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The Texas Historical Commission (THC) on Friday October 26 announced the acceptance of Longview into the Texas Main Street Program. Longview is accompanied by Laredo, Royse City and Palestine as 2008 Main Street Cities.
“The Texas Main Street Program is one of our most successful and recognized programs,” said THC Chairman John L. Nau, III. “We have seen tremendous accomplishments in both large and small Main Street communities in the past 26 years and believe these cities will be among our most notable programs.”
Longview joins more than 80 other Texas cities in the downtown revitalization program. Each city also receives free technical and design assistance and training from the THC’s Texas Main Street Program staff as long as the city participates in the program.
In addition, a Main Street resource team will visit each city and offer short- and long-term recommendations for rehabilitating buildings, attracting new businesses and promoting tourism. The THC’s Texas Main Street Program is a revitalization program for historic downtown and neighborhood commercial districts. Since its inception in 1981, the program has stimulated more than $1.3 billion in private sector downtown reinvestment; helped retain, expand or recruit more than 5,900 businesses, and created more than 23,000 new jobs in Texas.

To read more about how the Main Street Program impacts Longview, click here.