Resource Library

Maine Downtown Center

Welcome to the Resource Library - a virtual meeting place loaded with information and links to key topics to help you revitalize your downtown. We hope you will visit often, as with all libraries additional resources will be added periodically.

We invite you share material or links to web sites you have found useful in your downtown revitalization efforts by emailing us.

Basic Downtown Revitalization Topics

• Creating a Mission & Vision
• Volunteer Training and Recruitment
• Fundraising
• Strategic Planning
• Historic Preservation
• Design
• Promotions
• Business Recruitment/Retention
• The Maine Downtown Coalition

Advanced Downtown Revitalization Topics

• Organizational Development and Bylaws
• How to Run a Meeting
• Insurance
• Grant Writing
• Marketing
• Tourism
• Parking and Roadways
• Community Planning and Zoning
• Housing
• Importance of Mixed Use
• Market Analysis
• Business Improvement Districts

Green Downtowns!

• Energy Efficiency, Renewable Energy and Historic Preservation
• Weatherization Guide for Older and Historic Buildings
• Streetscape Planning Assistance
• Brownfields, Bureau of Remediation and Waste Management, Maine Department of Environmental Protection
• OUR OPINION: Report links sprawl to rural Mainers’ health
• Sustainable Cities Collective