WHITBY FREE PRESS, WEDNESDAY, JULY 3, 1985, PAGE 3 Downtown needs to be united: Nixon Hy JAN DODGE Free Press Staff If Whitby's downtawn does not attract is new residents as customers, Oshawa or Toronto wil, Carol Nixon told the Downtown Im- provement Ares Board of Management at its first annual meeting last Tuesday night. Speaking ta 200 people in the Whitby Station Art Gallery, Nixon, executive director of the Burlington Business Improvement (BIA) said a new goal for the Whitby BIA might be ta consider the growing numbers of commuters and decide it's got ta geL people in the habit of shopping downtawn. She cited the example of Brant St. in Burlington. There, mer- chants could not be con- vincent that they needed ta update their stores or their methods. In three years the Burlington Mail came into existen- ce. Then merchants- blamed the town for let- ting it happen. Nixon warned it could bappen here. Nixon spent most of the day in Whitby trying ta gain a sense of the community s0 that she could pass on these im- pressions and raise questions. She said she was im- pressed with the num- Carole Nixon, executive dlrector for the Burlington Business Improvement Ares, talks with Ed Buf- fett, chairman of the Whitby Downtown Improvement Ares Board of Management after her speech ta the downtown board at the Whltby Station Art Gallery asat Tuesday nght. FreePress Staff Photo TREAT YOURSELF TO A FAST MEAL DEAL EVERY FR! DAY, SATURDAY & SUN DAY FOR THE MONTH 0F JULY AT SEAFOOD w 15 PC. BUCKET 15 pleces of tender frled chlckenPusiFRE Perf ect for a hungry faniIy Cokes750FmgE Coe75 g o DIJNDA5ST.E. DIXIE LEE o WE ACCEPT COMPETITION COUPONS 1017 DUN DAS ST. E., WH ITBY <Beside WndmlII Donuts and Dalry Oueen) MON.-SAT. il &.m. -11 p.m. SUN. 11 &.m. -.9 .m. 1013 DUN DAS ST. E. <Baida Dxie Loo) ber of subdivisions being built, and amazed at the size of the Whitby BIA, which contains resîdential and strip plaza as well as businesses. She noted there was no major em- ployer in the ares. She also observed that some stores which are already catering ta an upscale market seem ta be successful . adequate budget ("It won't happen without one,") and the use of professianal expertise were further tips. Nixon said that although the Whitby BIA at this time cannat afford professional staff they could get, started by getting help an a con- sulting basis. She described the situation in her awn city. "One yesr ago there were 25 vacancies, CONT'D ON PG. 26 In conversation later, Nixon said she had iden- tif ied the market here as upscale (people who want quality merchan- dise and are willing to pay for it.) Baoth the indivîdual MAURIEEN (MOE), business and the BIA FORMERLY 0F CANADIANA HAIR FASHIONS ahve a callenge ta IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE OPENING saciev scesshOF HER NEW SALON, said.SPLIT ENDS The businessman IN WHITBY must identify a target SIILZN NPROA market, and then bring EAIN IENLYERVICEL that market in. She said, ADPINL EVC "It may be necessary ta forsake a ittie indepen- dance ta gain a unified SP LIT The BIA needs -a ENDS strong orgamizatian with a good committee and 102 BYRON ST. S. good people. A strong theme or WHITBY, ONT. identifiable logo, 5 "something which 66 -41 strikes a note in the commumity"l, an SNTOREWITODE NOANNISAERSR MERCATILERE. '3 TO.E 321DUNLO ST. ., WHITBY 613 PMON.-WD. 19-6,THUR-FRI91--, SAT. 1-:30-5-46 SUIDOA N DAYSN F11-4U FRIED CHICKEN 666m3324 "Everyday du ring the month of JuIy"l ~ DOZEN ASSORTED DONUTS0ei $ 1" 1el OPEN 24 HOURS WHITBY WHITBY OPEN 24 HOURS