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Design community steps up to bring COVID-19 solutions A new Canada-wide challenge was launched earlier this year to generate responsible, sustainable, and resil- ient design solutions that can be implemented during COVID-19 recovery, and post-pandemic, for Canada's hard-hit main streets. The Main Street Design Challenge – developed by the Canadian Urban Institute (CUI) and the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) – invites all Canadian residents inter- ested in place-making and design to develop solutions that can help build the resiliency of Canada's main streets. The reality is that COVID-19 is having an unprecedented impact on the people, busi- nesses, and organizations that call Canada's main streets home. Many small businesses, for example, have already been lost, and more will continue to close permanently in the coming days, weeks, and months. The Challenge demonstrates how design will play a key role in the revitalization of main streets, including kickstarting the economy, fostering vibrant, livable, and healthy commu- nities, increasing public safety, reducing social isolation, and restoring the public's confidence to return to streets and public spaces. The Challenge also fosters knowledge- sharing, collaboration, and expands access to the tools communities need to rebuild during – and after – the global health emergency. "COVID-19 is having an unprecedented impact on Canada's main streets. And as we look towards recovery, we know that the design community will play a critical role in developing creative solutions to help bring back our main streets," says Mary Rowe, CEO of CUI. "The main street of any city, town, or urban centre, across Canada has the potential to be the vibrant and vital heart of the community," says RAIC president John Brown FRAIC. "Our organization supports the investment and promotion of design excellence in this core component of the built environment." An online portal has been open for submissions and all submissions that meet the project guidelines have been published online on a roll- ing basis in a free, open-access Main Street Design Playbook to inspire action by any organization, municipality, or individual. The Playbook was released in full on October 5, 2020 (World Architecture Day). The Main Street Design Challenge is an initiative of Bring Back Main Street, a nationally co-ordinated research and action campaign by the CUI to ensure the people, businesses, and organizations that that call Canada's Main Streets home can recover and emerge from the crisis more resilient than ever. A About CUI As Canada's Urban Institute, CUI is the national platform that houses the best in Canadian city-building – where policymakers, urban professionals, civic and business leaders, community activists, and academics can learn, share, and collaborate with one another from coast to coast to coast. CUI is leading the Bring Back Main Street campaign with the support of partners from across the country. Supporting Partners for the Main Street Design Challenge CUI and RAIC gratefully acknowledge the following Supporting Partners: Canadian Institute of Planners, Canadian Society of Landscape Architects, Council for Canadian Urbanism, ICOMOS Canada, National Trust for Canada, OCAD University, Rues principales STEPS Initiative, Trinity Centres Foundation. P H OTO G R A P H Y CO U RT E SY C A N A D I A N U R BA N I N S T I T U T E