When a community participates in a comprehensive revitalization effort, its downtown can experience a return of economic vitality. Benefits of the Main Street Newton program include the following:

• Protecting and strengthening the existing tax base
• Increasing sales and returning revenues to the community
• Creating a positive community image
• Creating visually appealing and economically viable downtown buildings
• Attracting new businesses
• Creating new jobs
• Increasing investment in the downtown
• Preserving historic architectural resources