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2026 Regular Session  ENROLLED
SENATE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION NO. 52
BY SENATORS WOMACK, DUPLESSIS AND MORRIS AND REPRESENTATIVES
  MCFARLAND, MENA, ST. BLANC AND TURNER
  A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
To designate Wednesday, May 6, 2026, as "Main Street Day" at the Louisiana State Capitol.
       WHEREAS, since 1984, Louisiana Main Street has helped communities revitalize
their historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts-celebrating community
character and generating impressive economic returns; and
       WHEREAS, Louisiana Main Street has produced a strong return on investment, with
every one dollar invested into the state program generating $67 of new investment back into
downtowns and commercial corridors in Fiscal Year 2024-2025; and
       WHEREAS, Louisiana's thirty-eight designated communities have generated
impressive results over the last 42 years, logging 17,491 new jobs, 4,086 new businesses,
$606 million in private investments, $438 million in public investments, and 1.3 million
volunteer hours; and
       WHEREAS, Louisiana Main Street leads a statewide network of designated
communities: Abbeville, Bastrop, Broussard, Columbia, Crowley, Denham Springs,
DeRidder, Donaldsonville, Eunice, Franklin, Hammond, Homer, Houma, Kenner, Leesville,
Minden, Monroe, Morgan City, Natchitoches, New Iberia, New Roads, Opelousas,
Plaquemine, Ponchatoula, Ruston, Slidell, Springhill, St. Francisville, St. Martinville,
Thibodaux, West Monroe, Winnfield, and Winnsboro, and districts in New Orleans
including Broad Street, Lower Ninth Ward, North Rampart Street, O. C. Haley Boulevard,
and Old Algiers; and
       WHEREAS, Louisiana Main Street also works with communities on the pathway to
potential designation, and currently Jonesville and Washington are "Lagniappe"
communities; and
       WHEREAS, Louisiana Main Street's communities are also part of a national network
of over twelve hundred Main Street communities, led by Main Street America; and
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       WHEREAS, the Main Street program is a proven model for economic development;
when downtown and neighborhood commercial districts grow, the whole community grows;
and
       WHEREAS, today Main Street leaders from communities of all corners of Louisiana
are gathering at the Louisiana State Capitol to celebrate.
       THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Legislature of Louisiana does hereby
designate Wednesday, May 6, 2026, as Main Street Day at the Louisiana State Capitol and
does hereby commend Louisiana Main Street and its thirty-eight designated communities
for their outstanding downtown revitalization efforts throughout the state.
       BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
assistant secretary of the office of cultural development in the Department of Culture,
Recreation, and Tourism and the lieutenant governor of Louisiana.
  PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
  SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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