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Made up of small towns, mid-sized communities, and urban commercial districts, the thousands of organizations, individuals, volunteers, and local leaders that make up Main Street America™ represent the broad diversity that makes this country so unique.
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With American Express, we invite organizations to bring small businesses and shoppers together on Small Business Saturday® and all year long.
The GM On Main Street Grant Program awards grants for implementing innovative placemaking initiatives in local commercial districts.
Nature-Based Placemaking uses a community's outdoor recreational assets as a foundation for community transformation.
Watch this webinar to learn about the Building Opportunities on Main Street (BOOMS) Tracker's functionality, see a live demonstration of how quick and easy it is to enter data, and get a preview for what's next for this powerful tool made for local leaders.
The Hartford Small Business Accelerator Grant Program helps Main Street districts accelerate economic development in their local community.
This grant program offers state-wide professional development training in equitable entrepreneurial ecosystem building.
This planning tool will help you successfully implement your transformation strategy.
This program awarded grants to Main Streets located within the path of totality for the 2024 total solar eclipse.
This initiative aims to help Main Street communities uncover and leverage their unique science assets, history, and features.
Learn how to create a community asset map to guide your downtown and commercial district revitalization efforts.
Designed for local leaders, this user-friendly property inventory tool allows users to easily gather, store, and showcase information about buildings and lots in their districts. The Building Opportunities on Main Street Tracker (BOOMS) Tracker is available to all designated Main Street districts in our network.
T-Mobile Hometown Grants offers $50,000 placemaking grants to small towns with 50,000 people or less.