Imagine a downtown alive with activity from every building on every street  a vibrant area of Longview that harkens back to a time when people strolled along sidewalks to go to work or to visit shops built in the hub of the city.

Though shopping corridors have changed over the years with indoor and strip malls built in the outlying areas of town, there is an effort in Longview to revitalize the city's downtown area.

With a vision to fully transform the city's downtown into a place where residents and visitors alike are drawn for shopping, work, dining and entertainment, Longview hopes to become one of up to five Texas Urban Main Street Program communities.