Alex Park Business Roster

Alex Park businesses can register for procurement opportunities on Tridel Community Worx (select the third option and new questions will pop up to allow you to register the business).

Alexandra Park Community Centre (APCC) and Toronto Community Housing (TCHC) have teamed up on a fun Summer 2024 Market Series, starting in July, every Sunday from 1 to 4 p.m. Please stop by to chat with your neighbours, check out the family-friendly activities and workshops, and browse local vendor stalls. If you are a resident business or know of one in the community who may be interested in participating, please contact jade.shulist@torontohousing.ca or 437-922-3303.

Updated July 8, 2024

Business Resources

• Scadding Court Community Centre Market 707 expression of interest form
• Digital Main Street Free Shopify Program
• Toronto Public Library small business supports 
• Business in the Streets
• City of Toronto existing business supports
• City of Toronto business start up resources
• Enterprise Toronto Small Business Advisor  

Updated July 8, 2024

Be Build Brand

Be Build Brand (B3) is an 11-week entrepreneurship program that provides TCHC youth with a series of entrepreneurship training sessions to equip them with the hard and soft skills needed to start turning their ideas into viable business ventures.  To assist youth in starting their business the program offers exposure to relevant entrepreneurship content, industry quest speakers and capacity building opportunities. Participants get the opportunity at the culmination of the program to pitch their ideas to a panel of judges for a chance to win $5,000 seed  funds for their business venture, consists of three phases. B3- Phase 1 (Be) youth are given tools to learn how to provide an honest self-assessment and evaluation on their  aspirations. Phase 2 (Build), involve youth to undergo a series of training and capacity building on the basis of building a nosiness from the ground up. Phase 3 (Brand), teach youth the importance of networking, marketing and digitalizing their business idea.

Small Business Program

In collaboration with Tridel, APCC and Scadding Court Community Centre, the Revitalization team ran a Small Business Program (SBP) pilot offering resident business owners and future entrepreneurs low-barrier access to business training and short-term operating funding.

Twelve residents attended eight weekly sessions where they received information about branding, marketing, accounting, contracts, negotiations, customer service/UX, networking and pitching from professional instructors. The curriculum was developed in consultation with the community.

At the completion of the workshops, residents were able to apply for up to $1,500 of eligible expense reimbursements and receive additional supports to help launch businesses (e.g. registering businesses, accessing social procurement opportunities) or expand operations (e.g. funds for website development, supplies, liability insurance).

Learning from the pilot SBP will help inform future small business development programs in Alexandra Park, which will be funded with Phase 2 CED funds.

Updated July 8, 2023

Micro-finance Grant

Resulting from the learnings from the Pilot Small Business Training Program, TCHC and Tridel launched the first-ever Alexandra Park Revitalization Small Business Micro-finance Grant with up to $1,000 available for individuals to access, in addition to connection to local resources and business planning support to create a business plan. Up to $10,000 was made available to be accessed by resident small business owners through July 2024.  

Updated July 8, 2024

More opportunities

Looking for supports for employment, scholarship, training, small business, or to develop a community initiative?

Contact Jade Shulist at jade.shulist@torontohousing.ca or call 437-922-3303 to schedule a meeting to assess your goals and needs to match you with the appropriate resources and opportunities.​