Saco Main Street

Saco Main Street supports our downtown's economic and cultural vitality through concentrated efforts in the areas of design, organization, promotion and economic revitalization, while protecting the city's unique historic character. This approach is a comprehensive, long-term, strategy tailored to the local needs and opportunities of the community. The Saco Main Street organization implements annual initiatives for economic growth and organizes community engagement activities including family friendly events such as the annual art festival & pumpkin harvest festival drawing thousands of people to the downtown. Sms organizes beautification efforts such as seasonal planters, flags & banners on Main Street, and participates in initiatives to increase pedestrian friendliness and expansion of public art, in an effort to contribute to the overall health and well-being of our community.

The organization opened the Saco scoop in 2018 on Main Street as a community space that serves ice cream to the general public, but also hosts community events, offers educational space for children's activities, provides free meeting space for local groups (such as Saco age friendly, economic vitality committees, game nights for other non-profit groups, etc. )the Saco scoop also focuses on workforce development by employing high school students and providing opportunities for them to create business model teams, learn business planning and marketing,as well as the value of community engagement. As a result of its opening, the Saco scoop's presence has served as an economic driver by increasing foot traffic to the downtown and through continued promotion of other businesses, services and agencies.