September 2011

The Fall Music on the Plaza lunch concert series and Downtown Market starts Friday, September 30 and runs each Friday through November 4, 2011.  This free event is held at Heritage Plaza, at the corner of Green and Methvin Street in downtown Longview.

“We will have select vendors offering local products, fresh fruits, flowers gifts and other items that will give our guests in downtown a chance to make local purchases from 10:00 am – 1:30 pm, said Kim Droege, Main Street  Chair.”

The Music on the Plaza concert series will feature entertainment on the plaza from 12 noon until 1:00 pm.  Enjoy the beautiful fall weather, have lunch with a friend, while enjoying an entertaining Friday lunch in the plaza showcasing quality entertainment.  Bring your lunch or enjoy a brown bag lunch for $6 from Big Dave's BBQ. This price includes a barbeque sandwich, chips and a drink.

Longview’s Main Street presents the Music on the Plaza lunch concert series and the Downtown Market to promote to the community and visitors and hope to attract  people to beautiful Downtown Longview.

Entertainers are needed to play each Friday from 12 noon until 1:00 pm.  Contact Elaine Reynolds, 903 237-4040 for more information.

Don’t forget to join The Downtown Market Facebook page!

November 2010

LONGVIEW RECEIVES NATIONAL RECOGNITION AS A MAIN STREET CITY

The Texas Historical Commission (THC) and the National Trust for Historic Preservation recognized Longview as one of the 52 National Main Street Cities in Texas at the Texas Downtown Association/Texas Main Street Conference in El Paso last week.

“It is only with the effort and support of our many volunteers, the Longview Main Street Program has received this recognition for the second year in a row.  The several new businesses which opened this past year and the work completed on Fredonia are helping  create an attractive downtown where people want to be,” said Paul Anderson Main Street Manager and Sr. Vice President of the Longview Partnership.  “Three buildings in downtown received funding assistance to renovate their façade through Main Street Façade Improvement Grant Program.”  Two new events this year which attracted people to downtown Longview were Main Street Promotion Committee’s Downtown Market, and Preservation Longview’s Historic Downtown Farmers Market in the Spring and Fall. 

Cities chosen as National Main Street Cities must show above average performance in 10 categories. The selection criteria focus on planning, staff and volunteers, preservation ethic, training and program assessment.  Longview’s Main Street Program will be honored along with the other cities in Texas and the nation at The National Trust for Historic Preservation’s National Main Street Center 2011 National Main Streets Conference to be held in Des Moines, Iowa in May.

Other 2011 National Main Street Cities, which represent the real places of Texas, include: Amarillo, Bastrop, Bay City, Beaumont, Brenham, Canton, Canyon, Carthage, Celina, Clifton, Comanche, Cotulla, Denton, Electra, Elgin, Farmersville, Gainesville, Georgetown, Goliad, Gonzales, Grapevine, Greenville, Harlingen, Henderson, Hillsboro, Huntsville, Kilgore, La Grange, Laredo, Levelland, Livingston, Llano, Lufkin, Luling, McKinney, Mineola, Mount Pleasant, Mount Vernon, Nacogdoches, New Braunfels, Odessa, Plainview, Rockwall, Royse City, San Angelo, San Marcos, Seguin, Sonora, Taylor, Tyler,  Waxahachie and Weatherford.