Economic vitality strengthens a community’s existing economic assets while expanding and diversifying its economic base to create jobs and to respond to today’s consumers’ needs, and to boost the profitability and sales tax revenue of the district. Main Street sharpens the competitiveness of existing business owners, fosters entrepreneurial start-ups and expansions, recruits compatible new businesses and new economic uses, and converts unused or underused commercial space into economically productive property.
Help for Businesses
- Webinar: Small Business Development Centers
- Colorado Small Business Development Center Network
- Colorado Outdoor Recreation Industry Office
- Rural Opportunity Office
- Office of Economic Development & International Trade Funding and Incentives
- Minority Business Office of Colorado
Creative Industries
Spotlight: Town of Ridgway - A Creative Main Street
Fostering Economic Growth on Main Street
Spotlight: City of Steamboat Springs - Growing Businesses with a Farmers Market
Spotlight: City of Trinidad - Prepare for a Bright Future
Tips: How to Build Your District and Areas Over Time
Downtown Development Authorities, Business Improvement Districts, Tax Increment Financing
Spotlight: Town of Windsor - Creating a Vision with Results
Real Estate
- Webinar: Upstairs Downtown
- Webinar: Think Like a Developer
- Main Street’s Role in Development