Every Monday by 7 a.m. you get one email about what's changing around your business, and what to do about it. New competitors, road work, offices and hotels opening nearby, and the holidays that matter to your neighbours.
A new brief every Monday until you cancel. No contract, no commitment.
We read the city's public records the way a planner would, keep only what's close enough to matter to you, and write it in plain English.
A competitor opening down the street comes before a festival across town. If something can wait, it's at the bottom.
Every item ends with a concrete step: who to call, what to post, when to stock up.
Each item links to the map and to the city record it came from, so you can check it yourself.
22% of the 14,000 people living within 1 km of Markham Rd and Sheppard Ave in Scarborough identify as Muslim.
Ramadan starts around February 7, and the days before Eid are a rush for barbers and salons. A salon on that corner hears about it four weeks ahead, with how to get ready. Your neighbourhood gets its own holidays, with its own numbers.
From Statistics Canada's 2021 Census, counted block by block around each address, including the languages your neighbours speak at home. More than 35 religious and cultural dates a year, each with tips for restaurants, shops, salons and services.
Your address, what you do, and where most of your customers come from. That's it.
Every week we go through permits, construction plans, applications, licences, events, weather and holidays around your door.
Every Monday morning before you open, week after week until you cancel. Two minutes to read, with one clear step for each item.
If not much happened close by, we widen the search for that week and mark anything outside your usual area.
You only see an item again if something about it is new, and it's marked "updated".
Permit values, dates and census shares come straight from public records, and every item links to where it came from.
Different area size, new location, something we missed? Reply to any brief and we'll fix it.
Every Monday until you cancel. No contract.
Full coverage in Mississauga today. Toronto, Brampton and the rest of the GTA are next. Outside Mississauga? Email hello@blockbrief.net and we'll tell you when your area is ready.
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Your first brief arrives within 15 minutes, then every Monday by 7 a.m. Cancel anytime with the link at the bottom of every brief.