with help from Main Street program
Living, dining and shopping downtown is cool again as Alabama communities spruce up once-neglected areas through the Main Street Alabama program.
Main Street member communities in the state are revitalizing small-town downtowns, or even just specific neighborhoods in larger cities, to attract residents, visitors and economic investment.
Improvements aren’t simply beautification efforts – they provide benefits in real dollars. Demopolis saw eight new businesses and more than $4.8 million in private funds invested since joining the program. Between 2014 and 2023, public and private investment in state Main Street districts totaled more than $1 billion, program leaders say, with 6,000 new jobs…