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Main Street Maryland is a comprehensive downtown revitalization program created in 1998 by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD). The program strives to strengthen the economic potential of Maryland’s traditional main streets and neighborhoods. Using a competitive process, Main Street Maryland selects communities who have made a commitment to succeed and helps them improve the economy, appearance and image of their traditional downtown business districts. To accomplish Main Street goals, DHCD has partnered with the National Trust for Historic Preservation's National Main Street Center which developed the Main Street Four-Point Approach to downtown revitalization. This approach focuses on promotions, organization, economic development and design. Since 1980, the national program has been implemented in 41 states and more than 1,700 communities nationwide
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