We’ve made it even easier to rent the Chamber billboards!

2026 Chamber Billboard Information

Thank you for your interest in the Chamber billboards! This perk of your BMCC membership is a unique and affordable opportunity to showcase your business, organization, or upcoming event. We now have two billboards that are exclusively available to current BMCC members: one in front of the Chamber building along Hwy 26 in Thornbury (available by the week), and another at the back of the building beside the busy Georgian Trail (available by the month).

 Front Billboard on Highway 26

We’ve made it even easier…

In previous years, we opened up rental weeks for the front billboard on a quarterly schedule, limiting its availability to three-month blocks throughout the year. We have decided to relax these guidelines for 2026, and BMCC members are now welcome to reserve dates any time throughout the year, making it easier for you to develop long-term marketing strategies and to secure the dates you want. Another change we’ve made for 2026 is that members can now book two consecutive weeks, as well as both sides of the billboard for one week.

Rental weeks on the front billboard run from Wednesday-Wednesday. We’re happy to announce that we’ve kept the rental rate at the same low cost of $200 + HST/week per side ($125 + HST for not-for-profit members). To guarantee your rental weeks, payment must be received within 7 days of when you receive the rental invoice. If payment is not received within 7 days, the reservation will be cancelled and the rental period will be made available for other members to book. If your billing or approval process does not allow for payment within 7 days, please let us know that at the time of booking. Please note that refunds are not available, except under emergency circumstances, such as public health restrictions or extreme weather conditions.

Each side of the front billboard has 6 lines, with a maximum of 18 characters per line. When crafting your billboard message keep in mind that less is definitely more, and we strongly recommend that you don’t try to use all of the available space. Trying to fit in too much information results in a crowded sign that’s hard to read, especially for cars driving by. Try to keep your message short and clear, and if possible, consider leaving a blank line between your message and your contact information, as this delivers more of a visual punch. We’re happy to provide suggestions to help you edit your message for maximum clarity and impact. Please read our complete content guidelines at the bottom of this document before submitting your message to us.

Reservation requests can be made via email at on a first-come-first-serve basis. We will get back to you as soon as possible to confirm availability. A few days before the start date of your rental week, we will be in touch to remind you to submit your messaging, but we do recommend that you also put your rental dates in your calendar so you have plenty of time to get your message to us.

Rear Billboard Along the Georgian Trail

Another way to promote yourself…

We’re thrilled to now offer our members another exclusive marketing tool on our rear billboard along the busy Georgian Trail. With more than 152,000 recorded visitors on the trail in 2025, this billboard gets a lot of attention. It’s also very affordable, at just $400 + HST per month in the peak season (April-September), and $250 + HST for the three-month rental blocks of October, November & December OR January, February & March. Contact for details.

The Fine Print:

 Payment

• The billboards are for the exclusive use of current BMCC members. If a renter has failed to pay their 2026 membership fees prior to the beginning of their rental period, the booking will be forfeited without a refund. (Rental weeks prior to the 2026 invoices going out in early January are, of course, excepted.)
• Payment in full must be received within 7 days of the member receiving their rental invoice, or within 24 hours
 if the reservation is made less than 7 days in advance.
• If payment is not received within the stated time period, the reservation will be forfeited 
and the rental week will be made available again.
• Payment is non-refundable, except in the case of public health restrictions or other factors beyond the Chamber’s control.
• If a member has booked and paid but will not use the billboard, they can choose a not-for-profit member to donate the billboard space to (provided the specific not-for-profit has not booked the billboard the week before or after) up to 48 hours prior to the reserved date.

Content


• The billboard can fit up to 6 lines, with a maximum of 18 characters per line.
• Content cannot refer to any business other than the member, but can promote an event not related to the member business.
• Politically partisan content is not permitted.
• Content must be received at least 48 hours in advance of the beginning of the reserved week, or within 24 hours of making reservation if made less than 48 hours in advance.
• If content is not provided in accordance with the timelines above, or contains unacceptable content, the reservation will be forfeited without refund, and the Chamber may use the rental period at our discretion.

Content is subject to the sole discretion of the Chamber; any defamatory or rude content, or content regarding any other business, or content containing any person’s name or information without their express consent, will not be permitted. The Chamber will advise the member of an unacceptable content submission at least 48 hours prior to the applicable week and the member will have one (1) opportunity to resubmit new content within 24 hours of the Chamber notification. Subsequent failure to provide appropriate content, as described above, and at the sole discretion of the Chamber, will result in a forfeit of the reservation and no refund will be provided.