Georgetown Main Street Program Recognized

The Georgetown Main Street Program was recently recognized with national accreditation by the National Main Street Center. The Georgetown Main Street Program is accredited by meeting performance benchmarks in planning, partnerships, staffing, volunteer effort, preservation ethic, training, and program assessment through reporting.

Georgetown Main Street Program activities in 2014 include $28,411 in façade and sign reimbursement grants to seven downtown businesses, Ladies Nite Out, the Georgetown Swirl wine and food event, the Light Up the Square holiday lighting campaign, and the annual collectible ornament sale.

Each year, the National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, announces the list of accredited Main Street programs in recognition of their exemplary commitment to historic preservation and community revitalization through the Main Street Four Point Approach of organization, design, promotion and economic restructuring—all within the context of historic preservation.

Pictured in the photo are (left to right) Shelly Hargrove, Georgetown Main Street Program manager, and Main Street Advisory Board members Vicki Jackimiec, Jim Wilson, David Kellerman, JJ Parker, and Cindy Harrington. (Click on photo for larger version.)

For more information about the Georgetown Main Street Program, go to mainstreet.georgetown.org. For more information on the Texas Historical Commission’s Main Street program, visit www.thc.state.tx.us.

Established by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1980, the National Main Street Center helps communities of all sizes revitalize their older and historic commercial districts.