The Bloor-Yorkville BIA was founded in 1985 in response to the tremendous commercial, retail, residential and tourist growth which began in Toronto at that time. The Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area has a membership of over 1400 businesses. The BIA’s mandate is to improve, beautify and maintain municipally owned lands, buildings, and structures in the area beyond such improvement beautification and maintenance as is provided at the expense of the City of Toronto at large; and to promote the Bloor-Yorkville Business Improvement Area as a business or shopping area. Since entrepreneur Joseph Bloor founded the Village of Yorkville in 1830, the heart and soul of Toronto has distinguished itself as a premier shopping, dining and cultural destination. The Bloor-Yorkville neighbourhood is bordered by Scollard Street to the north, St. Mary Street to the south, Avenue Road to the west and Church Street to the east.