Do you love downtown Florence? Want to help it continue to grow in economic strength and cultural vibrancy? Then come have some fun and play a round of golf with Florence Main Street!All funds raised by Florence Main Street are used to support the visual appeal and economic strength of downtown Florence along with promoting it as the cultural and historic heart of our community. Here's a little more about Florence Main Street...Florence Main Street is a non-profit organization working to maintain, strengthen and promote historic downtown Florence. Affiliated with the National Trust for Historic Preservation's National Main Street Center, we focus on the four elements that help define the success of a downtown; Organization, Design, Promotion, and Economic Development.The Florence Main Street project was the brainchild of several talented and forward thinking business owners, downtown residents, city leaders, University of North Alabama professors, historic preservationists and cultural leaders. In 1992 they petitioned the Florence city council and mayor to begin a Main Street organization. They also solicited the application thru the state of Alabama to become a part of the state-wide Main Street Organization.Since 1992 more than $190 million has been invested in downtown Florence renovation and construction through public and private funding. More than 2000 new jobs have been created and a net of 512 new businesses have settled here. More than 200 events such as Music in the Park, Renaissance Faire, UNA’s Storytelling Festival, Arts Alive, and W.C Handy Festival have become yearly events and take place in downtown Florence. The Florence Main Street boundaries are generally the Tennessee River to the South, the University of North Alabama to the North, Florence Cemetery to the East and the termination of Mobile and College Streets to the West. Florence Main Street also works in nearby neighborhood business districts. Florence Main Street receives financial support from the City of Florence, private sponsors, individuals and Florence Main Street fundraisers.Funds raised by Florence Main Street go to support restoration and revitalization efforts in historic downtown Florence. Examples of uses of funds are retail and special events to increase awareness of the downtown community, building façade improvements, downtown beautification, banners, gifts of public art, recruitment of new business.Florence Main Street is responsible for the following (and more!):Christmas Open House ~ Lion Night with UNA ~ Florence FoodiesSilver Screen Project ~ Historic Downtown CalendarFall Fun Festival ~ Mural on Fred’s Building ~ Upstairs DowntownEducation Seminars for Businesses ~ Chocolate CrawlMedallion in the floor in the lobby of the FLPL ~ Christmas ParadeGranite sidewalk inlay of the City of Florence original mapDowntown banners & Christmas lights ~ Merchant MeetingsQuarterly Retail Shopping Events ~ Inventory of BusinessesFlorence Restaurant Week ~ Downtown Shopping BrochureDowntown Bacon Crawl ~ Downtown Dollars So grab three friends and hit the links at Blackberry Trail and help make downtown Florence even better! Click here to register your team.Call the Florence Main Street office for more information, 256-760-9648 or email info@florencemainstreet.org.