Our History

MainStreet de Las Vegas began in the early/mid 1980s and has raised over $3 million to improve our community and provide a strong intersection between historic preservation and economic development. As a program of the New Mexico Economic Development Department, New Mexico MainStreet, we work to help create an economically viable business environment while preserving cultural and historic resources.

The program's core objective is downtown revitalization and redevelopment, and the mission is to develop local capacity to engage people, rebuild places and revitalize economies resulting in economically thriving downtowns, greater business and employment opportunities and a higher quality of life.