Property investment in Main Street districts generates millions in taxes for state and local governments.
Main Street Alabama is a non-profit organization which stresses public-private partnerships, community engagement, and strategies that create jobs, spark investment, attract visitors, and spur growth.
Main Street builds on the authentic history, culture, and attributes of specific places, to bring sustainable change.
Main Street is a unique preservation based economic development program.
The Main Street Approach is an important economic development tool for historic preservation in Alabama.
Main Street is a proven strategy for revitalization.
There are 32 Network Main Street Alabama communities in the state.
Alabama has 34 Designated Main Street Alabama communities.
From 2014-2023, over $1 billion in public and private money was invested in Alabama's Main Street districts.
From 2014-2023, Main Street Alabama communities reported a cumulative total of 4,530 net new jobs.
Main Streets are prominent employment centers.
Main Street Alabama was launched in 2013.
Main Streets help keep profits in town.
Our Main Streets tell us who we are and how the past has shaped us.
Our Main Streets are places of shared memory where people still come together to live, work and play.
Main Street is a powerful network of linked communities.
For every dollar Alabama puts into the Main Street program, $13.36 is paid back to state coffers in sales taxes.
