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2023 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 50
BY SENATOR WOMACK
SPECIAL DAY/WEEK/MONTH. Designates and recognizes Tuesday, May 2, 2023, as
Main Street Day at the state capitol.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To designate and recognize Tuesday, May 2, 2023, as Main Street Day at the state capitol.
3 WHEREAS, since 1984, Louisiana Main Street has helped communities revitalize
4 their historic downtown areas in celebration of each community's character and which
5 generates impressive economic returns; and
6 WHEREAS, the thirty-six designated communities comprising Louisiana Main Street
7 are coming back strong from the pandemic, logging 547 new jobs, 133 new businesses,
8 47,158 volunteer hours, and $25,925,190 in public/private investment in FY 2021-2022; and
9 WHEREAS, every dollar invested in the state program returns $2.90 to $7.40 in state
10 sales tax annually, with $190,000 per year of state income tax being generated from jobs
11 created by Main Street employers; and
12 WHEREAS, Louisiana Main Street leads a statewide network of designated
13 communities and districts including: Abbeville, Bastrop, Columbia, Crowley, Denham
14 Springs, DeRidder, Donaldsonville, Eunice, Franklin, Hammond, Homer, Houma, Kenner,
15 Leesville, Minden, Monroe, Morgan City, Natchitoches, New Iberia, New Roads, Opelousas,
16 Plaquemine, Ponchatoula, Ruston, Slidell, Springhill, St. Francisville, St. Martinville,
17 Thibodaux, West Monroe, and Winnsboro, and the following districts in New Orleans:
18 Broad Street, Lower Ninth Ward, North Rampart Street, OC Haley Boulevard, and Old
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1 Algiers; and
2 WHEREAS, Louisiana Main Street assists communities on the pathway to potential
3 designation as a Main Street community of which Winnfield is a current "Lagniappe"
4 community; and
5 WHEREAS, Main Street's communities are part of a national network of over twelve
6 hundred Main Street communities, led by Main Street America, and the program has become
7 a proven model for economic development - "when downtown grows, the whole community
8 grows"; and
9 WHEREAS, leaders from Main Street communities across Louisiana have traveled
10 to the state capitol to meet and interact with their elected officials.
11 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
12 hereby designates and recognizes Tuesday, May 2, 2023, as Main Street Day at the State
13 capitol and the thirty-six designated Louisiana communities which comprise Louisiana Main
14 Street are further commended for their outstanding efforts to revitalize downtown areas
15 throughout the state.
16 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to the
17 assistant secretary of the Office of Cultural Development in the Department of Culture,
18 Recreation, and Tourism and the lieutenant governor of Louisiana.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Thomas L. Tyler.
DIGEST
SR 50 Original 2023 Regular Session Womack
Designates and recognizes Tuesday, May 2, 2023, as Main Street Day at the state capitol and
commends the thirty-six designated communities comprising Main Street for their
outstanding downtown revitalization efforts.
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