Main Streets across America are up for this key award: Did your town make the cut?
Small-town Main Streets around the country are competing to win the title of Great American Main Street. The award, first given out in 1995, has recognized over 100 Main Streets in America since the program's start. The Great American Main Street Award recognizes outstanding Main Street communities that can serve as a model across the country for preservation-based district revitalization. Main Street America, a nonprofit, has announced the top eight semifinalists for the 2023 award including Danville, Virginia, Denison, Texas, Florence, South Carolina and Metuchen, New Jersey. The winners will be announced on March 27, 2023, during the Opening Plenary of the 2023 Main Street Now conference in Boston.