Revitalizing Main Street
A practitioner’s guide to comprehensive commercial district revitalization
A practitioner’s guide to comprehensive commercial district revitalization
About the National Main Street Center Established in 1980, the National Main Street Center helps communities of all sizes revitalize their traditional and historic commercial districts. The Main Street Center leads the preservation-based community revitalization movement and has proven that historic preservation and community-driven economic development effects lasting change. For more information about the Main Street program and its widespread successes over the years, visit www.MainStreet.org. The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a nonprofit membership organization bringing people together to protect, enhance and enjoy the places that matter to them. By saving the places where great moments from history—and the important moments of everyday life—took place, the National Trust for Historic Preservation helps revitalize neighborhoods and communities, spark economic development and promote environmental sustainability. With headquarters in Washington, D.C., nine regional and field offices, 29 historic sites, and partner organizations in all 50 states, the National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education, advocacy and resources to a national network of people, organizations and local communities committed to saving places, connecting us to our history and collectively shaping the future of America’s stories. For more information visit www.PreservationNation.org.