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New Mexico MainStreet

Governor Bill Richardson at New Mexico MainStreet's 2006 Winter Quarterly meeting.






Fun for all ages at a promotional event organized by Carlsbad MainStreet, Inc.

Celebrating 25 years
of New Mexico MainStreet!

New Mexico MainStreet is celebrating 25 years of helping communities revitalize their traditional "Main Street" areas. That's 25 years of historical preservation, nurturing artistic development, growing businesses and forging a shared communal identity. Throughout 2009-2010, MainStreet will be planning many exciting events to honor the past and celebrate the present. Please check back regularly to find the latest information on contests, meetings and community activities.

As part of its 25th Anniversary celebration and promotions, New Mexico MainStreet is publishing a calendar of events featuring events held from May – December 2010 in designated MainStreet communities.

LT. Governor Diane Denish has lent her support to the Celebration through this letter, and New Mexico MainStreet Director Rich Williams declares 2010 as the Year of MainStreet in this announcement.

See what else we’re doing to celebrate here!

Welcome to MainStreet!

Welcome to New Mexico's MainStreet. You will discover on this website the unique structure our state has evolved in revitalizing our downtowns. There are three statewide organizations which collaborate together in making New Mexico's Main Streets strong. Our Main Streets are as diverse as our local organizations spanning design from plazas and court house squares to the commercial corridors of historic Route 66 and traditional downtowns.

On this site you will find information on how each organization functions and the role it plays in creating a healthy network of MainStreet communities in New Mexico. Read the joint New Mexico MainStreet Partnership Vision Statement (PDF).

Our core organization is the New Mexico MainStreet Program housed in the state's Economic Development Department. If you wish to discover more about the Program please visit the state Economic Development Department web site at www.goNM.biz.

The New Mexico Coalition of MainStreet Communities, a 501-c-6 organization, provides advocacy on behalf of the local organization affiliates.

The Friends of New Mexico MainStreet, a 501-c-3 organization, provide resources to our local organizations which the state Program, by law, can not provide.

In addition, this web site contains the state's first web-based community economic development (CED) toolbox for New Mexico. It is loaded with resources, technical services, organizational support and financial assistance for your nonprofit organization.

To identify tourism opportunities in our New Mexico MainStreet communities, visit Off the Road on New Mexico's MainStreets, a joint effort of the Tourism Department and the Economic Development Department.

Site Maintained By

Friends of New Mexico MainStreet
505.748.4410
info@nmmainstreet.org.