Current Projects
Downtown Lynn: Local Rapid Recovery Plan
The City of Lynn, in partnership with Lynn Main Streets, the Economic Development Industrial Corporation (EDIC), and the Greater Lynn Chamber of Commerce, is participating in the Massachusetts Downtown Initiative's Rapid Recovery Plan (RRP) Program. We have been working with our consultant, MAPC, to create an actionable, project-based recovery plan to help our Cultural District--and, by extension, all our businesses--recover from COVID-19 related impacts.
For more info, please visit: Downtown Lynn Cultural District Recovery Plan | Lynn In Common
Lynn Main Streets was subcontracted by the Metropolitan AreaPlanning Council to help plan for and conduct community engagement about wayfinding in Downtown Lynn, as part of the Downtown Lynn Local Rapid Recovery Plan funded by theMassachusetts Department of Housing & Community Development.
The goal of this Wayfinding Plan is to enable residents and visitors of all ages and abilities to identify and locate the assets and destinations that the Downtown Lynn Cultural District has to offer.
Throughout this plan, Lynn Main Streets is committed to prioritizing the voices and needs of low-income and people of color businesses and residents.
Review our Wayfinding Plan HERE.
The purpose of this survey is to utilize downtown Lynn's community vision to inform the City on how to best support our downtown businesses and organizations in their pandemic recovery. This survey is part of Lynn's Local Rapid Recovery Plan and is open to everyone.
Complete the English survey here.
Complete esta encuesta en español aquí.
Our Partners
Downtown Lynn Cultural District
In 2012, the Massachusetts Cultural Council designated a portion of Downtown Lynn as one of the Commonwealth’s inaugural Cultural Districts. Although appointed in 2012, the history of arts and culture activism in Downtown Lynn goes back decades. Countless individuals and organizations have contributed their time and energy to Downtown Lynn. The Downtown Lynn Cultural District is a keeper of this movement and collaborates with cultural partners, both new and well-established, to foster a shared creative and cohesive vision for the city’s cultural community.
MassDevelopment
MassDevelopment, the state’s finance and development agency, works with businesses, nonprofits, banks, and communities to stimulate economic growth. Through these collaborations we help create jobs, increase the number of housing units, revitalize urban environments, and address factors limiting economic growth including transportation, energy, and infrastructure deficiencies.
Department of Community Development
Our mission revolves around effectively utilizing our time, energy and resources in planning, promoting, rehabilitating and enhancing the City of Lynn and its natural and manmade resources.
Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Reflecting our commitment to ESG and sustainability, Breckinridge is a Massachusetts Benefit Corporation and a certified B Corp. We believe these designations help us in our goals to create positive, long-term impact for our clients, employees and the communities in which we live, work and invest.
Greater Lynn Chamber of Commerce
The Greater Lynn Chamber of Commerce is a member-driven organization enhancing the economic vitality of Southern Essex County by fostering educational initiatives and business resources, legislative advocacy, and marketing and networking opportunities.
The Galleries At LynnArts (GALA)
The Galleries At LynnArts (GALA) is an arts based collaborative and a 501 (c) (3) tax deductible private foundation. It is lead by a small group of local artists and art organizers who have designed two galleries and a gallery shop. These spaces are used to exhibit group and solo shows as well as house a handmade shop filled with arts and crafts produced by North Shore artists and makers. We work with artists and makers at every stage of their career. Emerging artists are given support in developing their work, preparing work for professional presentation and exhibition, and access to the local gallery system. GALA is a community where the gallery spaces and outside events are used to promote and sell artwork from those artists who traditionally have had access to galleries and to invite makers who might not have had access into the space and honor their products and objects equally. We create community through exhibit receptions, artists' sales and fairs, and by using the gallery spaces for public and private events. It is our intention to support the whole artist by creating programming to promote skills growth, wellbeing, and foster a healthy art community.