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Main Street Program
Main Street is the heart of your community!
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Main Street Program

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The Colorado Main Street Program offers support for community-led downtown revitalization. We help communities thrive by providing a customizable framework to focus efforts, energy, and resources.

Colorado Main Street is a Main Street America™ Coordinating Program. As a Main Street America™ Coordinating Program, Colorado Main Street helps to lead a powerful, grassroots network of over 40 Coordinating Programs and over 1,200 neighborhoods and communities across the country committed to creating high-quality places and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development.

The Main Street Approach

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Getting everyone working toward the same goal through community engagement.

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Marketing a positive image of downtown and encouraging consumers and investors to live, work, shop, play, and invest in the Main Street district.

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Putting Main Street into top physical shape, from rehabilitating historic buildings to attractive window displays and landscaping.

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Strengthening existing economic assets while expanding and diversifying its economic base to create jobs, and respond to consumer needs.

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Learn

The Main Street Approach is customizable, accessible, and holistic.

Learn ways to strengthen your downtown!

 

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View of a Downtown Main Street

Explore

While each Colorado Main Street is unique in size, history, and culture, they all have enthusiastic stakeholders with a strong desire for revitalization.

Explore Colorado Main Streets

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Join

The Colorado Main Street Program helps communities build local capacity toward downtown revitalization. Each local program sets a vision for its community and consistently works toward achieving that vision.

Become an Official Main Street

View of a Downtown Main Street

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Contact Information

Gayle Langley, Program Coordinator
720.498.0563
gayle.langley@state.co.us

Larry Lucas, Main Street Architect
720.402.9303
larry.lucas@state.co.us

Traci Stoffel, Main Street Specialist
720.467.4327
traci.stoffel@state.co.us

Advisory Board

Lenore Bates
Colorado Byways Program Manager, Colorado Department of Transportation

DiAnn Butler
Economic Development Director, Grand County and Board Member, Downtown Colorado Inc.

Christy Costello
Creative District Program Manager, Colorado Creative Industries, A Division of the Office of Economic Development and International Trade

Patrick Eidman
Chief Preservation Officer & Deputy State Historic Preservation Officer, History Colorado

Stephanie Kobald
Executive Director, Meeker Chamber of Commerce

Jennifer Kovarik
University of Colorado Denver, University Technical Assistance Program

Meghan MacKillop
Legislative &, Policy Advocate, Colorado Municipal League

Alan Matlosz
Managing Director, Public Finance, Stifel

Laia Mitchell
Program Officer, Community Development, Gates Family Foundation

Jennifer Orrigo Charles
Executive Director, Colorado Preservation Inc.