Action for Market Towns, the United Kingdom's equivalent of the Main Street program

Swaffham, UK. Eastern Daily Press photo. Note what Project for Public Spaces would call layering, of linking a variety of activities in one place, plus how the design of streets and sidewalks favors pedestrians.

Seems to have a lot to offer those of us in other parts of the world, judging by this article, "How our market towns are fighting back from the Eastern Daily Press of the Norfolk region in the UK.

The Action for Market Towns website is full of resources including:

-- on the campaign theme of Prosperous Places

-- the Sustainability Toolkit is a diagnostic test helping organizations make objective and holistic self-assessments and identify needed resources and training

But to get full benefits including full access to the website, like the U.S. Main Street program, you have to join.