Main Street as the City’s Holistic Center of Society.

Main Street as the Small City’s Social, Civic and Commercial Center. 

Main street has done a lot for America; and more will be asked of it in the coming decades. The main value of downtown, and specifically main street, by mid-century, will expand from its civic and commercial purposes to become the primary social center of the city. Main street will save the city by serving as the place that combats isolationism with programs, places, partnerships and spaces that promote and enable community engagement and sociability.