McPherson Main Street

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All over the country, Main Streets are being rediscovered. McPherson Main Street is no exception.

McPherson is one of 22 Kansas cities, and 1200 communities nation-wide, benefiting from the National Main Street approach to downtown revitalization, providing technical assistance, training and a structured comprehensive development program that works to reinforce and rekindle the economic vitality and values that Main Street stands for.

McPherson Main Street, Inc. is a non-profit, volunteer-based, membership-driven organization dedicated to revitalizing downtown McPherson. McPherson Main Street was designated a Kansas Main Street Community on August 19, 1997, and is a member of the Kansas Main Street Program which is administered by the Kansas Department of Commerce and Housing in Topeka, KS. The National Main Street Center was created in 1978 by the National Trust for Historic Preservation with the goal of revitalizing the country's downtown while retaining the historic integrity of the buildings therein. The Main Street approach to revitalization is a comprehensive one that works through four points: Promotion, Design, Economic Restructuring and Organization.

"The traditional commercial district is an ideal location for independent businesses, which in turn:
  Keep profits in town.
  Supports local families with family-owned businesses.
  Supports local community projects.
  Provide an extremely stable economic foundation."
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