Downtown Development Websites

Agencies and organizations

Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation http://www.preservemo.org
Missouri Department of Economic Development http://www.ecodev.state.mo.us/cd
Missouri Municipal League http://www.mocities.com
National Main Street Center http://www.mainst.org
National Trust for Historic Preservation http://nationaltrust.org
International Downtown Association http://ida-downtown.org
American Institute of Architects http://www.aia.org
American Planning Association http://www.planning.org
Walkable Communities http://www.walkable.org

Cities
    Missouri

Parkville http://parkvillemo.com
Weston http://www.westonmo.com
Excelsior Springs http://www.exsmo.com/
Liberty http://www.ci.liberty.mo.us/
Kearney http://kearneymo.com/index1.html
Smithville http://kearneymo.com/smithville/
Clarksville http://www.pikecounty.org/clarksville
Pleasant Hill http://www.pleasanthill.com
Lee's Summit http://leessummitmainstreet.org
Branson http://www.branson.com/dbba

Other States

Downtown Franklin, TN http://www.historicfranklin.com
Holland, MI http://www.ci.holland.mi.us/dda
Durango, CO http://www.creativelinks.com
Smithville, TX http://www.smithvilleonline.com
Colville, WA http://www.plix.com
Houma, LA http://www.tpgov.com/eddowntown.html
Conway, SC http://www.conwaysc.org/mainstreet
McMinnville, OR http://www.onlinemac.com/business/mda
Wenatchee Downtown Association, WA http://www.televar.com/communityweb/wda
San Diego BID http://emporium.turnpike.net/~walk/AdamsAve/
Grand Junction, CO http://www.gj.net/~dda
Loveland, CO http://www.loveland.org/arts_main.htm
Art on the Avenue, Wenatchee, WA http://www.televar.com/communityweb/artonave
Art on the Corner, CO http://www.gj.net/~dda
Victoria, BC http://victoriabc.com

Preservation resources

National Register of Historic Places http://www.cr.nps.gov/nr
Secretary of Interior's Standards for Rehabilitation http://www2.cr.nps.gov/e-rehab/index.htm
Preservation Timeline http://www.nationaltrust.org/main/timeline
Save Outdoor Sculpture http://www.nic.org/SOS/SOS.html
Art banners http://emporium.turnpike.net/~walk/AdamsAve/Banners

Tourism

History Channel Traveler http://www.historytravel.com
CNN Travel guide http://cnn.com/TRAVEL
City guides http://www.sidewalk.com
City Net http://city.net/countries/united_states
Lycos City guides http://cityguide.lycos.com
RoadsideAmerica http://www.roadsideamerica.com
Offbeat Tourist Attractions http://www.roadsideamerica.com
BestSmall Towns in America http://www.bestsmalltowns.com

Other interesting sites

Great American Station Foundation http://www.stationfoundation.org
Planning, Architecture, Urbanism http://www.arch.buffalo.edu/pairc
Ideas That Matter -- Jane Jacobs http://www.jacobs97.com

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