Genuinely Vancouver
Since 1923, Kitsilano’s West 4th Avenue has been Vancouver, British Columbia’s preferred destination for shopping and services on the city’s West Side.
And since 2001, the Kitsilano 4th Avenue Business Improvement Association has been responsible for marketing, promoting, beautifying and advancing a thriving, sustainable business district for its residents, guests, its 240+ business members and more than 150 commercial property owners.
Our Association is responsible for the annual 8-block KHATSAHLANO! Music + Art Festival, as well as for category sales events as Fashion on 4th, PATIO Vancouver, Take Out to Help Out and the annual Kitsmas campaign. In Summer 2021, a public plaza, Kits Common was also installed by the BIA members.
We offer our guests and our members the authentic Kitsilano lifestyle layered in a world-famous outdoor shopping experience that is Genuinely Vancouver.
Voted as “Vancouver’s Best Neighbourhood” more than five years-running by the readers of the Georgia Straight, as well as “Neighbourhood That Best Represents Vancouver” in the WE West Ender Newspaper, and “Best Shopping Neighbourhood” by the Vancouver Courier, Kitsilano’s not-for-profit West 4th BIA represents 8 blocks of the area’s finest collection of unique fashion stores and award-winning restaurants, the largest selection of outdoor and active lifestyle retailers in the city, luxurious day spas and salons, plus leading-edge shops for home decor, baby & family – east to Fir Street and west to Balsam Street.
Board of Directors
The West 4th BIA’s volunteer Board of Directors meet monthly to plan, guide and review the operations and promotions of the Kitsilano 4th Avenue Business Improvement Association. These business and property owners also generously devote their time to various Board committees and are proud West 4th BIA ambassadors, representing the benevolent work of our entire Association to our community, our City Hall and our guests who visit us from all over the world.
Our Directors each volunteer to Chair individual BIA-formed committees that help advance our specific retail categories and initiatives, including Outdoor & Active Lifestyle, Restaurant, Fashion, Home & Specialty, Business-To-Business and the Khatsahlano! Street Festival.
We sincerely thank our Directors both past and present and our merchant members for their dedication and service to our BIA Board and organization in building our amazing neighbourhood… Your vision got us here. We encourage all merchants to take an active role and participate in the process (and by participating, in making your business better…) by joining one of our Board or our committees!
For more information on how to be involved or to take an active role in your West 4th BIA, email info@shopwest4th.com.
Jane McFadden
Executive Director
Business Improvement Association
202 - 1857 West 4th Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 1M4
exec.dir@shopwest4th.com
Chris Tsoromocos
President
TRG Realty
1965 W 4th Ave
Jenny Wong
Vice President
Pacific Boarder
1793 W 4th Ave
Kendra Weiss
Melanie Auld Jewelry
2077 W 4th Ave
Jessica Renshaw
Renshaw Travel
2175 W 4th Ave
Ricci Brown
Warby Parker
2290 W 4th Ave
Patrick Davidson
John Fluevog Shoes
2156 W 4th Ave
Shannon Rae
Property owner
Demetra Dikaekos
Sophies Cosmic Café
2095 W 4th Ave
Andrea Mitchell
Bloodline Design
2005 W 4th Ave
How is West 4th Funded?
The Kitsilano 4th Avenue Business Improvement Association is a not-for-profit organization entirely 100% funded by our commercial property owners and their merchants located on West 4th only between Fir Street and Balsam Street.
Each commercial property owner’s share of the annual BIA budget is proportionate to their share of the total taxable value within the BIA boundaries. In most lease agreements, commercial property owners pass on this cost to the business tenants.
West 4th BIA does not receive any government funding (civic, provincial or federal) to operate our organization. Absolutely no residential tax dollars from those who reside in Kitsilano, or elsewhere in Vancouver, fund our BIA. Every initiative, promotion and community enhancement project that we undertake on West 4th are directly paid for out of our own BIA members’ pockets.
