{"id":47898,"date":"2025-11-15T17:29:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:29:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/47898\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T17:29:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-15T17:29:15","slug":"secretary-byrd-announces-the-launch-of-the-florida-main-street-app","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/47898\/","title":{"rendered":"Secretary Byrd Announces the Launch of the Florida Main Street App"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"release-logo\">&#13;<br \/>\n\t    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/pressrelease51.png\" alt=\"Florida Department of State\"\/>&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<p class=\"article-date\">For Immediate Release<br \/>Friday, November 14, 2025<\/p>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Download ahead of Small Business Saturday<\/p>\n<p class=\"release-location\">TALLAHASSEE, FLA. \u2013<\/p>\n<p>In preparation for Thanksgiving travel and Small Business Saturday, Secretary of State Cord Byrd announced the launch of the new Florida Main Street app. This app lets users explore Florida Main Street communities highlighting businesses, events and points of interest.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Florida Main Street App invites users to personalize their travel experience by building a dynamic itinerary to explore restaurants, businesses, parks, theaters, murals and historic sites in Florida\u2019s Main Street Communities,\u201d said Secretary Byrd. \u201cThis app is a great tool to promote Florida\u2019s Main Street Communities and connect users with unique shopping and dining experiences during the holiday season and beyond.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 0px; height: 0px;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/main-street-app-creative-01.png\" alt=\"\" data-udi=\"umb:\/\/media\/24de79359ba9404e89b96739d89f4c4e\"\/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Florida Main Street app is available for download<\/p>\n<p>Users can search within the app for specific types of businesses such as lodging, shopping, services, food and drink, and activities such as concerts, parades, golf, and events. Event information including dates, times, locations, and a brief description is displayed in the app along with details about landmarks. Enhancements under development include statewide themed tours focusing on America250FL, barbeque, breweries, caf\u00e9s and coffee shops.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Florida Main Street communities contain over 3,600 active businesses and 983 restaurants. The Department is grateful to the 52 Florida Main Street communities for their commitment to ensuring visitors to our state continue to learn more about the unique history, heritage and culture of Florida\u2019s communities.<\/p>\n<p>The app is available in the App Store and Google Play. For more information and a QR code to download the app, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/dos.fl.gov\/historical\/preservation\/florida-main-street\/florida-main-street-app\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Florida Main Street website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">###<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>About Florida Main Street<\/p>\n<p>Florida Main Street is a program administered by the Division of Historical Resources under the Florida Department of State, which currently oversees 52 communities throughout the state. By implementing the National Main Street Center\u2019s Four-Point Approach, Florida Main Street encourages economic development within the context of historic preservation through the revitalization of Florida\u2019s downtowns \u2013 the community\u2019s heart and soul.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; For Immediate ReleaseFriday, November 14, 2025 Download ahead of Small Business Saturday TALLAHASSEE, FLA. \u2013 In&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":20003,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[232,234,233],"class_list":["post-47898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee","tag-tallahassee-headlines","tag-tallahassee-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47898\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20003"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}