Why Island Park Is the Best Small Mountain Town in the U.S. for 2024 Island Park may not initially appear as a mountain town; when you arrive, it presents as mostly flat.

Since 1995, only 115 of more than 2,000 Main Street programs across the U.S. have been acknowledged as Great American Main Street Award-winning communities. Tags IPR News Tourism Public art ...

A central Iowa town was one of three in the U.S. to be recognized by the Great American Main Street Awards. See how it's revitalizing its downtown.

U.S. News & World Report has chosen 26 places across the United States as one of the best “underrated travel destinations,” and only one spot in California made the list that boasts national ...

The town’s main street intersects with state Route 5. “The highway intersection, it can be a little dicey,” said Sarah Angst Stewart, the executive director of Downtown Lebanon.

(Results for the “Best Main Street” awards category will be announced on April 16, 2025.) No stranger to the USA TODAY 10Best Readers’ Choice Awards, Solvang, the Danish-rooted, California Central ...

The town is also home to Emporia State University. This year’s No. 2 ranking for best main street isn’t the first for Commercial Street. It was also runner up in 2024 and got first place in 2016.

According to the SBA, there are more than 30 million independent businesses in the United States. Here's where to find a couple this Saturday in Gaston County: From 9 a.m.-2 p.m., local vendors will ...