Being Self-Sufficient, Special Main Street Districts

Make “Special Districts” Special.

A downtown district, as a legal and geographically specific entity has the opportunity to control its own destiny. Financial independence is the dream. While never being truly independent from the host government and never likely to achieve the power of Robert Moses, a special district can construct self- sufficient systems. Special districts can establish a financial basis that uses funds of its own creation. Infrastructure and environmental systems can also be designed and built to be mostly self- reliant. Remembering that everything is connected to everything, total independence is not possible, but self-reliance is a reasonable goal.