Utah Main Street
Utah Main Street is a network of passionate community members engaged in historic commercial district revitalization. We bring people together to strengthen local economies, preserve the heart of our communities, and celebrate our unique places.
"There's no other program that I'm aware of that can come close to the Main Street America Four Point approach to creating a vibrant downtown. We highly recommend it to any community looking to revitalize their downtowns."
—Paul Larsen, Economic Development Director, Brigham City
Main Street America
Utah Main Street Background
Utah Program Network
Utah Main Street & Main Street America's Four-point Approach
UMS seeks to build a strategy centered around a community's unique heritage and attributes, focusing on what's special to make it a great place to live and visit. The program provides a framework and resources to support a Utah Main Street community's downtown revitalization efforts and requires the community to commit to the time-tested Main Street America Four-Point Approach® downtown revitalization developed by Main Street America™ which includes organization, promotion, design, and economic vitality.
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Organization
Promotion
Design
Economic Vitality
This Approach is a unique preservation-based economic development tool that enables communities to enhance downtown and neighborhood business districts by leveraging local assets. It is a comprehensive, incremental strategy that addresses the variety of issues and problems that challenge traditional commercial districts. Utah Main Street helps businesses, residents, governments and visitors thrive by connecting them to this customizable framework to focus local efforts, energy, and resources to create a more vibrant downtown. This transformation strategy articulates a focused, deliberate path to revitalizing or strengthening a downtown or commercial district’s economy.
Funding Opportunities
Utah Main Street offers tools, resources and funding opportunities to Utah communities accepted in the program. To learn more about funding opportunities that enhance Utah Main Street, visit the new State of Utah Funding Opportunities Portal to explore state and federal resources available.
Utah Main Street has also developed a Grant Opportunities Dashboard where local communities can learn more about upcoming funding opportunities. View all active grant opportunities in the Main Street Funding Opportunities & Tools Dashboard (Google Sheets).
UMS Network Resources
- Getting Started with Utah Main Street (PDF)
- Boundary Guidance (PDF)
- Tier 1 Promising Communities Roadmap (PDF)
- Tier 1 Promising Communities Application Checklist (PDF)
- Tier 1 Promising Communities Application (Google Form)
- Main Street 101 Webinar (MP4 Vide0)
- Main Street 101 Quiz (Google Form)
- Tier 2 Affiliate Communities Roadmap (PDF)
- Tier 2 Affiliate Communities Application (Google Form)
- Workplan Template (Google Doc)
- Quarterly Report Form (Google Form)
- Webinars (YouTube Videos)
- Land Use Library
- 2025 Annual Report (PDF)
MSA Network Resources
Utah Main Street Calendar
Announcements
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Have a Utah Main Street Program Question? We Can Answer That!
Chelsea Gauthier
Utah Main Street Program Manager and Statewide Coordinator
(801) 535-2501
[email protected]
Faith Bitz
Utah Main Street Operations Coordinator
(801) 535-2520
[email protected]
Mary Graff
Historic Incentives Support Specialist
(801) 535-2503
[email protected]
