Main Street presentation this Thursday at the Building Museum

Downtown Streetscape, New Ulm, Minnesota, by Del Leu.

The Main Street Program as a Smart Growth Tool
Thursday, 12:30 - 1:30 pm
National Building Museum

Since its beginning in 1980, the National Trust for Historic Preservation's Main Street Program has built an impressive record of success in working with small towns and urban neighborhoods to revive commercial districts.These projects have not only boosted local economies, but have also strengthened community institutions and restored vibrant local character to communities across the country.

Doug Loescher, director of the Main Street Program, will show how it can be an important tool for implementing smart growth.

Free. Registration not required.

This series of lunchtime lectures is presented in conjunction with the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency Smart Growth unit and the SmartGrowth Network.
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Doug gives a good presentation.

To connect the broad Main Street issue to DC, here's something I wrote in July or August, as part of a broad piece about the local preservation agenda.

And speaking of funding and support, commit to funding the DC Main Streets program, which is the only substantive "historic preservation" program at the grassroots that is supported by the city. But get rid of the programs and/or board members not committed to historic preservation and community participation and direction. Extend the training capacity of the program.

See:
-- Yesterday's testimony on the DC Main Streets program;
-- Getting results: making sure implementation is at the heart of revitalization planning;
-- H Street Main Street: My Opinion;
-- I hope New Orleans('s urban Main Street program) can learn from DC.

And to build support for the Main Street program generally, and for your program specifically:
-- Main Street and getting schooled in politics, constituency building, and building support for your program


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