Design Handbook: Section 1
Designing for the whole community, commercial district master planning, zoning basics, public improvements, managing traffic, and understanding parking.
Biddeford, ME © McKenney Photography
Design Handbook: Section 2
Building rehabilitation, taming teardowns, and historic preservation tools and incentives.
Design Handbook: Section 3
Environmental sustainability, economic vitality, and social well-being.
Austin, TX © Mykyta Kravčenko
Market Analysis for Community Transformation
Learn how to use data and market analysis processes to understand your community and advance revitalization and economic development efforts.
Catalyst Strategies
A list of transformation strategies to guide your Main Street revitalization efforts.
A Grassroots Network
The Main Street America Network is comprised of some of the most enthusiastic, passionate, committed people you'll ever find. Learn more about this nationwide movement of community changemakers.
The Approach
A short video explaining how the Main Street Approach can transform historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial corridors.
Power of the Movement
Learn how the nationwide Main Street network harnesses the Main Street Approach to transform communities.
Economic Impact of Main Street
Learn how the Main Street Approach gives communities a competitive advantage, resulting in reinvestment, new businesses, new jobs, and building rehabilitations.
Community Engagement for Main Street Transformation
Learn how to launch or strengthen your community engagement efforts, including actionable tools to put to use in your own community.
Main Streets in Action
A short video showing the impact that the Main Street Approach has had to transform historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial corridors.
The Main Street Approach
A guide examining how to create or enhance a sustainable commercial district revitalization effort using the Main Street Approach.
