Downtown District Consulting

10/19/2026

Historic Preservation is important to a community!

For more than a century, AIA has advocated for historic preservation. That work helped shape landmark federal legislation in 1966, and it continues today as AIA challenges changes to preservation protections and advocates for accountability in decisions affecting nationally significant buildings.

Learn more: https://www.aia.org/aias-longstanding-commitment-historic-preservation?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=organic-social

09/21/2026

The Main Street approach is a great structure as a national model for any community interested in downtown revitalization.

Laura Tetley Todd dba Downtown District Consulting is a proud member of Main Street America and offers consulting opportunities via a National Main Street America service contract.

What started in 1977 as an experiment in three small towns has become a national movement with 2,000+ communities, $124B in reinvestment, and 852,000 jobs created along the way.

The Main Street Approach has been tested in tiny towns, urban neighborhoods, rural communities, bustling suburbs, and everything in between. It works because it adapts to every community: it identifies unique assets, understands local context, and creates a strategy tailored to your specific needs.

Does your downtown need help creating a vibrant future? Head to our website to get started.

📷: MainStreet Oceanside

09/15/2026

Downtown District Consulting will be working with 10 Tennessee communities through the TN Downtown recertification process.

Six communities in six business days-wow!
Alamo, Whiteville,Somerville, Milan, Collinwood and Adamsville.

Next site visits and meetings scheduled for Henderson, Munford,Martin and Dresden.

08/08/2026

As a board member of the THC, I am sharing this valuable information…..

08/05/2026

Great read!

Heritage Tourism and the impact of Downtown Districts as a destination are important to community economic development planning.

07/15/2026

✨ Save the Date! ✨

One of Collierville's favorite traditions is back!

Join us for the 2026 Preservation Party on Saturday, October 3, from 6:30–10:00 PM on the Historic Collierville Town Square for an evening of delicious food, specialty drinks, live entertainment, and celebrating the heart of our downtown.

🎟️ Presale tickets go on sale THIS THURSDAY (July 16) during the Main Street Summer Concert! Stop by the Main Street Collierville table to purchase your tickets for the special presale price of $85.

Don't miss your chance to save—ticket prices increase to $100 on August 1.

We can't wait to celebrate with you. Mark your calendars now! 🥂✨

07/12/2026

Wow!
44 Million folks live in communities that use the Main Street America approach !!

Main Streets are at the heart of American life! From big cities to rural towns, approximately 44 million Americans live in communities that use the Main Street Approach. Does your downtown have a Main Street program? What impact has it had on your community?

07/04/2026

History happens on Main Street!
What is your Main Street story?

07/02/2026

Grant opportunity!

Grant applications are now open! 📢 For the fiscal year beginning July 1, 2026, the Tennessee General Assembly included a direct appropriation in the amount of $5 million to the Tennessee State Museum “for the sole purpose of providing grants to museums with a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization or affiliated with a governmental entity for capital maintenance and improvements” (Section 61, Item 21 of the 2026-2027 Appropriations Act).

We are happy to once again facilitate this program and help museums and historic sites throughout Tennessee. If your organization would like to apply for this year’s round of funding, the application is now open and available on our website.

Learn more and apply online at TNMuseum.org/grants. This year's application deadline 🗓️ is August 25, 2026.

06/30/2026

Same question- same answer?

Every public input session. Every downtown plan. Every community survey.

Same question. Same answer.

People want a walkable, attractive downtown with local shops, apartments, and places to gather.

We’ve been asking this question for decades and getting the same answer every time. It’s just human nature, how cities and towns have always functioned.

The problem was never figuring out what people want. The problem is understanding how to translate those wishes into action.

The towns that figure it out will reap the rewards.