Main Street Steamboat Springs was founded in 2004 to preserve, promote, and enhance Downtown Steamboat Springs.
Following the Main Street 4-Point Approach to downtown revitalization created by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Main Street Steamboat follows the 4-Point approach is its efforts for Downtown Steamboat as the most vibrant area in our community. The 4 points are Promotion, Design, Economic Vitality, and Organization.
The efforts of Main Street Steamboat Springs over the past 10 years has brought reviewed energy and economic vibrancy to our Historic Downtown. Nancy B Kramer, former City Council
I think that MainStreet does a fantastic job of coordinating events that bring the community and visitors downtown. It not only brings people into the shops downtown but it creates a wonderful sense of community that both locals and visitors enjoy. - Sarah Jones, Yampa Valley Sustainability Council
The mission of Mainstreet Steamboat Springs is to preserve, promote and enhance downtown Steamboat Springs. This is accomplished using the 4-Point Approach of Design, Organization, Promotion and Economic Restructuring as prescribed by the National Main Street Center of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Downtown is no longer the only provider of goods and services in our community. With the advent of the Steamboat Ski Area, Steamboat Springs began to grow beyond its traditional agricultural and mining roots to include tourism. As the ski base and surrounding areas expanded, shoppers had more choices. Many of the traditional shops and services, which had only been available in the central commercial district of the past, spread out and often left the downtown area entirely. Gone are the days when the drug store, the post office, the grocery store, and the hardware store were all within walking distance of each other.
The center of the community and social life was the downtown. Our history as a community was formed downtown. This is where FM Light set up his store in 1905. This is where the railroad came to town to drop off visitors for our hot springs and to hunt our wild game. Carl Howelsen, the father of skiing in Steamboat Springs, was a stonemason who built many of our historic stone buildings in the downtown area.
As Main Street, the organization, has matured, Downtown is again at the center of our social lives, just in a different way. Restaurants and shops are the core of our Downtown, but Galleries, coffee shops, and places for the community to gather outside are becoming more important. Events like the Farmers Market bring people downtown to connect with the community while accessing locally made and grown products.
These things do not happen by accident. Main Street Steamboat is the Champion for Downtown. We work with the City to improve infrastructure and keep Downtown Beautiful. Past projects include the design and installation of bus stops, flowers on Lincoln and Yampa, and new trash receptacles. We organize litter clean-up days and tend to the flowers. We help new businesses get started, and existing businesses innovate and grow.
Downtown is Steamboat Springs's iconic image. The picture of Downtown Steamboat Springs with the ski area in the background is famous worldwide.
Organization name
Main Street Steamboat Springs
other names
Main Street Steamboat
2004
Tax id (EIN)
20-0932370
Category
Community Improvement & Capacity Building, Education, Employment
Organization Size
Medium Organization
Colorado State Tax Credits
Colorado Enterprise Zone Credit
Address
75 5th StreetRoutt County, CO, US
Phone
970 367 7060
Other
970-367-7060