Helps maintain and enhance the City of Barrie's downtown core, striving to make it a vibrant, friendly, safe and exciting community for residents, visitors, businesses and business owners

• operated by an elected Board of Management
• monthly passes for City of Barrie parking lots can be purchased at this office, CASH ONLY, for parking updates visit: Parking in Barrie

Facilitates the following:

• Open Air Dunlop is held each summer, runs on some Saturdays from June-August

• • see website for the dates and themes for the 2025 season

• Open Air Meridian is held in fall on some Saturdays in September-October
• Troubadour Festival held in summer - Free concerts at Meridian Place - click here for details
• Noella Festival Tree Lighting Celebration is held in conjunction with the Barrie Chamber Santa Claus Parade , each year in November
• Lawn Chair Luminata is held each summer at Meridian Place & Heritage Park on the Waterfront, bring your lawn chair or blanket for an evening under the stars, visit http://www.lawnchairluminata.com for details
  • For a schedule of outdoor films presented by the Barrie Film Festival, see website
• Maintains a Business Directory of downtown businesses: https://downtownbarrie.ca/businesses/
  
  
• DWNTWN GIFT CARDS - support local while shopping online, call or email for details

During the month of December 2025 all ON-STREET metered parking in the downtown area will be free for a 2-hour period of time, all off-street lots continue to be paid parking during this period.

Office: Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm, hours may vary due to events
Events: Hours vary

• All downtown commercial establishments are mandatory members
• Residency Requirements:
  
  • Dunlop St East and West between Mulcaster St and Toronto St
  • Collier St between Bayfield St and Mulcaster St,
  • Mary St, Maple St between Simcoe St and Ross St
  • Bayfield St between Lakeshore Dr and Ross St
  • Clapperton St and Owen St between Dunlop St E and Collier St

Call, email or visit website

705-734-1414