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Main Street Arkansas is a program of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage. The Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas is the private non-profit sponsor, and the Arkansas Department of Economic Development provides assistance through the Main Street Arkansas Advisory Board.

Click here to learn about the Rural Heritage Development Initiative and its work in the Arkansas Delta

The Main Street Arkansas program's association with the National Main Street Center, a resource facility set up by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, provides access to the very best consulting and training services available for downtown revitalization. The National Main Street Center provides a network much like the network that Main Street Arkansas provides for local Main Street programs - for more than 40 states and more than 1,000 communities participating in the Main Street Four Point Approach to the downtown revitalization.

Historic Downtown North Little Rock (Argenta)

The 1970's and 1980's were dark times for the traditional downtown commercial areas of many Arkansas communities. As malls and discount stores drew customers away, historic buildings were left vacant, and merchants were faced with the hard choice of relocating or going out of business. Main Street Arkansas is working to reverse that trend. Main Street Arkansas provides technical assistance, design services and small business consultations that help create economic development in the state's downtown areas. Aside from direct development assistance from the Main Street program, individuals are encouraged to get involved on a personal level and promote general awareness of the program's general principles and motivating philosophy.

Main Street Arkansas also offers membership in the Arkansas Downtown Network (ADN) to provide downtown revitalization assistance to communities that are not certified Main Street cities. Among the services ADN cities receive are access to Main Street Arkansas’s quarterly training meetings, organizational assistance, limited technical assistance from Main Street staff members, and access to the Main Street resource center. Click here to learn more about the Arkansas Downtown Network.

For more information, e-mail Main Street Arkansas, contact the local administrator of the Main Street program in your city, contact a member of the Main Street Arkansas staff with your specific information need, or write or call:

Visit the National Trust for Historic Preservation's National Main Street Center, click here: http://www.mainstreet.org

Visit the Destination Downtown website.