Helping downtown Laredo, one store at a time…
Laredo Main Street works to build community support for, and interest in Laredo’s traditional downtown commercial area and surrounding historic neighborhoods through a four-part program emphasizing promotion, organization of people and resources, economic restructuring of the downtown area and design of the downtown area to complement the prevailing architectural style and character of the area.
Incorporated on March 16, 2009 Laredo Main Street is a charitable and educational organization whose purpose is to protect and enhance the quality of life for the families who live and work in Laredo’s historically and culturally significant downtown commercial area, which contains large portions of several designated historic properties, bordered by local historic districts and a historic neighborhood with 144 properties registered on the National Register of Historic Places with the US Dept of Interior.
Your contributions are tax deductible.
for a Laredo Main Street Committee
Laredo Main Street is part of a statewide program and national network
Today, there are 89 official Texas Main Street programs representing more than 2.6 million in population. The programs are in cities and commercial neighborhood districts of all population sizes, ranging from less than 1,000 to more than 200,000, and in all areas of Texas. Over time, Texas Main Street communities have realized more than $1.7 billion in economic reinvestment, the creation of 23,000 local jobs and the expansion or creation of more than 5,500 businesses in their Main Street districts. These reinvestments show that significant economic development impact can be realized through historic preservation. Texas Main Street programs also work toward sustainable revitalization efforts; the average length of time that local programs have been officially recognized is twelve years.