1 3 |Thursday June 8, 2017 | OAKVILLE BEAVER |www.insidehalton.com Kerr may open on stat holidays by Nathan Howes Oakville Beaver Staff Bhandari Fam ily Dentistry returns to Oakville BRiNG iN YOUR FAMILY FOR A CHECK-UP AT OUR NEW MODERN CLiNIC Dr. Bhandari is an advocate of oral health with 31 years of experience. He and his team pride themselves for their professional and comprehensive approach to dentistry. Dr. Bhandari has proudly worked with a number of celebrities throughout his career, helping them maintain their red carpet worthy smiles! Customer care is our core concern. Whether you're looking for general maintenance, regular check-up treatments or cosmetic dentistry, we can help. Give Dr. Bhandari a call to book your appointment or consultation. Tourism-related businesses in Kerr Village could soon be open on statutory holidays. But with Sept. 6 being the earliest possible public consultation date, it won' t be this summer. Kerr is the only one of Oakville' s three business improvement areas (BIA) not to be open holidays. So, there could soon be a level playing field, if approved by Halton Region -- which has the authority to pass a bylaw that permits retail business establishments to open on holidays for the maintenance or development of tourism. If public consultation occurs Sept. 6, regional council could vote on the matter by Sept. 13. Kerr Village' s application requests all businesses in the BIA be exempt under the Retail Business Holidays Act. The statutory holidays for which exemption is sought include Family Day, Good Friday, Victoria Day, Canada Day, Labour Day, Thanksgiving Monday, Christmas Day and New Year' s Day. Council gave the thumbs-up May 29 to an April 7 Economic Development report recommending the Town advise the Region of its support for the application. The other two BIAs in Oakville, Downtown Oakville and Bronte, already have an exemption under the Retail Business Holidays Act. According to the Town staff report, one of the benefits of supporting the Kerr Village BIA' s application is it will bring consistency across all three Oakville' s BIAs, as only two of them currently have the exemption. One of the Town' s strategic initiatives is to enhance the local economic environment and support for Kerr Village BIA' s application will offer the retail establishments an opportunity to increase their financial activity if they choose to remain open on statutory holidays. Halton Region will evaluate its application in accordance with the tourism criteria set out in the Retail Business Holidays Act. For an exemption to be granted, a number of criteria must be met, including all retail businesses in the area have to be within two kilometres of the tourist attraction and at least 25 per cent of the retail businesses in the area are directly associated with the tourism attraction or rely on tourists visiting the attraction for business on a holiday, among others. The Kerr Village BIA application for an exemption outlines tourist attractions within the boundaries of the business improvement area that fall within six categories - natural, historical, educational, outdoor recreational, cultural and multi-cultural. Kerr Village is comprised of more than 275 businesses and encompasses an area that is located within the hub of Oakville. The Kerr Village BIA boundary runs along Lakeshore Road West from the Sixteen Mile Creek west to Maurice Drive; north to Speers Road, and east from Woody Road to the Shepherd Road Overpass. The area includes Kerr Street. DR. Bh a n d a r i BScDIHDDS This patient went from a consultation to finished teeth in just a couple weeks! We can change lives... Call us to set up your free consultation. DR. ViNEET BHANDARi B S cD IH D D S Monday to Friday 7:30 - 5:00. Evening and Saturday appointments available. Palermo Professional Centre 2525 Old Bronte Rd., Suite 470 Oakville (at Dundas Street) · www.bhandaridental.com HOME SWEET LINENS SAVE Sleep Factory www. sleep fa ctory. c the m [i 20 % % ; ANY ONE IT E M *Receive 20% o ff any one item. One coupon per person. Cannot be com bined w ith any other discount. M ust bring in coupon to receive discount. Expires June 22/17 r Q U E E N S IZ E ^ S E R T A M O T IO N E S S E N T IA L S 150 B IR T H D A Y th WITH W IRE REM O TE VisiT HOME sw EET LiNENs FOR ALL YOUR COTTAGE A n d HOME NEED s ! U p p e r O a k v ille S h o p p in g C e n tr e 1011 Upper Middle Rd. E Oakville · 905-842-9877 , w w w .h o m e sw e etlin e ns.co m info@ hom esw eetlinens.com r -- .th e --------------------- [S le e p F a c to ry www.sleepfactory.com M ILTO N 238 Main Street, East · 9 0 5 . 8 7 8 .4 6 0 6 M IS S IS S A U G A 2150 Burnhamthorpe Road · 9 0 5 . 5 4 2 .0 4 8 1 S tore hours- M o n -F ri 1 0 a m -8 p m , S at. 10am to 6p m , Sun. 11am to 5pm H O U R S : M o n d a y - W e d n e s d a y 1 0 a m - 6 p m ^ T h u r s d a y - F r id a y 1 0 a m - 8 p m · S a tu r d a y 9 a m - 6 p m * S u n d a y 1 1 a m - 5 p m