DID YOU KNOW?

Downtown Toccoa is rich in history and culture. As a nationally accredited member of Main Street America, we follow a Four-Point Approach to downtown development. This approach focuses on Design, Organization, Promotions, and Economic Restructuring, a tiered strategy meant to promote business recruitment and retention, all within the context of historic preservation. A few things that you may not realize as you make your way into our downtown district:

• Main Street Toccoa is a Georgia Exceptional Main

Street (GEMS) Community, the highest designation awarded in the state and one of only 17 throughout

Georgia. • Main Street Toccoa consists of over 160 small businesses and 1,326 employees. • Over 860,000 visitors flock to Downtown Toccoa on an annual basis. • Your Main Street staff operates over 50 annual events downtown, as well as a regular schedule of events at the Historic Ritz Theatre, which sees on average an additional 100 shows every year. • Main Street Toccoa is also a Rural Zone Tax Credit District, a Live, Work, Play Community, and part of the

City of Toccoa’s PlanFirst status. • In the past several years alone, we’ve completed two phases of downtown wayfinding signage, updated streetscape, built a railway viewing platform, and saw interior and exterior improvements to the Historic

Ritz Theatre.

You may be one of 860,000 people to visit us this year, but you’re far more than a number. When you walk into our shops, expect a smile and open arms. Some of our businesses offer curbside pickup, and we even have businesses who will shop over the phone with you. In these current times, our downtown business and property owners are making sure that your safety is paramount, and we are actively encouraging social distancing, enhanced cleanliness procedures, and more.

Our business owners can’t wait to meet your needs, and we promise that you’ll leave with what you’ve seen having made an impact on you.

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