The Network

Join other Network communities as they begin their revitalization efforts.

Network Members

Arab, Attalla, Boaz, Brewton, Eclectic, Fairhope, Five Points South-Birmingham, Geneva, Guin, Haleyville, Headland, Irondale, Jacksonville, Lanett, Lineville, Livingston, Luverne, Ozark, Phenix City, Piedmont, Prattville, Roanoke, Sylacauga, Tallasee, Tuskegee, York

What is the Network?

The Network is an introductory level for communities who care about their historic downtown or neighborhood commercial district and are interested in learning more about the Main Street Approach®. Communities at this level will receive assistance from Main Street Alabama on organizing a public/private partnership to share their desire for an improved district and begin needed conversations. Interested communities may apply in February or August by completing a brief application form linked below.

NOTE: Network Communities are not Designated Main Street organizations and are not eligible to use the Main Street brand, Main Street America has trademarked the Main Street brand, and a community MUST be designated by the State Main Street program to use the brand.

What is Required?

City/Organization will provide a consistent point of contact for communication with Main Street Alabama.
City/Organization will send a community representative to at least 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.
City/Organization will commit time to learn about the Main Street Approach®.
As requested, the City/Organization will submit a brief annual report outlining activities undertaken and volunteer hours dedicated to those activities.

What are the Benefits?

Notification of all statewide Main Street Alabama webinars, workshops, and conferences.
Main Street Alabama will provide a Network Discount on webinars, workshops, and LAB.
Main Street Alabama will provide an annual onsite presentation to introduce the Main Street Approach® as requested.
The City/Organization will have access to Main Street Alabama staff as a resource.
If the City/Organization chooses to pursue Designation – Main Street Alabama will answer questions regarding the application.

Apply to be a Network Community

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Quick Facts

Main Street is a proven strategy for revitalization.

Main Streets help keep profits in town

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

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 Street Alabama was launched in 2013.

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

Main Street is a unique preservation based economic development program.

Main Streets are prominent employment centers

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.

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

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