In 2024, City Blocks partnered with the City of Lethbridge to launch a flexible, city-supported parklet program. Something unheard of in prairie town urbanism. Instead of leaving it up to each business to design and fund their own patio, the city stepped up as a partner.

They provided super blocks our modular, beautifully designed parklet system that restaurants can rent, making it easier and more affordable for small businesses to expand into the street and serve additional guests in summer months. This wasn’t only about adding tables and chairs. It was about building a new kind of civic infrastructure, one where a street becomes a destination, a place to linger, to sip a latte, to meet a friend and hang out.

With Super Blocks, businesses gained the space to grow, and the public gained a more vibrant, people-friendly street.
It’s proof that big urban wins often start with small, smart moves. When you design streets for people, cities come alive and places thrive.