Downtown Douglasville
Main Street Program
The Main Street Douglasville program consists of a Main Street
Manager, The Downtown Development Authority (DDA) board of directors,
and four committees that include a variety of representatives from the
community. Typically, our volunteers represent business and property
owners, residents, city officials, financial institutions, schools,
religious institutions, civic groups, preservationists, media, etc. The
DDA board guides policy, funding, and planning for the Main Street
program.
The Main Street manager is responsible for managing
the program, coordinating volunteers, assisting with program
implementation, and acting as a primary spokesperson for the
organization. Besides working with the DDA board and committees the
Main Street Manager focuses on a specific aspects of the Downtown
revitalization, such as business development, property development, or
coordination of promotional activities.
Main Street Committees
The Organization committee is the component of the Main Street Program that manages the key elements of the program. The Organization committee initiates fundraising opportunities, maintains and sustains the committees, and assists with strategic planning.
The
Design committee's goal is to enhance the attractiveness of the
business district through historic building rehabilitation, street and
alley clean-up, colorful banners, landscaping, and lighting thus
improving the physical image of the downtown helping it become a
quality place to shop, work, walk, invest in, and live.
The
Promotions committee creates excitement downtown. Street festivities,
parades, retail events and image development campaigns are some of the
ways Main Street encourages customer traffic. Promotion involves
marketing and branding the downtown image to shoppers, investors and
visitors.
The Economic Restructuring committee analyzes current
market forces to develop long-term plans and solutions for downtown
revitalization. Recruiting new businesses,
creatively converting unused space for new uses and sharpening the
competitiveness of Main Street’s traditional merchants are examples of
economic restructuring activities.
If you are interested in becoming a Volunteer contact the Main Street Manager.
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Douglasville is located 25 minutes from Downtown Atlanta |
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