Vernon became a Texas Main Street City in January 2011.  The vision of the Vernon Main Street Program is that our central downtown area develops as the center of the community where residents and visitors can enjoy a vibrant and growing town with unique and diverse shopping and dining opportunities, with a continuing emphasis on our historic buildings and our cultural heritage as a farming and ranching community along the Great Western Trail.

The mission of the Vernon Main Street Program is to uphold preservation and rehabilitation of our historic downtown, to positively impact its economic and social health, and to promote our future by effectively using community and personal resources within the Four-Point Approach of Organization, Design, Economic Restructuring and Promotion.

In order to accomplish this mission, the Vernon Main Street Program works with downtown merchants, property owners and representatives of local community organizations, to develop and administer programs, projects, activities and events to promote and improve Vernon’s downtown. These projects include Facade and Sidewalk Matching Grant Programs, advertising for the district, community clean-up efforts, and numerous promotional events and activities designed to attract shoppers and diners to downtown Vernon.