*This map and numbering of Main Streets does not indicate sequencing or prioritization.

Active Projects

The transformation of a Main Street happens in stages:

Plan - A plan to bring people and jobs, using land use redesignation

​Design - A plan for placemaking, using a streetscape master plan and design concepts

Build - Public realm transformation, through private and public construction activity

Live - Community activation and enjoyment, through community and private activities

The following projects are currently active. To find out more, please visit each project's page.

Planning

Design

Build





What are Calgary’s Main Streets?

What is a Main Street?

A Main Street is the cultural, social and economic focal point of a community. As the heart of the community, a Main Street is vibrant by design – they allow for a wider variety of uses (eg. Retail space and offices) and mixed housing options, to support the higher density of development necessary to support that variety of uses. Main Streets are places where people in a community can live and come together to enjoy a variety of activities.

Why do we need a Main Streets program?

To reach their full potential, Calgary’s Main Streets need both public and private investment. The Main Streets program is a continuum that goes from changes to land use that will support development opportunities to a streetscape master plan that is designed to support these changes and can be constructed in a coordinated fashion. The increase in development activity will bring more people and new jobs to the community, making the area more attractive to local businesses and residents.

What makes a vibrant Main Street?

A vibrant Main Street is resilient, adaptable and attractive. Main Streets capture the character of a community by being inviting, safe, attractive and memorable. They are diverse streets when it comes to commerce, residents and culture, featuring a mix of old and new and a land use framework that supports this diversity. This diversity is also supported by a multi-modal transportation network.

Due to budget limitation, some of the above Main Streets will be constructed in phases or short-term improvements that address the community’s highest needs may be implemented.

Which Main Streets are funded for design and construction?

Currently there are six Main Streets funded for design and five funded for construction. Depending on budget limitations some Main Streets are only funded for a portion of the design that will address the community’s highest needs.

37 Street S.W. (Bow Trail – Richmond Road)



17 Avenue S.W. (37 Street – Crowchild Trail)



33/34 Avenues S.W.



Bowness Road (Montgomery)



1 Avenue N.E.



Centre Street N.

Due to budget limitation, some of the above Main Streets will be constructed in phases or short-term improvements that address the community’s highest needs may be implemented.

Why is my Main Street not currently funded for design and construction?

The Main Streets program team has identified five Main Streets as current priorities. Once these Main Streets have been seen through to completion, we will work with Council to determine whether funding can be allocated to the next group of prioritized Main Streets.

Our Program Approach

The Main Streets Program is one of the ways that The City of Calgary is working to achieve our vision “to make our city a great place to make a living, and a great place to make a life.” Our program shares The City’s common purpose of “making life better every day” by implementing a comprehensive process to transform our Main Streets into places people want to live, work and play.

The transformation of individual Main Streets will occur through five steps: