Join New Mexico MainStreet
New Mexico MainStreet restores economic vitality to our state’s downtowns through city design, promotion, economic restructuring, and organization. From July 2005 to June 2006, MainStreet spawned 126 new businesses, fostered 171 building rehabilitations, generated $12,438,638 in public reinvestment, and gave rise to 446 new jobs.
Currently, 20 communities are members of New Mexico MainStreet. They are: Artesia, Bernalillo, Carlsbad, Chama, Clayton, Clovis, Corrales, Farmington, Gallup, Grants, Hobbs, Las Cruces, Las Vegas, Los Alamos, Portales, Raton, Roswell, Santa Rosa, Silver City, and Tucumcari. MainStreet’s six satellite communities are Bayard, Dona Ana, Espanola, Eunice, Harding County, and Reserve.
MainStreet’s program associates provide free training sessions on town design, promotion and publicity, organization, and economic restructuring. MainStreet also sponsors architecture projects through the University of New Mexico Design Planning and Assistance Center (DPAC). In the last year, these towns embarked on DPAC projects: Carlsbad, Dona Ana, Farmington, Los Alamos, Raton, Roswell, and Springer.
In autumn of 2005, New Mexico MainStreet, EDD, and the New Mexico Tourism Department joined forces to unveil a new travel website called Off the Road. It shows travelers where to shop and dine on main streets, town squares, and plazas in our member communities. In early 2006, the site received national attention on CNN.com, USAToday.com and many others.
New Mexico MainStreet is the local division of the National Main Street Center in Washington, D.C., part of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Applications are accepted annually. To find out more about New Mexico MainStreet, contact Rich Williams, Director of New Mexico MainStreet, (505) 827-0168 or Rich.Williams@state.nm.us