Downtown Laramie Semi Finalist For Great American Main Street Award

Laramie Main Street Alliance (LMSA) has been announced as a semifinalist for Main Street America’s Great American Main Street Award (GAMSA), a national recognition of strong downtowns exemplifying innovative programming, commitment to preservation, engagement, diversity, and cross-sector partnerships.

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LMSA was founded in 2005 by local volunteers interested in utilizing Main Street America’s Four Point Approach to downtown development. In their application, they identified a desire to “create a formal organizational structure” to provide leadership and manpower necessary to implement plans and maintain a strong foundation for downtown revitalization.

GAMSA semifinalists were selected from a nationwide pool of accredited Main Street America applicants based on their successful and innovative uses of the Main Street Approach™. Criteria for winning include the following:

• strength of the Main Street program in spurring community transformation
• commitment to historic preservation
• innovative programming
• implementation of cross-sector partnerships
• community outreach and stakeholder engagement
• commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion

Winners for 2022’s GAMSA will be announced on May 16 at the Main Street Now Conference in Richmond, Virginia.