Staunton still has its state-level Virginia Main Street designation but lost its federal Main Street accreditation earlier this year.

The Virginia Main Street program is celebrating 25 years of entrepreneurship and investment in Virginia's main streets and downtown areas. It has helped create more than 4,900 businesses, attracted ...

Governor Terry McAuliffe announced $65,000 in Virginia Main Street program grant funding for five projects in the towns of Bedford and Blackstone, and the cities of Fredericksburg, Franklin and ...

Joanie Willett, a senior lecturer at the University of Exeter in England, recently received a Fulbright Scholar Award to conduct research on Main Streets with the Virginia Tech Center for Economic and ...

RICHMOND, Va. - On Friday, March 22, at Richmond's historic Hippodrome Theater, the Marion Downtown Revitalization Association and the Town of Marion were presented with a Virginia Main Street ...

LYNCHBURG, Va. (AP) — While a new state law will force some large online retailers to collect Virginia sales taxes, it won’t provide a lot of relief along Main Street in Lynchburg — or main streets ...

ASHLAND, Va. — Christine Holzem enjoys a connection to Ashland like no other. "When I was 12, I would ride my horse into town and we would be welcomed,” she recalled. “We went to the local ice cream ...