HxBIA serves more than 650 businesses and property owners in a central portion of Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside (DTES) stretching from Richards St. to Gore Ave. along Hastings St. and portions of Pender, Cordova, Main and Powell St.

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COVID-19 Safety Plans Order

What was a suggestion at the beginning of last week became an Order on Friday. Although the Order has not yet been published, all businesses must reinstate COVID-19 Safety Plans. B.C. employers will once again be required to perform an assessment and address protective controls for their workplaces in their Plans, and can include:

• permitting workers to work remotely or from home, if possible,
• facilitating workers to stay at home when they are feeling ill,
• placement of physical barriers between workers, when possible,
• return to zone-based access to worksites,
• reducing crowding and mixing among workers in the workplace,
• cleaning and hand washing procedures
• requiring face masks when in all common areas.

WorkSafe BC has updated its Safety Plan Planning Tool.
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SINGLE-USE ITEM BY-LAW begins jan 2, 2022 in vancouver - here is some information you need as a business owner

The City of Vancouver is implmenting a single-use item redution strategy. With your help, we've created a made-in-Vancouver strategy to dramatically reduce waste from single-use items.   While there is already by-laws covering plastic straws and untensils along with foam cups and take-out containers and on Jan 1, 2022 shopping bags and cups will be added .    There are by-law toolkits for businessess, charities and nokt-for-profits available from the City of Vancouver.  Click Here for Full Information and Toolkits

​​​Federal and BC COVID Assistance for businesses - UPDATES Feb 3, 2022

FEDERAL ASSISTANCE
Covid-19 benefits extended: It’s now been confirmed that the Canada Worker Lockdown Benefit, the Canada Recovery Caregiving Benefit, and the Canada Recovery Sickness Benefit have all been extended to May 7, 2022. Applications for the newly-expanded Worker Lockdown Benefit are now available, which provides eligible workers $300 per week in support. Non-profits affected by financial setbacks can apply for wage and hiring support and the rent and property expense programs.
PROVINCIAL ASSISTANCE
The COVID-19 Closure Relief Grant. This program is designed to support businesses impacted by the December 22, 2021 and January 18, 2021 public health orders. Yesterday, the Province of BC extended the COVID-19 Closure Relief Grant to include grants for those now able to re-open and additional grants for those still closed. (as of January 20th, 2022). The full eligibility, grant amounts, and other program details can be found online https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/covid-19/economic-recovery/closure-relief-grant. As this is a provincial program, for help, including language translation and interpretation support, please email ClosureReliefGrant@gov.bc.ca.
BCSO continues to provide support
As a reminder, we continue to provide a single support to businesses through the Business Communication & Support Office (BCSO).
The BCSO is a single point of contact for Vancouver’s local business owners to:

• Get information about re-opening protocols and business support programs
• Learn about City initiatives to support businesses
• Learn what City services for businesses are currently up-and-running
• Make suggestions to the City about business and the economy
• Respond to requests for information and assistance

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Here is how to reach us.....and check on our interactive Goggle map to see if you are in our BIA

312 Main Street (2nd Floor)
Vancouver, BC
V6A 2T2
hello@hxbia.com
604-259-1466 ext 2

Support Portal
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Members if you need assistance with Needles, Garbage or help de-escalating a situation, HxBIA has a contract with Mission Possible Neighbours that allows any member to call for a response.
​You can reach an MP Neighbours supervisor at 604-338-7150.