Meetings are usually held on the 4th Tuesday of the month with minutes usually published (E+OE) by the 10th day of the following month.
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Our Board Of Management is a volunteer Board who are appointed by City Council for a four year term.

Thank you to the following volunteers of the D.I.A. who give of their time and energy to help keep our downtown vital, safe,and beautiful.
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A Downtown Improvement Area (DIA) is a public/private sector partnership in which property and business owners of a defined area elect to make a collective contribution to the maintenance, beautification and promotion of their commercial district.
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Board Meetings

OSDIA Board Meetings usually take place on the 4th Tuesday of every month at the OSDIA office which is located at 854 2nd Avenue East.  Meetings are scheduled from 6:30pm to 9:30pm (with Board Member dinner at 6:00).  Please contact the OSDIA office at 519-376-9225 to find out details and obtain a meeting agenda.

Committee Meetings

OSDIA Beautification Committee and Marketing Committee meetingts take place at various times during the month.  Meeting are usually held at the OSDIA office which is located at 854 2nd Avenue East.  Please contact the OSDIA office at 519-376-9225 to find out more about upcoming committee meetings.

More Info

If you have any questions or need more info, please do not hesitate to call or email us.  (519-376-9225 or admin@downtownowensound.ca).

With strong commitment and a wide range of perspectives, knowledge, skills, and experiences, our Committees and Board are enthusiastically moving forward with our long term vision for OSDIA success.  Please consider volunteering and supporting one of our Committees or joining our Board of Directors.
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The Ontario Municipal Act establishes the mandate for all BIAs (DIAs) within the province as follows:
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Our vision statement is a brief future-oriented description of what our organization should look like and how it will successfully fulfill its intents.  While it can sometimes define a lofty or utopian view, it must nevertheless remain attainable, credible and attractive.  Expressed as a statement, our vision provides a clear understanding of where we are going.
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Our mission outline our organization’s purpose and rationale for being. Unlike the vision statement which deals in the future, the mission statement deals in the present tense and describes specific outcomes and goals. Our mission statement supports our vision by describing how we will attain the vision.
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The 37th Annual General Meeting of the Owen Sound Downtown Improvement Area Board of Management was held last night at Nathaniel’s Restuarant in Downtown Owen Sound.  The following is the Address from the Board Chair:

“Good evening. I would like to welcome everyone to the 2010 Annual General Meeting of the Downtown Improvement Area and thank you for joining us this evening.  I am Sue Carleton – Chair of the Downtown Improvement Area Board of Management and co-owner of E! Embroidery on 10th Street East.
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“Welcome everyone.  It is really great to see all of you here .  I would like to thank Irwin and Rob Dinsmore for helping plan this years AGM and for all of Irwin’s work in making sure it happened.
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The Owen Sound Downtown Improvement Area’s 2009 Annual Report was released last night at their 37th Annual General Meeting.  The report includes
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• Do you have a strong interest in how your downtown looks?
• Are you interested in the events we attract to the downtown or the events we hold ourselves?
• Do you have thoughts and ideas on how we can market and promote our great downtown?
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