deCoding Downtown
This guide from Main Street Alabama identifies the ways that municipal regulations can be used to support downtown transformation efforts with an emphasis on zoning and building codes.
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When the film industry made the switch from traditional film reels to digital media, many small-town theaters struggled able to afford the switch and found themselves facing closure. New Mexico MainStreet stepped in to work with local programs to save small-town theaters throughout the state. Read about their first success story: the Luna Theater in Clayton, New Mexico.
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