Downtown Wilmington

We welcome YOU to Downtown Wilmington, Ohio!

• We are a small town... located at a crossroads... in the middle of a cornfield - sometimes called a lazy town... and that's alright with us.
• We raise our families here and enjoy the great amenities of our town... AND YOU are welcome to join us... good local foods - specialty shops - theater - arts - festivals - and well... a good time.

BUT... you may be surprised to find we are also a community full of innovation..creativity..entrepreneurship and..what we refer to as "progressive behavior". A community that is very resilient... and quietly stubborn.

Sure, we have manufacturing, farming, transportation and shipping industries... oh, and a big air park. But we have come to realize... big business does not make a community... it is the PEOPLE who make OUR community... a living, breathing community.

Please join us for a visit... a job... a life... that's actually quite nice! If it's the "big city" you want, one is close enough to visit... and that's okay - we don't have everything here... but... we do have enough... enough for a place we call home.

We welcome you to our home! Please stay as long as you like...

The Ohio Main Street Program, administered by Heritage Ohio, has been working with communities across the state to revitalize their historic or traditional commercial areas. Based in historic preservation, the Main Street approach was developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation to save historic commercial architecture and the fabric of American communities' built environment, but has become a powerful economic development tool as well.

The Main Street program is designed to improve all aspects of the downtown or central business district, producing both tangible and intangible benefits. Improving economic management, strengthening public participation, and making downtown a fun place to visit are as critical to Main Street's future as recruiting new businesses, rehabilitating buildings, and expanding parking.

Building on downtown's inherent assets - rich architecture, personal service, and traditional values and most of all, a sense of place - the Main Street approach has rekindled entrepreneurship, downtown cooperation and civic concern. It has earned national recognition as a practical strategy appropriately scaled to a community's local resources and conditions. And because it is a locally driven program, all initiative stems from local issues and concerns.

Mission Statement

Cultivate Downtown Wilmington as a center of activity for commerce, culture and social activities.

Vision Statement

• Establish Downtown Wilmington as a lively and vibrant hub for visual, literary and performing arts
• Attract unique destination businesses
• Provide premier housing to attract upscale residents
• Remain a focal point of the city for entertainment, events and social activities
• Maintain clean surroundings and green space that is safe and secure
• Maintain a district easily accessible by vehicles and pedestrians alike
• Insure the integrity of our varied historic architecture and urban design

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