I understand you can submit a request for local street closure (ie your immediate neighbourhood) but honestly not sure if people are familiar with this. Promoting that would be a great way to “open” up streets in a hyper local manner without too many city resources.

I've done it for our school's spring fair. The process is pretty easy, except for new events, you need to collect signatures from all affected property owners. Repeated events dont require signatures.

Oh neat, thanks for sharing this! I’ve been wanting to do this for my street and will consider next year. Does make me wonder how often it is done. Maybe more than I imagine!

I think quite a bit. Last year, the person i picked up the barricades from told me they have to set the tight turnaround for pickup/ return because they're cycling through their inventory constantly. Best of luck if you decide to give it a go.

*quietly* Most of Halifax doesn't have a main street; less so the further out you get.

Fair. Some communities may have to get a little more creative than others.