SAFETObia

Safetobia 

Investing in our neighbourhoods

 The Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area (DYBIA) and SafeTO have partnered on a year long pilot project to address the growing challenges of community safety and well-being in BIAs across Toronto

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Goal of safetobia

During and post pandemic, a significant increase in issues related to safety and well-being was identified among the business community through initial SafeTO consultations.

To address that change, SafeTObia was created to better provide BIAs with resources, processes and the capacity to better address their unique CS&WB issues in the short and medium term.

To develop more localized support the project is meant to engage with BIAs and key stakeholder across city departments to better understand the the issues to then explore solutions with participating BIAs.

Ways to engage

 

BIAs can engage in the pilot in a variety of ways, both passively and actively. The consultation phase has finished as of October 2023, but please reach out for any other opportunities to engage. 

  • Information sessions – available for all BIAs, BIA members and stakeholders from July – September 2023
  • Sign up for one-on-ones or a group discussion                          Available for all BIAs and stakeholders from July  – October 2023

  • Peer to Peer Working Group – a platform for BIA’s to learn and share resources about community safety and well-being issues from other BIA’s. Online Session – Thurs. October 12th from 10am – 12pm – ONLINE ONLY, next session – TBD 

 

Project resources

 

  • SafeTObia Presentation                                                                  General overview about the SafeTObia project
  • CS&WB Resource Booklet                                                                      A working document collecting resources and precedents for community safety and wellbeing projects. This document is searchable by using key words.                                                            *Please note this is subject to change, and to be edited periodically.
  • Safety & Well-being Provincial Grants                                        Please reach out if you have any questions about any of grants through the province
Metro Toronto Police Speaking with a passerby at Yonge and Dundas
Busy intersection surrounded by buildings and traffic.

Questions?

 

For more information on SafeTObia, please contact 

Cassandra Alves                                                                            Community Safety and Well-being Consultant                            Downtown Yonge BIA & SafeTO 

calves@downtownyonge.com