Community Spotlight: Downtown Florence and Francis Marion University
Learn how Downtown Florence has partnered with local Francis Marion University to provide opportunities for both students and local small businesses.
Main Spotlight: Sign Regulation
Ed McMahon shares recommendations and insights on how Main Streets can use sign design to improve sense of place on Main Streets.
Announcing the 2022 Great American Main Street Award Winners
Meet the winners of this award recognizing Main Street excellence.
Main Spotlight: A New Report on the State of Housing
Insights from Main Street leaders and Main Street-oriented housing developers who recently participated in a virtual convening on this topic.
Seeing the Glass as Half Full: Exploring the Reuse Opportunity for Houses of Worship on Main Street
Main Street organizations and other public-private partnerships can provide the focal point needed to fulfill the large number of roles required to reuse or redevelop a house of worship in a way that benefits the community.
Community Spotlight: Skowhegan Center for Entrepreneurship
Main Street Skowhegan opened their new Skowhegan Center for Entrepreneurship, a downtown space for co-working, meeting, entrepreneurial support, trainings, and education.
Skowhegan, ME © Kristina Cannon
Main Spotlight: People-Centered Funding for Main Streets in the New Economy
An exploration of microfinance as a tool that helps communities and small businesses thrive, while allowing money to be reinvested in local businesses and neighborhoods where it is needed most.
Volunteer Spotlight: Buffy Hughes
Meet Buffy Hughes, Oklahoma Main Street Coordinator and a volunteer for Yukon 66 Main Street.
Yukon, OK © Yukon 66 Main Street
Main Spotlight: The Revitalizing Small and Local Businesses Act
Main Street America is proud to support the Revitalizing Small and Local Businesses Act
Community Spotlight: Welcoming Parramore to Orlando Main Streets!
Meet Parramore, a historically African-American community in Orlando, Florida.
Orlando, FL © Tyla Harrington