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A Monthly Magazine for small cities and towns that want to remain or become places that are interesting, pleasant and prosperous for residents, businesses and visitors.

 

June 2024

Issue #197

 

THE MAIN STREET EDITION

 

 Character towns, small and large, depend on having a vibrant downtown focused on “main street”. Main street has shops and restaurants, offices, civic activities, institutional buildings and residential dwellings. Downtown is the place where business meets government, residents meet their daily needs and visitors meet local culture and entertainment. 

 

PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT IDEAS FOR DOWNTOWNS… 

FROM THE PLANNERS’ BOOKSHELF…

500+ original articles and essays written and published in CharacterTowns.org since 2014 are found in this Archive.  READ ARTICLES…

Webcasts and videos from many notable authors and speakers have been published and then stored in this CharacterTowns.org archive.  VIEW VIDEOS…

100+ book reviews published by CharacterTowns.org. Suggested Readings lists some 250 books with the thoughts about planning since 1900.  READ SUMMARIES…