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EMC Business – Old Town Kemptville has undergone many changes over the past few years and to ensure they keep heading in the right direction, the Old Town Kemptville Business Improvement Area (BIA) has hired a new intern. Kemptville native Angela Beking began her six-month contract position as the Building BIA Capacity Intern, on Sept. 4. The position is federally funded by the Eastern Ontario Development Program (EODP), which is administered through the Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation (GCFDC). According to BIA member Shelley Mitchell, the main goal in securing the intern position was to grow and promote the BIA’s involvement in the community. “In the last few years we’ve seen an increase downtown in community events and we (really) want to grow that and bring people downtown,” she noted, adding that as fulltime businesspeople, it can be difficult for BIA members to commit the hours needed to make that happen. “We thank Grenville Community Futures Development Corporation for this (grant),” Mitchell continued. “It’s an amazing opportunity and I think we’re going to see a lot of growth through this time.” Councillor Terry Butler, who is also the council representative on the BIA, said many positive changes had been made to Old Town Kemptville in the past 10 years, including the complete revitalization of Prescott St., the new centralized North Grenville Public Library, improvements to Riverside Park, as well as commitments by private developers such as the Lofts of Market Row and upgrades to dePencier House, to name a few. “There’s been lots of sweat equity from volunteers as well, such as service clubs, the horticultural society, Friends of the Library, the North Grenville Curling Club, individuals like Don Munz and so many others,” he explained. “Our community is blessed with a commitment for Old Town Kemptville and what the BIA

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Kemptville native Angela Beking stands along Prescott St. in Old Town Kemptville, which will become like a second home to her for the next six months as she takes on the position of Building BIA (Business Improvement Area) Capacity Intern with the Old Town Kemptville BIA. Beking’s main goals are to increase partnerships with service groups and organizations as well as to promote the BIA’s involvement in the community and improve communications. is doing is creating experiences. So we knew we needed help building the experience part of the project.” Enter Beking. Once the BIA heard they had been successful with the grant in the spring, they began advertising for the position over the summer and Beking, who has an office within the Keller Williams building on Prescott St., has hit the ground running. She is currently designing a discount coupon book of local businesses within Old Town Kemptville “to get coming and trying out everything there is to offer.” “I’m also working on a culinary experience and getting people to the restaurants down here, the coffee shops so they can take advantage of all the great chances to have some really excellent food,” Beking remarked. A couple of special events are in the works as well. Beking is in talks with the North Grenville Historical Society to create a haunted walk surrounding the Kreepy

Kemptville walking tour for Halloween. “I might lead it in costume and take people all through downtown,” she said. “We’re going to work with the Kemptville Youth Centre and their haunted house and try to get the University of Guelph-Kemptville Campus kids involved,” added Butler. A mother/daughter shopping day out close to Mother’s Day is being planned where moms and daughters are invited to shop in Old Town Kemptville and enjoy dinner out at one of its restaurants. Beking is working with the Dandelion Festival organizing committee and the Kemptville Kinsmen Santa Claus Parade. Mitchell said an important part of the role is to build partnerships between the BIA and other local organizations and institutions. “There are a lot of great things happening in Kemptville and we want to work with other service groups,” she commented. “...

It’s important to grow what we have and put in place some new ideas. After six months are over, we will have a set of events planned and ready to go.” Another emphasis is to increase communication on what the businesses downtown are doing. Beking has already begun to tackle this and is helping revamp the BIA website (www.oldtownkemptville.com) and she regularly updates a Facebook page (www.facebook. com/OldTownKemptville) and is on Twitter (@OldTownKemptvil). Posting comments and events several times daily on the social media sites, Beking wants to connect with the community, including posting upcoming local events. “Anyone who has events coming up and are part of Old Town Kemptville and want to me to post it on our Facebook page, I’m more than happy to add a posts. The more comprehensive information we have on there the better,” she explained. Monthly newsletters are also being created and will be circulated throughout Old Town Kemptville to keep businesses aware of new openings, events, promotions, etc. For Beking, who went to Carleton University and has her undergraduate degree in history and Masters in public history, remembers being intrigued by the role when she saw the job posting.

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“I’m just really interested in community and engaging the community and working with people,” she said. “When I saw the post, I thought it was perfect and I get to come home!” BIA members are as equally excited to have Beking as a member of the team. “As business owners we’re trying to do too much now and our intern is well-educated and does have the experience and I think she will do a fabulous job,” noted BIA chair Su Sally. “(The position) will increase the exposure of Old Town and I’m really looking forward to the next months. Hopefully we can continue past six months. We’re looking for funding and trying to make this a reality.” It is the hopes of the BIA that the positive implementations they’ve made will continue for the next six months and even farther down the road. “Downtowns are important and we want to be relevant and stay on top of things and provide different experiences with other retail opportunities in Kemptville,” Mitchell said. “The thing the BIA is quite happy with is that with all the work done, we’re positioned to fight the big box invasion and there are very few vacant spots in Old Town and lots of rooms for experiences,” Butler added. To get in touch with Beking, email her at angelabiaintern@gmail.com.

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