Our Mission is to create a vital, inviting downtown that promotes quality business, cultural and community growth.
Main Street is a strategy for the renewal of our communities and downtowns, based on the experience of thousands of towns that have rejuvenated their central shopping districts. The Main Street approach is incremental. It does not produce instant change. Instant change, such as a pedestrian mall or a town “theme,” provides excitement and a sense of something happening, but usually fails. The underlying causes of decline in the downtown have not been treated. The Main Street approach is effective because it addresses those underlying causes while rebuilding a positive, coordinated image of the downtown. Effective Main Street programs focus on four areas simultaneously:
For a copy of our current work plan, please click here.
