July 2, 2020: News From Main Street

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July 2, 2020 / canurb.org Main Street Data Tools Three new tools are now available on Bring Back Main Street. These open-source tools were developed by CUI with the support of our partners to help BIAs/BIDS and other main street stakeholders measure the impact of COVID on the street. The tools include: Now available are: Business Recovery Survey Vacancy Survey Guide Pedestrian Counting Tool Three new tools are now available on Bring Back Main Street. These open-source tools were developed by CUI with the support of our partners to help BIAs/BIDS and other main street stakeholders measure the impact of COVID on the street. The tools include: Business Recovery Survey Vacancy Survey Guide Pedestrian Counting Tool Learn more Read our latest Memos Memo #8 What Main Street Retail Businesses Are Most Vulnerable? By Maureen Atkinson, Lisa Hutcheson, Patrick Watt, J.C. Williams Group Memo #9 Safety, Social Inclusion, and the Success of Main Streets By Pauline Larsen, Downtown Yonge Business Improvement Area (DYBIA) Street Rebalancing Guide The reallocation of road space away from motor vehicle traffic towards people walking, rolling, and cycling is essential to the health of our main streets. The Federation of Canadian Municipalities and the Urban Project have developed the COVID-19 Street Rebalancing Guide which provides strategic and practical guidance to help cities and communities respond to the challenges presented by the COVID-19 outbreak on our streets. Read the COVID-19 Street Rebalancing Guide Main Street Design Challenge: Now Accepting Submissions The Main Street Design Challenge is now accepting great design ideas to transform Main Streets across the country. This joint effort by CUI and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada invites participants to develop innovative, responsible, sustainable, and resilient design solutions that can be implemented during COVID-19 recovery and post-pandemic. The submission portal is now open! Help us spread the word to placemakers, designers, and community organizers!  Learn more Five Bright Ideas Signs of innovation, creativity, and resilience on our main streets: B.C. Buy Local is an annual campaign that celebrates local business to promote the contributions that B.C. businesses make to our economy and our communities. The movement to take back Montreal’s streets for pedestrians during this time of social distancing is spreading rapidly across the city.  Halifax's Open City event returned as Re-Open City to celebrate local businesses in Halifax. The event supports business owners as they begin to reopen their doors, many who are noting the event is more popular than ever.   “Reopening America: Strategies for Safer Buildings”, from the American Institute of Architects, is intended to provide design professionals, employers, building owners, and public officials with tools and resources for reducing risk when re-occupying buildings during the pandemic. #Lights-On: Recovery and Reboot in Live Entertainment brings together leaders and experts to begin the important work of supporting the live entertainment sector in its recovery by building issue-specific strategies and practices. Thank you to our partners We are grateful to all of our partners for supporting us in building a stronger urban Canada. Donors and Program Funders Bring Back Main Street is supported by Business Improvement areas and Economic Development organizations across Canada, Vancity and Vancity Community Investment Bank Partners Black Business and Professionals Association, Bloor-Yorkville BIA, Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council, Canadian Business Resilience Network, Canadian Chamber of Commerce, Canadian Federation of Independent Business, Canadian Institute of Planners, City of Calgary, City of Edmonton, City of Toronto, Downtown Halifax, Downtown Yonge BIA, Financial District BIA, National Preservation Council, National Trust for Canada, Ontario Business Improvement Area Association, Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Regina Downtown BID, Retail Council of Canada, Royal Architecture Institute of Canada, Rues principales, Save Canadian Small Business, St. Lawrence BIA, Tamarack Institute, The Waterfront BIA, Toronto Entertainment District BIA, Trinity Centres Foundation Main Street Design Challenge Partners Canadian Institute of Planners, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Council for Canadian Urbanism, ICOMOS Canada, National Trust for Canada, OCAD University, Rue principales, STEPS Initiative, Trinity Centres Foundation Research Team 360 Collective, Happy City, Simon Fraser University, Fathom Studio, JC Williams Group About CUI CUI is Canada's Urban Institute. 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