Hamilton Road Area Business Association

Take a closer look at the Hamilton Road Area Business Association's projects completed this year.

Web Site
Union Gas Pipeline Proposal
Youth Green Thumb Project
Incorporation/Liability Insurance
Santa Claus Parade “Toy for Every Girl and Boy” Drive
Police Foot Patrol in Hamilton Road area
Law and Order

We are the Voice of Hamilton Road and if you have any proposals or ideas please submit them for consideration to:

Dave Broostad
phone: 519-672-1491
email: president@hamroad.com

HamRoad.com

The default website for business and community organizations in the Hamilton Road area and branded with colourful banners all along the Hamilton Road corridor, our HRABA website averages 10,000 hits per month.

Whether you are looking for a business with a particular service, browsing community events, or advertising your business, this web site identifies you as a member of our business community. Listings and one page .pdf advertisements are free to all our members

Union Gas Pipeline Proposal

In the fall of 2007, business owners along the Hamilton Road corridor were shocked to receive notice from Union Gas of their intention to dig up our street and build a new pipeline from Veteran’s Memorial Parkway down to the London District Energy Plant on Colborne Street. The preferred route was to come up Hamilton Road all the way from Gore Rd. to Colborne. Most who we talked to thought this was already written in stone or, as they say, “a done deal.”

The cost of this disruption to businesses along Hamilton Road, especially those who rely on traffic flow, would no doubt cause undue economic stress and given the disruptions that have already taken place over the last couple of years, there was little doubt some might very well not last out.

The purpose of business associations like ours is to use our collective strength with all levels of governments to ensure our concerns are taken into consideration whenever events or policies negatively affect members.

We took immediate action, attended all the public meetings, filed the necessary reports and had private meetings with the decision makers for this project and local politicians. Largely through the efforts of your executive and the many members who took the time to write personal appeals, the preferred route has now been changed as of Jan 08. It will now follow the route we recommended and parallel the river instead of coming up Hamilton Road.

So much for “done deals”

Youth Green Thumb Project

Your Hamilton Road Area Business Association teamed up with our youngest members, the local Youth Job $quad, to enhance the look of our street-scape. This partnership resulted in the beautification of 22 business store fronts along our corridor and provided an opportunity for local youth to learn gardening skills, earn a few bucks, and add this summer experience to their resumes for future job searches.

Incorporation/Liability Insurance

To protect our members and the public, we have incorporated our association and purchased liability insurance.

Santa Claus Parade “Toy for Every Girl and Boy” Drive

For six years in a row now your Hamilton Road Business Association has been the only business association in London to participate in the annual Santa Claus Parade. Our “Toy for Every Girl and Boy” drive has become an institution in the parade. Families bring their unwrapped toys to hand off to our volunteers as our float moves by on the parade route. This year we distributed 1,500 gifts to families in London.

Police Foot Patrol in Hamilton Road area

Through our efforts to enhance safety and security, the London Police Service has assigned a team of officers to do a Community Foot Patrol in our area. Sgt. Jeff Addley is the head of the Foot Patrol unit and officers can be contacted directly regarding any of your concerns via cell phone at 519-933-1542.

Law and Order

We surveyed our membership in depth regarding crime and security concerns in our area. Chief Murray Faulkner addressed our membership at a general meeting this fall. The detailed list of concerns we accumulated were passed on to him directly. Communication lines have now been established and email addresses exchanged. If our membership has any concerns regarding policing or law and order issues affecting our area, they can now be passed on to him directly.

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