Reports

Emerging from the data that underpins the mapping tool, CUI and select partners developed a project executive summary, four research reports, and three regional reports to reveal key findings and messages, enable sensemaking, and point toward real-life applications and interventions.

Learn about the Measuring Main Street project and platform.

Research found that the state of a community’s main streets has direct and tangible impacts on social outcomes –– namely resiliency, equity, and community. In each of these thematic briefs, discover three key findings, and nine messages to city builders.

This research brief outlines key opportunities for local governments to better integrate data and technology initiatives into the planning of infrastructure investments to address main street challenges. It also highlights examples from local governments who are already strategically integrating data and technology into their city-building work and offers guidance for local government staff seeking to do the same in their communities.

Three regional reports provide a higher-level analysis of Toronto, Montreal and Edmonton main streets based on the sixty case studies. The insights and context provided aim to add depth to the data while tackling implications for the three guiding themes of resiliency, equity, and community.