Mission & Vision

1. Participate in ongoing local government planning efforts focused on economic development for the downtown business district.

2. Support Downtown Businesses and property owners by educating, supporting, marketing, and advocating for the downtown business district. 

3. Plan and coordinate downtown events to create a sense of place and promote economic growth in the historic downtown.

1.Participate in ongoing local government planning efforts focused on preservation and rehabilitation for the downtown business district.

2. Provide programming, incentives, and in-kind services for downtown property and business owners that results in the preservation and rehabilitation of local historic assets.

3. Educate and promote awareness about preservation and cultural assets among stakeholders, public sector, community organizations and residents at large.

1. Committed to diverse, inclusive, and equitable community engagement through the recruitment and training of volunteers that reflect the community it serves.  These volunteers will make up the Main Street Board and/or committees.
2. Commitment for board members to demonstrate active engagement in the Main Street program to strategize, advocate, and connect the Main Street organization to the community and essential partners to carry out its mission.
3. Committed to maintain, support, and provide guidance for the level of professional staff necessary to achieve the organization’s mission, goals, and annual work plan.
4. Committed to develop and maintain the appropriate operational and organization practices to manage effectively.
5. Committed to define and manage an annual strategy-driven work plan and aligned implementation process that brings the four points of the Main Street program together to successfully implement revitalization work through the organization. 
6.  Implement an annual planning process informed by a comprehensive set of inputs

• City of Murfreesboro Planning Department
• MTSU
• African American Historical Society
• Rutherford Arts Alliance
• Boro Art Crawl
• Rutherford County Archives
• Rutherford County Historical Society
• Small Business Development Center
• Chamber of Commerce

To maintain, enhance, and promote the historic downtown as the heart of our community.

To position Main Street as downtown experts by advocating and collaborating with public, private and community partners to educate, inform, empower, and create a sense of place by cultivating an inclusive, diverse, and progressive revitalization program in the historic district.