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Board Members Handbook

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Louisiana Main Street Downtown Design Guidelines

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Dealing With Vacant Properties

How Can Municipalities Confront the Vacant Property Challenge Dealing with Abandoned & Dilapidated Buildings: Strategies for Saving, Maintaining and Enhancing Our Downtown Architectural Assets Vacant Properties - The…

Making Historic Tax Credit Projects Work in Small Towns

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A Comprehensive Guide to Community Transformation

The Main Street Approach: A Comprehensive Guide toCommunity Transformation Main Street America™ has been helping to revitalize older and historic commercial districts since the late 1970s. Today, it is a movement consisting of more than 1,600…

Local Website Resources

The Secretary of the Interior's Standards for the Treatment of Historic Properties Louisiana Division of Historic Preservation Tax Incentives The Historic Tax Credit: Building the Future in Louisiana Uniquely…

Economic Development Handbook

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A Shared Table

A Study of the Impacts of Louisiana Main Street Main Street is economic development in the context of historic preservation. It celebrates community character and generates impressive economic returns. For example, every dollar invested in the…

Developing a Main Street Work Plan

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Great American Main Street Award Winners

This prestigious award is the nation’s top award recognizing communities for their excellence in comprehensive preservation-based commercial district revitalization. Read More