Georgetown’s Main Street program celebrates 40 years

  • On the steps of the historic Williamson County Courthouse, the Austin Carolers entertain the crowd gathered at the Georgetown Square for the Lighting of the Square on Friday, November 28, 2014. (Sun Archive)
    On the steps of the historic Williamson County Courthouse, the Austin Carolers entertain the crowd gathered at the Georgetown Square for the Lighting of the Square on Friday, November 28, 2014. (Sun Archive)
    Preserving and revitalizing Georgetown’s Main Street was a daunting task in the 1980s. With a dwindling tourism industry and developments making Austin the hot area in Central Texas, Georgetown city staff turned to the Texas Main Street Program to help bring life back to the downtown area. “Many buildings were vacant, second stories were boarded up and there weren’t many people ...

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