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Northwood Village,
officially designated
a Florida Main Street
N
orthwood Village has been officially
designated a Florida Main Street by
the Florida Division of Historical Resources, the agency that preserves and
promotes Florida’s historical, archaeological and folk culture resources. The
Main Street designation and program
focuses on economic development in
the context of historic preservation.
While concentrating on revitalization of
Northwood Village’s historic commercial
center, the program will seek to enhance
the economic vitality, quality of life,
and civic pride of the community, and
encourage greater citizen participation in
shaping its future.
The WPB Community Redevelopment Agency partnered with key
Northwood Village merchants to
apply for this historical designation. The program helps renew and
revitalize this community center
in one of the city’s oldest historic
neighborhoods. With the Main
Street structure and support in
place, along with a new Board of
Directors comprised of community
leaders, business owners and residents, the Northwood Village Main
Street program will work closely
with the city’s CRA to secure
program funding, and develop and
implement a comprehensive revitalization program with clear and
realistic goals and objectives.
The Northwood Village Main
Street program will harness the
social, economic, physical, and
cultural assets that set Northwood
Village apart, and work towards
tangible outcomes that benefit the
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entire community. The program encourages residents and merchants to take
steps that will enact long-term change,
and also helps to implement shortterm, inexpensive, community activities
that attract people to the commercial
core and create a sense of enthusiasm
and momentum a bout Northwood
Village.
What is a Florida Main Street?
It is a technical assistance program
administered by the Bureau of Historic
Preservation, Division of Historical Re-
Our emerging neighborhood enclave of
Northwood Village features some of the best
restaurants, stores and
art galleries in the city
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sources, Florida Department of State, for
traditional historic commercial corridors.
The Bureau conducts statewide