Feb 27, 2018
Garth Johns
Exec Dir - Downtown Oshawa B.I.A.
Downtown Oshawa BIA Appoints Garth Johns as Executive Director

Posted on Thursday June 01, 2017

The Downtown Oshawa BIA and City of Oshawa are pleased to announce the appointment of Garth Johns as Executive Director. Mr. Johns is a respected senior leader, manager, consultant and author. He is also a sought after presenter and speaker on topics related to leadership, management and human resources. Garth has a passion for educating, mentoring and developing others which will serve as great assets to the Downtown BIA, which works to advocate for the downtown Oshawa business community. “Under Garth’s leadership, the Oshawa BIA can look forward to continued success with expanded development and growth of the downtown core. There are many great opportunities for the future of downtown Oshawa and we encourage business leaders to be a part of that,” said Councillor John Aker, Chair of the Development Services Committee. “Garth’s wealth of experience and new perspective are welcomed assets to the BIA as we promote downtown Oshawa as a great place where businesses can grow and thrive,” said Councillor Sanders, Council Representative on the Downtown Oshawa Board of Management. “We’re looking forward to working directly with Garth on number of new initiatives that will continue to make downtown Oshawa an attractive location for businesses and consumers,” said Shawn Solomon, Chair of the Downtown Oshawa BIA. For more information on the Downtown Oshawa BIA and how you can get involved, visit http://downtownoshawa.ca/ or follow @OshawaDowntown on Twitter. For more information on Economic Development Services, visit www.oshawa.ca/business or follow @InvestOshawa on Twitter.