Downtown Barrie Business Association (BIA)
93 Dunlop Street East L4M 1A8 Barrie, ON, Canada

**UPDATE** Sally has been found and brought back to her family!!! Thanks to everyone who helped bring her home! . . . We all know and love Sally from Simcoe Print Solutions Let's all do what we can to help bring her home.... Sally is a two year old female and was leashed outside of Simcoe Print on Dunlop St. East. If you saw anyone walk off with her please reach out to them at +1 705-937-0333 . . . #DowntownBarrie #Community #lostpets #LocalLove #BarrieLove #barrielove

Congratulations Kathie Pouliot-- who voted for her favourite in display in the #NoellaFestival Window Decorating contest 101.1 BIG FM & 931 Fresh Radio. Kathie found herself winning $500 of Lifeline E-Gift Cards to her favourite #DowntownBarrie businesses! A total of 537 votes were cast during December...and the Winners are . . . 1st place: Grilled Cheese Social Eatery with 93 votes... 2nd place: Our House with 50 votes 3rd place: P_ZZA with 40 votes . Thank you to everyone for their continued support of our awesome businesses . #SupportLocal #ShopLocal #SupportSmallBusiness #LocalLove #BarrieLove #Barrie #NoellaFestival #DowntownBarrie #BruceGreySimcoe See more

The contest from last year might be over, but the video is definitely worth a re-share! Here's an awesome little video with Apryl and Sarah from This Kinda Life showing just how easy curbside pick up is in #DowntownBarrie! . Thanks again to P_ZZA J'adore Limoncello Bistro and Swirleez Frozen Yogurt Inc for participating! . #SupportLocal #ShopLocal #EatLocal #BarrieLove #LocalLove #CurbsidePickup #TakeOut #community

There may have been a few changes made to parking along the waterfront, but there's still plenty of parking in #DowntownBarrie! DYK... Downtown Barrie has 2000+ parking spaces On-street parking costs $1.25/hr... Off-street parking costs $1.00/hr (max $5.50/day) Parking is ALWAYS FREE on evenings and weekends Bike racks are available at every intersection on Dunlop from Mulcaster to Mary (please be careful if you're out biking in the snow!) If you're taking Barrie Transit, you can walk to either end of Dunlop within 2min from the bus terminal Stay tuned for some news on designated curbside pick up locations! #DowntownBarrie has so many amazing owner-operated businesses who would love to see you (virtually or through contactless pick up!). Love, support and shop local! . #SupportLocalBusiness #SupportLocal #ShopLocal #LoveLocal #BarrieLove #Barrie #Community #downtown See more

Our province may be in lockdown, but we can all still #SupportLocal! Get a Lifeline E-Gift Card for your fav #DowntownBarrie business and help keep our community alive. . 100% of the funds go to the business, so stock up for yourself and your friends! . #ShopLocal #SupportSmallBusiness #BarrieLove #LocalLove #Barrie #Community

HAVE YOUR SAY AND WIN! If you’re someone who lives, works or just cares about downtown Barrie, you know the downtown has been missing a grocery store for some years now. There is a project underway to bring that grocery store here, to 90 Collier Street - right in the middle of downtown Barrie. The initiative is offering 21 prizes to residents of downtown Barrie who participate including:... The Grand Prize will be for 1 Year of Free Shopping (to a maximum of $5,000) 10 Second Prizes of Six Months of Free Shopping (to a maximum of $2,500) 10 Third Prizes of Three Months of Free Shopping (to a maximum of $1,250) Please visit the link, and complete a short survey to show the local need for a downtown grocery store www.barriegrocerysurvey.com #DowntownBarrie #SupportLocal #ShopLocal #Community #LocalLove #BarrieLove #Barrie

Considering shopping online this Christmas? DYK you can still support our awesome local businesses while shopping online? Get your loved ones (or yourself!) a Lifeline E-Gift Card to their fav #DowntownBarrie business by visiting https://bit.ly/2IBjefc You can also head over to HeyLocal.ca to check out all the awesome local goodies you can wrap up this year!... #NoellaFestival #SupportLocal #ShopLocal #SupportSmallBusiness #Community #Christmas #BarrieLove #LocalLove #BruceGreySimcoe BruceGreySimcoe Meridian Credit Union See more

O CHRISTMAS TREE! Come get yours at the #NoellaFestival Tree & Wreath Lot! All proceeds to go Hospice Simcoe Supporting those who support us. And thank you to Dr. Brad Dibble and Katherine Elphick for sponsoring this year's Noella Tree & Wreath Lot! . 11am to 3pm on Sat, Nov 28 // Sat, Dec 5 // Sat, Dec 12 .... Big thanks to Arnott Construction Ltd. for loaning us their fencing! See you downtown! . #DowntownBarrie #SupportLocal #ShopLocal #LocalLove #Community #SupportSmallBusiness #BarrieLove #Barrie #Christmas #ChristmasTree #BruceGreySimcoe BruceGreySimcoe Meridian Credit Union See more

From November 23rd until November 27th, maclarenARTcentre will be hosting its Art Auction online! For the past 29 years, they've hosted this event in person, but this year will look a little different. Check out the details - you won't want to miss this!

DYK #DowntownBarrie is full of AWARD WINNING businesses?! Most recently, winners of the 2020 #ReadersChoiceAwards include: Donaleighs Irish Public House Olive Oil Co., Inc. Barrie and Newmarket Tbtb Barrie ZuZu Fashion Boutique... History barbershop Co. Barrie Tiffany Paradis Photography Delta Bingo and Gaming @GoldsShoesService Get down here and check these (and all our other awesome businesses) out! . . . #SupportLocal #ShopLocal #LocalLove #BarrieLove #Barrie #SupportSmallBusiness #GetDowntown #ShopDowntown

Our favourite #NoellaFestival returns on Monday! Holly Days, Tree & Wreath Lot, Window Decorating Contest, Heritage Ornament Collection + more! Pop on over to NoellaFestival.ca for all the festive details.... #DowntownBarrie #Christmas #Noella #SupportLocal #ShopLocal #Community #BarrieLove #LocalLove #SupportSmallBusiness #BruceGreySimcoe BruceGreySimcoe Meridian Credit Union See more

Less than 4-days until the start of #HollyDays in #DowntownBarrie! Download the snapd Hub App & enter to wins a $500 Lifeline e-gift card + other downtown swag at over 70 stops. . Thank you #SnapdBarrie for helping us take this Noella tradition digital! . .... . #NoellaFestival #Christmas #SupportLocal #ShopLocal #BarrieLove #Barrie See more