November 5: News from Main Street

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November 5, 2020 / canurb.org Revisit Action Week! From October 13–16, we hosted Main Street Action Week, a series of technical briefings focused on the research and ideas highlighted in the BBMS Solution Briefs and Action Report, In It Together: Bringing Back Canada's Main Streets. The week's events brought together main street leaders, stakeholders, and our partners: JC Williams Group, authors of Supporting Main Street Recovery Through Small-Business-Friendly Policy 360 Collective, authors of Operational Trends and Potential Actions for Main Street Retail Recovery Happy City, authors of Rapid Placemaking to Bring Back Main Street Fathom Studio, authors of Planning and Urban Design to Bring Back Main Street All recordings, transcripts, and takeaways for these events are now available! Revisit the Main Street Action Week events New Data Tool: Fall 2020 Business Impacts Survey This open-source survey tool can be used by main street advocates to measure the impact of COVID on local businesses and the neighbourhood as a whole. It was developed to gather data on the issues and concerns of businesses as they head into winter. View all our Data Tools Tell us what you think! Bring Back Main Street has been working with partners and stakeholders across Canada to find the best solutions to ensure our main streets recover from COVID-19 and emerge from the crisis more resilient than ever. Please fill out this short survey to give feedback on our efforts and help shape the future of this initiative! Share your feedback Read Our Latest Memos Memo #15: Buy Local With Confidence By Laura Burnham, Sebastian Contin, Lucia (Ming-Hsuan) Huang, Iana Lanceta, Lillian Phillip, Simran Sandhu, & Frank Venditti   Memo #16:  Embracing Winter like Never Before By Fiona Gillis, Candidate, MSc in Urban and Regional Planning, University of Alberta Memo #17:  Using Pop-ups to Activate Main Street By Pauline Larsen, Downtown Yonge BIA Five Bright Ideas Signs of innovation, creativity, and resilience on our main streets: The Centre for an Urban Future has released a new report on how policymakers can help sustain restaurants and other small businesses throughout the winter. The City of Chicago has named the top 3 ideas submitted to the Winter Dining Challenge, and released 60 other innovative designs! Bradford Civic Council in the United Kingdom compiled a report of short-term changes to the city centre in response to COVID-19. Saskatoon City Council voted to support a new pilot project where Indigenous street teams will work with homeless people in the downtown area. Bench Consulting has released the Winter Places design guide, a free resource with intervention ideas for the colder months on main streets and residential streets. Find more bright ideas like these at CityShareCanada.ca. 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 Beach Village BIA, BC LOCO, 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, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, CGLCC: Canada’s LGBT+ Chamber of Commerce, City of Calgary, City of Edmonton, City of Toronto, City of Vancouver, Council for Canadian Urbanism, Develop Nova Scotia, Downtown Halifax Business Commission, Downtown Hamilton BIA, Downtown London BIA, Downtown Victoria Business Association, Downtown Winnipeg BIZ, Downtown Yonge BIA, Fight Unemployment, Financial District BIA, Glebe BIA, ICOMOS Canada, Kamloops North Shore BIA, National Trust for Canada, Newtown BIA, OCAD University, 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, STEPS Initiative, Strathcona BIA, Tamarack Institute, Trinity Centres Foundation, The Waterfront BIA, Toronto Entertainment District BIA, Vancouver Economic Commission, Vancouver Island Regional Library, Wellington West BIA, West End BIZ, Wexford Heights BIA 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, Environics Analytics About CUI CUI is Canada's Urban Institute. 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