| Awards
The many efforts related to revitalizing Main
Street have gained national recognition, and the project has
received several awards, including:
- The Howland Award:
The James C. Howland Award is presented by The National
League of Cities to cities that have demonstrated and encouraged
the preservation and enrichment of high quality urban environments.
The City of Houston won a 2000 Silver Second Place Award
in the cities with population over 500,000 category for
its Main Street Corridor Revitalization Project.
- The Joint Center for Sustainable
Communties Award Case Study:
The Joint Center Sustainable Community Awards Program recognizes
outstanding local collaborations in creating economically
prosperous, environmentally secure, socially equitable communities.
The Joint Center for Sustainable Communities is a shared
initiative of the nation’s premier local public interest
organizations designed to promote multi-jurisdictional cooperation
among local elected officials to address development challenges.
Underlying the Joint Center is the premise
that problems affecting communities transcend political
boundaries and that city/county collaboration can be instrumental
in making real headway towards revitalizing and strengthening
the communities where Americans live and work. The Joint
Center combines the forces of the nation’s largest
1,100 cities represented by the United States Conference
of Mayors and over 3,000 counties, represented by the
National Association of Counties, to assist local governments
in creating quality communities.
- As part of its Transportation and
Community and System Preservation Pilot Program (TCSP),
the Federal Highway Administration designated
the Main Street Corridor Revitalization Plan as a Best
Practices example, and produced
a case study of the Project.
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