Why Revitalize Downtown
Since the program began in 1995, Connecticut
Main Street Communities have generated
over $452 million in public and private reinvestment in their downtowns. A
Main Street program provides significant
benefits to its community:
- Enhances community pride and quality of life
- Preserves and creates jobs
- Enhances sustainable development
- Increases collaboration between public and private sectors in order to attain common goals
- Bolsters property values throughout the community
- Grows existing businesses, attracts new businesses, and reinforces other economic development activities
- Protects and utilizes the historic assets in downtown
- Increases the tax base by developing vacant and underutilized buildings