Kendall Whittier — Tulsa, Oklahoma © Kendall Whittier Main Street
Metuchen, New Jersey © Richard Alfonzo Photography
Join the Levitt Foundation for a live webinar to learn how your community can apply for up to $120K for a free outdoor concert series.
With T‑Mobile’s Hometown Grant program, up to 100 small towns with a population of 50,000 or less receive placemaking project funding of up to $50,000 each.
Mark your calendar for our annual conference — and the largest convening of Main Street professionals — in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
With over 1,600 community coalitions nationwide, there’s something for everyone on Main Street. Explore our inspiring member network.
Denison’s Arts and Jazz Fest features live jazz throughout downtown. Discover Denison, Denison Arts Council, local school jazz bands, and over a dozen local art vendors worked together to provide this unique experience. © Randy Sedlacek
2025 Great American Main Street Awards Winner
Furniture maker Robby Pederson and his custom furniture store, RVP~1875, is one of Jefferson’s top tourism entities, connecting the history of the community and region with modern experiences and functionality. © Matt Wetrich
2025 Great American Main Street Awards Winner
Visitors enjoy the newly renovated Cotton Avenue Plaza, where a Confederate monument stood before being relocated to Rose Hill Cemetery. © DSTO Moore
2024 Great American Main Street Awards Winner
Family-owned and operated businesses like Fountain Alley work daily to create the perfect experience for their customers. © Austin Sims
2024 Great American Main Street Awards Winner
Monroeville, Alabama © Pierce Drones
2024 Great American Main Street Awards Winner
Get the tools to plan for, prepare for, and recover from natural disasters in your community. Download the toolkit here.
Marion, IA © Uptown Marion
Learn how Thomasville, Georgia, activates its storefronts each spring with a rose-themed window decorating contest.
The Backing Small Businesses grant program, supported by American Express, is now accepting applications for a round of Disaster Recovery grants. Grant funds will support locally significant and economically vulnerable small businesses that have been impacted by the California Wildfires and other FEMA-declared disasters on or after January 1, 2024. Businesses can apply for one of 100 available $10,000 grants to support their recovery efforts.
The results of our Spring 2025 Small Business Profiles Survey show increasing economic anxieties among Main Street business owners across the country.
Eight communities have been selected to receive the 2025 Small Business Accelerator grants, in partnership with The Hartford.
The Historic Tax Credit Growth and Opportunity Act would open opportunities for Main Streets to access funding to rehabilitate historic buildings.
Data from the past year and updates on our building inventory tool, the Building Opportunities on Main Street Tracker
Join us in celebrating the 11 Main Street leaders who have most recently earned this prestigious credential and the Main Street movement's highest level of professional development achievement in grassroots revitalization efforts.
Meet the recipients of the 2025 GM on Main Street grants!
Join host Matt Wagner for his conversation on the current economic challenges facing small businesses and the strategies and innovative pivots that can help better navigate these turbulent headwinds.
Key takeaways from six sessions at the 2025 Main Street Now Conference.
Erin Barnes explores the ways that Main Street programs are built to last, and how we can recognize this durability in the places we love and the organizations we steward.
Main Street America is proud to recognize Sheri Stuart, Claudia Loya, and Josh Rogers as the recipients of the 2025 Mary Means Leadership Award.
- Hannah Davis, Main Street Program Director, Florence, S.C.
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