Main Street

Main Street is awesome. Put a bunch of meaningful businesses together within walking distance of where you live. Google quickly turned up the National Trust Main Street Center, with their Main Street Four-Point Approach™:

The Main Street Four-Point Approach™ is a community-driven, comprehensive methodology used to revitalize older, traditional business districts throughout the United States. It [...] advocates a return to community self-reliance, local empowerment, and the rebuilding of traditional commercial districts based on their unique assets: distinctive architecture, a pedestrian-friendly environment, personal service, local ownership, and a sense of community.

I think that hits me pretty square on, doesn't it? I see some programs in Pittsburgh, but none in my suburb, Ambridge. I know there are other things going on, though. Hrm ...

Feed back to Chad Whitacre.