Thursday, April 11, 2013 - 7:00am
By Carolyn Teague, Mount Vernon Main Street Manager, and Lillie Bush-Reves, Mount Vernon Main Street Chair
Repurposing buildings has been the key to preservation in Mount Vernon. Located one mile north of I-30, the city’s Main Street Alliance members feel that downtown revitalization is key to maintaining a vibrant economy. After 20 years as a Main Street City, Mount Vernon has been...
Thursday, March 14, 2013 - 7:00am
By April Garner, Heritage Tourism Coordinator
Business is integral to Texas life, culture, commerce, and history. Since 2005, the Texas Treasure Business Award program has recognized companies that are part of Texas history, but not often noted in the history books. Legislation authored that year by State Sen. Leticia Van de Putte of San Antonio and sponsored by State Rep. Charles “Doc...
Thursday, March 7, 2013 - 5:05pm
By Bethany Golden, Rockwall Main Street Manager
A growing community located 22 miles east of downtown Dallas on the eastern shore of Lake Ray Hubbard, Rockwall has been a designated Texas Main Street city since 2009.
The revitalization of downtown Rockwall has truly come about through the efforts of many people working together for a common goal. Its rebirth began when the...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013 - 10:41am
By Denise Miranda, Winnsboro Main Street Manager, and Anita Williams, publisher of the Winnsboro Online Guide
Before there was Winnsboro, the town was known as Crossroads (due to the intersection of roads), then Wynnsborough and Winnsborough, in honor of John E. Wynn, an Englishman who settled in the town in 1850. After the Civil War, the city began growing, aided by the addition of the...
Monday, January 14, 2013 - 10:59pm
By Debra Farst, Texas Main Street Program State Coordinator
As reported in the March 2012 issue of Main Street Matters, the Texas Main Street Program launched a pilot program in the Northeast Texas town of Pittsburg with a historic resources survey project. That project had the potential to lead to a National Register of Historic Places historic district nomination, which is yet another...
Saturday, December 1, 2012 - 8:00am
By Shelly Hargrove, Georgetown Main Street Manager
Georgetown has many reasons to celebrate this season, not the least of which is 30 years of successful downtown revitalization efforts that have transformed this once-neglected downtown into a thriving, vibrant economic, social, and cultural center. Branding, marketing, and holiday programs that promise to “light up” downtown Georgetown...
