About

Downtown Paducah

Downtown Paducah is a riverfront business district in the heart of Paducah, Kentucky. Home to over 160 businesses small and large, condos and apartments for residential living, and a world-class arts and entertainment scene that rivals any large city in the region. Recognized as one of America’s most beautiful Main Streets by Architectural Digest, this historic district is known for lively streets, sophisticated dining, and charming retailers.
Paducah Main Street
The Main Street® movement is a proven strategy for revitalization that can transform the way our community thinks about the management of our downtown and neighborhood commercial districts. Cities and towns across the nation know that a prosperous, sustainable community is only as healthy as its core. The Downtown neighborhood boundary defines the Main Street program area in Paducah, and our mission is to make Downtown thrive.

Who We Are

Paducah Main Street is one part of the engine that helps drive the Downtown economy by focusing on business recruitment and retention. We are dedicated to creating a vibrant downtown experience by promoting historic preservation, economic growth, and creative place-making for Downtown Paducah. Our work to promote Downtown as a district will make Paducah a prosperous, lively, and attractive destination for entrepreneurs and visitors.

How it Works

Paducah Main Street, winner of the Great American Main Street Award in 2010, is a local government program within the City of Paducah’s Planning Department that works to revitalize Downtown Paducah. Paducah Main Street is staffed by a full-time city employee who functions as the program’s Director, and is supported by a mayorally-appointed Board of Directors and community members that make up four committees. Each Main Street committee corresponds with one of the four National Main Street transformation strategies: Design, Promotion, Organization, and Economic Vitality. The Paducah Main Street program is recognized formally through local city ordinance (Ord. No. 2014-5-8140) and is funded annually through dedicated city resources.

This local Main Street program is a part of a larger network of cities transforming historic downtown districts through the Kentucky Main Street and the Main Street America organizations.