Main Street
Program is a subprogram of The National Trust for Historic Preservation and in
turn the Texas Historical Commission and is supervised by an advisory board.
Freeport Main Street merged with the Freeport Historical Commission in 2007.
Freeport was recognized as a National Main Street City in 2006, 2007 and 2008.
Although an initiative was started in Freeport to revitalize the heavily
blighted downtown area, not much has changed since the former First Lady's
visit