Illinois Main Street Statewide Conference November 12-14, 2025

Every year, community leaders, advocates, preservationists, and statewide partners gather to learn and share strategies for the revitalization of downtown districts across Illinois. The goals are broad, from rehabilitating old buildings 🏛️, to creating and supporting local businesses, to celebrating local history and culture. The impact is huge: over the last 30 years, Illinois Main Street’s Place-Based Economic work has led to $1.2 billion reinvested 💰, 24,000 businesses started, 11,000 jobs created 👷‍♀️👨‍💼 and 1,120 buildings rehabilitated 🏚️➡️🏢.

This year, eATLAS is proud to be partnering with IMS 🤝, and will be heading to Dixon, Illinois this week. The 2025 conference theme is “From Ideas to Action—Collaborating for Impact,” 💡➡️✨ and the eATLAS team is excited to share our platform and add an experiential layer to the Main Street approach. After all, turning communities into interactive adventures, and helping people discover local stories, landmarks, and small businesses, is what we do best! 🌟

Together, eATLAS and Illinois Main Street are helping communities reimagine what it means to shop local, support small businesses, and experience downtowns across the state. 🗺️🏙️