About Palmetto Downtown Main Street

Imagine a thriving shopping and business district in downtown Palmetto with a mix of modern and historically significant buildings, wide sidewalks, and plentiful parking. Attractive park-like features would efficiently collect and purify stormwater runoff that would otherwise flow into and pollute the Manatee River.

Under this scenario, the corridor along 10th Avenue West — Palmetto’s original Main Street — would regain its position as the heartbeat of the city, a pedestrian-friendly destination for shopping, dining, and entertaining as well as a popular gathering place for special events. But it is more than a scenario or a pipe dream. Palmetto officials have been working for the past decade to update, adapt, and transform what Samuel Sparks Lamb started when he moved to the area in 1868.

Palmetto Downtown Main Street

Founded in 2022