Downtown Frederick Partnership is charged with enhancing, promoting and preserving the vitality of Downtown Frederick by implementing the national Main Street program for the benefit of Frederick businesses, residents and visitors. In 2001, the Partnership was designated the managing organization for Frederick’s Main Street Program. The Main Street Program is a preservation-based, downtown revitalization approach sponsored by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development. The goal of the Main Street Program is to strengthen the vitality of Maryland’s traditional main streets and neighborhoods. Downtown Frederick received the prestigious Great American Main Street Award in May of 2005 from the National Main Street Center for the community’s exceptional accomplishments in revitalization.