Abstract

From the 1980's, we have had problems of decline downtowns because of the significant suburban commercial development. Town Management Organization (TMO) is a mechanism recently established by the government to provide assistance to cities with a comprehensive plan for center city revitalization.
How to revitalize the downtown is a topic in Japan these days, the same as the decline experienced in the United States of America since the 1960's. USA has more experiences of success and failure about the revitalization. There are many ways to revitalize downtowns in the US. Especially, this paper says about Main Street Program which obtains good results in small cities. The aim is to solve how Main Street Program make contributions to towns.