How to Measure Your Downtown’s Impact
In this webinar, you will learn how to measure and increase your downtown’s Return on Emotion ROE©, providing you with a new tool to increase the importance of people and community in your work.
Join us for three days of learning, connecting, and celebrating at Main Street Now 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 7 – 9.
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We work in collaboration with thousands of local partners and grassroots leaders across the nation who share our commitment to advancing shared prosperity, creating resilient economies, and improving quality of life.
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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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Looking for strategies and tools to support you in your work? Delve into the Main Street Resource Center and explore a wide range of resources including our extensive Knowledge Hub, professional development opportunities, field service offerings, advocacy support, and more!
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Your one-stop-shop for all the latest stories, news, events, and opportunities – including grants and funding programs – across Main Street.
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Join us in our work to advance shared prosperity, create strong economies, and improve quality of life in downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts.
In this webinar, you will learn how to measure and increase your downtown’s Return on Emotion ROE©, providing you with a new tool to increase the importance of people and community in your work.
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.
Nature-Based Placemaking uses a community's outdoor recreational assets as a foundation for community transformation.
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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.
T-Mobile Hometown Grants offers $50,000 placemaking grants to small towns with 50,000 people or less.
Supporting cross-sector leaders in accelerating wealth-building pathways for business owners of color.
This planning tool will help you successfully implement your transformation strategy.
As part of the U.S. Department of Transportation Thriving Communities Program, we're helping communities access funding opportunities.
Providing resources and education to communities to help them prepare for disaster and build resilience.
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.