Noblesville Main Street has been designated as an accredited Main Street program for meeting rigorous performance standards. Each year, Main Street America and its partners announce the list of accredited programs to recognize their exceptional commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization through the Main Street Approach.
“We are proud to recognize this year’s 889 nationally accredited Main Street programs that have worked tirelessly to advance economic vitality and quality of life in their downtowns and commercial districts,” said Patrice Frey, President and CEO of Main Street America. “During an incredibly challenging year, these programs demonstrated the power of the Main Street movement to drive impressive local recovery efforts, champion small businesses, and foster vibrant downtown districts. I am inspired by their hard work and confident that these accredited communities will continue to help their downtowns flourish in the next stages of recovery.”
In 2020, Main Street America programs generated $4.14 billion in local reinvestment, helped open 4,356 net new businesses, generated 14,988 net new jobs, catalyzed the rehabilitation of 8,488 historic buildings, and clocked 983,702 volunteer hours.
Noblesville Main Street’s performance is annually evaluated by Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA), which works in partnership with Main Street America to identify the local programs that meet 10 national performance standards. Evaluation criteria determines the communities that are building meaningful and sustainable revitalization programs and include standards such as, fostering strong public-private partnerships, documenting programmatic progress, and actively preserving historic buildings.
In November 2020, OCRA released a brand-new level system for the Indiana Main Street program. These levels were created to ensure that local programs are in line with standards of accreditation set forth by the National Main Street Center. Prior to the new level release, Indiana had 140 designated Main Street programs. After the evaluation was conducted, only 40 of those are accredited Main Streets and of those 40 only 16 are nationally accredited. Noblesville Main Street received their National Accreditation due to their leadership and innovation.
About Noblesville Main Street
Noblesville Main Street is a 501(c)(3) independent, not-for-profit organization whose mission is to enrich the culture and community of the city’s downtown historic district by creating partnerships and programs to connect people to unique places and experiences. To become a sponsor, vendor or volunteer at any NMS event, contact Noblesville Main Street at (317) 776-0205 or noblesvillemainstreet.org.
About Main Street America
Main Street America has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts for 40 years. Today, it is a network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development Since 1980, communities participating in the program have leveraged more than $89.57 billion in new public and private investment, generated 687,321 net new jobs and 154,435 net new businesses, and rehabilitated more than 303,836 buildings. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit mainstreet.org.