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Mainstreet Piqua, Inc. is a non-profit organization formed in 1993 to lead Piqua’s downtown revitalization efforts by creating an attractive, viable downtown environment, and by promoting downtown’s unique heritage.

The mission of Mainstreet Piqua, Inc. is to:

Continue economic development efforts in the downtown area.
Historically preserve and aesthetically enhance our downtown area.
Promote and market the unique features of the downtown area.
Help to unite the community in achieving these goals.

Mainstreet Piqua, Inc. organizes community efforts to create an attractive, viable downtown environment, and promotes the downtown’s unique historical assets using the National Main Street Center’s Four Point Approach: Organization, Design, Promotion and Economic Development.

Organization: building consensus and cooperation among public and private groups and individuals, and identifying sources of funding for revitalization activities.

Design: enhancing the commercial district's physical appearance a through building rehabilitation, compatible new construction, public improvements, and design management systems.

Promotion: marketing the commercial district through events and advertising to attract customers, potential investors, new businesses, residents, and visitors.

Economic Development: strengthening the district's economic base and creating new opportunities through careful analysis and appropriate mixed-use development.

Main Street Piqua, Inc. is a non-profit organization, a 501 (C-6), the funding of which is contributed on an annual basis.  There is a 16 member Board of Trustees, which represents the community and downtown Piqua dealing with issues that directly affect the downtown commercial core and its goal to remain economically viable.

Mainstreet Piqua, Inc. Receives National Main Street Accreditation

The efforts of Mainstreet Piqua, Inc. have earned it recognition for commercial district revitalization by meeting standards for performance set by the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s National Main Street Center. Mainstreet Piqua, Inc. joins 560 other Main Street revitalization programs nationally recognized as a National Main Street Program for 2004. This is the fourth consecutive year Mainstreet Piqua has achieved this designation.

“A healthy Main Street district is vital to a healthy community,” says Kennedy Smith, director of the National Trust’s Main Street program. “Not only do Main Street districts reflect their communities’ evolution and personalities, they also generate significant revenues for local governments.”

The annual recognition program evaluates commercial district revitalization program criteria ranging from having an active board of directors and paid professional manager to tracking economic progress and preserving historic Main Street buildings.

“Rebuilding a district’s economic health and maintaining that success requires broad-based community involvement, active support from both he public and private sectors, and sound management,” says Smith. “The revitalization programs we recognize each year as National Main Street Programs are those that have demonstrated the skills needed to succeed in Main Street revitalization.”

The program’s performance was evaluated by Downtown Ohio, Inc., which is the statewide coordinating organization for Main Street Program in Ohio.

The National Trust for Historic Preservation is a private, non-profit membership organization dedicated to protecting the irreplaceable. The recipient of the National Humanities Medal, the Trust provides leadership, education and advocacy to save America’s diverse historic places and revitalize communities. Its Washington, D.C. headquarters staff, six regional offices and 21 historic sites work with the Trusts quarter-million members and thousands of local community groups in all 50 states. For more information, visit the National Trust’s website at www.nationaltrust.org