
It was a pleasure meeting Garth Johns, the Executive Director of the Downtown Oshawa Business Improvement Area (BIA). Right away you realize Garth is someone who really likes his job, which is working to help support and promote Oshawa's downtown businesses, property owners and tenants. The Oshawa BIA was first founded in 1974. There are two staff members Angela Mittoni, Office Manager and Events Co-ordinator, and Dave Croitorou, Social Media Facilitator, The 10 member Board is voted in each election year, 3 members are voted in by the BIA Board and 4 BIA members are voted in by Council, 1 resident of Oshawa, 1 Oshawa City Council member and 1senior staff member of the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) part of the downtown campus and selected by UOIT's President.