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

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

Main Streets are prominent employment centers

Main Street is a proven strategy for revitalization.

Main Street is a unique preservation based economic development program.

Main Street is a powerful network of linked communities.

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

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

Main Streets help keep profits in town

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.

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

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