The Network

Join other Network communities as they begin their revitalization efforts.

Network Members

Arab, Attalla, Boaz, Camden, Fairhope, Five Points South-Birmingham, Geneva, Guin, Haleyville, Hartselle, Headland, Irondale, Jacksonville, Lanett, Lineville, Livingston, Luverne, Madison, Ozark, Phenix City, Piedmont, Prattville, Roanoke, Selma, Sylacauga, Tarrant, Thomasville, Thorsby, Tuskegee, York

Network - $600 Annual Fee

If your community is just starting a downtown revitalization program, our Network is the perfect first step. The Network is for communities who care about their historic downtown or neighborhood commercial district and want to access information that will help them make a difference. Communities at this level may be organized around a specific project or activity.

Requirements

Provide a consistent point of contact for communication with Main Street Alabama.
Send a community representative to a minimum of two Main Street Alabama training opportunities annually. Each year, we host two webinars, two face to face full day workshops, and LAB, our annual state conference.
Commit time to learn about the Main Street Approach®.
Submit a brief annual report, outlining activities undertaken and volunteer hours dedicated to those activities.

Benefits

Notification of all statewide Main Street Alabama webinars, workshops, and conferences.
Discount on webinars, workshops, and LAB.
Introduction to the Main Street Approach® Community Presentation as requested.
Technical assistance provided by Main Street Alabama staff.
Access to Main Street Alabama resource library.

Main Street Alabama will accept applications during the months of January and August.

To receive a Network application, complete the fields below:

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Quick Facts

For every dollar Alabama puts into the Main Street program, $13.36 is paid back to state coffers in sales taxes.

Main Streets are prominent employment centers

Our Main Streets are places of shared memory where people still come together to live, work and play.

Main Street is a unique preservation based economic development program.

From 2014-2023, Main Street Alabama communities reported a cumulative total of 4,530 net new jobs.

Main Street Alabama was launched in 2013.

Property investment in Main Street districts, from 2014-2023, generated $35 million in taxes for Alabama's state and local governments.

Main Street is a proven strategy for revitalization.

From 2014-2023, over $1 billion in public and private money was invested in Alabama's Main Street districts.

Main Street is a powerful network of linked communities.

Our Main Streets tell us who we are, who we were and how the past has shaped us.

Main Streets help keep profits in town

The Main Street Approach is an important economic development tool for historic preservation in Alabama.