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National Trust Main Street Center Brochure 08
1. lead
national trust main street center®
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revitalizing america’s traditional
business districts to build sustainable
partner
communities
empower
2. partner
why main street matters
We believe that a prosperous and
sustainable community is only as healthy
lead
as its core. BuilDing a movement
At the National Trust Main Street Center®, Through ongoing research on
we lead a coast-to-coast network of more emerging topics and in-depth
than 1,200 state, regional, and local pro- field engagement across the
grams, powerfully linked together through nation, the Center continuously
a preservation-based strategy for rebuild- synthesizes and disseminates
ing the places and enterprises that make best practices and new thinking
sustainable, vibrant, and unique that meet emerging needs in our
communities. Tapping the collec- communities. We are inspired by
tive wisdom of partners around the the grassroots successes of our
nation, we provide leading-edge network partners and strive to
thinking and analysis to com- support and share their innovative
munity leaders, while advocating solutions with comprehensive:
for change on state and national
policy levels.
main street four-point approach™
as a unique economic development tool, the main
street four-point approach™ is the foundation for
local initiatives to revitalize their districts by lever-
aging local assets—from cultural or architectural
heritage to local enterprises and community pride.
this comprehensive strategy fosters incremental im-
provements in four broad areas:
3. r
• professional training—to edu- National Main Street Network® development financing, and pro-
cate local leaders and practitio- membership services. viding timely information through
ners at our annual National Main our educational materials and
• technical assistance—to launch
Streets Conference, Main Street website: www.mainstreet.org.
new programs, engage volunteers,
Basic Training Institute, Certifica- build leadership, conduct market
tion Institute in Professional Main our commitment
analysis, and support local entre- to community
Street Management, as well as preneurship through our field staff at the national trust for his-
our year-round schedule of Main and partners.
toric preservation, main street®
is an integral component of
Street Innovation Lab webinars.
• national resources—to support the community revitalization
Department, which empow-
• network access—to best prac- local efforts by forging new part- ers individuals to use historic
tices and new research in the field, nerships, channeling real estate preservation-based development
published in our monthly journal strategies to revitalize neighbor-
hoods and commercial districts
Main Street News, as part of our
while protecting their unique
sense of place.
1
Economic Restructuring: re-
defines the district’s niche in
2
Design: targets infrastructure
and building improvements
3
Promotion: Focuses on au-
thentic community assets, with
4 Organization: builds a path-
way to leadership in local
the marketplace and sharpens that lay the groundwork high-quality image develop- efforts by launching commu-
the competitiveness of for a physical ment campaigns and events nity-based, volunteer-driven
existing businesses, transformation that will attract new shoppers, nonprofit entities that em-
while nurturing that will be visitors, and residents. power residents and investors
new enterprises both func- to collaborate for sustainable
that respond to tional and revitalization.
today’s con- attractive.
sumers’ needs.