MAIN STREET MCMINNVILLE RECEIVES 2023 MAIN STREET AMERICA ACCREDITATION
McMinnville, TN (5/9/23) – Main Street McMinnville has been designated as an Accredited Main Street America™ program for meeting rigorous performance standards. Each year, Main Street America and its partners announce the list of Accredited programs to recognize their exceptional commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization through the Main Street Approach™.
“We are very proud to acknowledge this year’s 862 Accredited Main Street America programs, and their steadfast dedication to nurture economically and culturally vibrant downtown districts,” said Hannah White, Interim President & CEO of Main Street America. “The increase in the size and impact of our network speaks volumes to the power of the Main Street movement to respond to the needs of local communities and drive innovative solutions.”
Collectively, 2 million people live or work within the boundaries of designated Main Street America districts. An estimated workforce of 1.1 million people contribute their skills and expertise to advancing the missions of these historic downtowns and commercial corridors.
Main Street McMinnville’s performance is annually evaluated by The Tennessee Main Street, which works in partnership with Main Street America to identify the local programs that meet rigorous national performance standards. To quality for Accreditation status, communities must meet a set of rigorous standards that include commitments to building grassroots revitalization programs, fostering strong public-private partnerships, nurturing economic opportunity for small businesses and entrepreneurs, and actively preserving historic places, spaces, and cultural assets.
Main Street McMinnville welcomed seven new business downtown and held many special events throughout the year to encourage economic growth and to bring community members together to celebrate downtown. Events like Main Street LIVE! bring over 10,000 downtown in June and July. Other promotions held were the Back to School Bash, Pioneer Pep Rally, Second Saturday, Taste of Downtown and Small Business Saturday. Main Street McMinnville continues to work alongside business and property owners to help utilize grant funding and fundraising efforts for revitalization of downtown McMinnville.
“Our organization has evolved over the years and continues to grow and strive to make our downtown an amazing place to be!”, said Jennifer Flatt Meredith, the Executive Director. “Being named a National Accredited program continues to validate the hard work and time so many have volunteered to our organization over the years and continued impact it has on our community.”
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ABOUT Main Street McMinnville
Main Street McMinnville is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the mission to establish a partnership between the public and private sectors dedicated to the continued revitalization of downtown McMinnville, with emphasis on community livability, economic restructuring, and historic preservation. Main Street McMinnville is a 2023 Accredited Main Street America™ program. For more information on Main Street McMinnville visit www.mainstreetmcminnville.org and follow the organization social media for more information.
ABOUT MAIN STREET AMERICA
Main Street America leads a movement committed to strengthening communities through preservation-based economic development in older and historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. For more than 40 years, Main Street America has provided a practical, adaptable, and impactful framework for community-driven, comprehensive revitalization through the Main Street Approach™. Our network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program have generated more than $101.58 billion in new public and private investment, generated 168,693 net new businesses and 746,897 net new jobs, rehabilitated more than 325,119 buildings, and levered over 33.7 million volunteer hours. Main Street America is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit mainstreet.org.
