Empowering Small Businesses & Vibrant Neighbourhoods

Join us tomorrow for a conversation highlighting the impact and successes of the My Main Street program—and the transformative power of place-based investment. This session will feature recipients from each of the program’s key funding streams—Business Sustainability and Community Activator—to share how strategic investment in main streets can fuel local economic growth and enhance quality of life.

Delivered by the Canadian Urban Institute and supported by the Government of Canada through the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), My Main Street champions vibrant, inclusive, and community-focused neighbourhoods. Through direct-to-business funding and placemaking initiatives, the program has empowered communities across southern Ontario to reimagine their main streets as hubs of economic resilience and cultural vitality.