Downtown Parsons Inc. is a community-wide effort to make Parsons a better place to work and live by revitalizing its downtown. We are a Main Street Program, which is a community self-help program administered in Kansas by the Kansas Department of Housing and Commerce. State staff supply technical assistance, but the responsibility and credit for success rests with the citizens and volunteers of Parsons.
In 1985, the National Trust for Historic Preservation created the Main Street Program as an integrated approach to stem the deterioration of central business districts across the country. The Trust understood that economic redevelopment was a complex process that could not succeed using accepted urban renewal strategies. A community's downtown can account for as much as 30% of a city's jobs and 40% of its tax base. But it is more than an economic asset. A prosperous, attractive downtown is at the very heart of a community's quality of life. It is a visible barometer of the town's economic well-being.
Downtown Parsons and its members focus time, expertise and enthusiasm in four distinct areas . Utilizing an eight-step process, we are shaping the future of our community.

 National Main Street Program

To be accredited as a National Main Street Program there are 10 extra criteria for a Main Street progam to meet. Parsons has met these requirements in: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009

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