Main Street Pontiac

Main Street Pontiac is a volunteer-led nonprofit organization that works to foster a vibrant, safe, and inclusive historic downtown Pontiac. It is recognized as a 501(c)(3) and manages the City's Main Street program, implementing the Main Street Four-Point Approach of Design, Organization, Promotion, and Economic Vitality. Pontiac's Main Street program began through the Downtown Development Authority and has been a Select Level community through Main Street Oakland County since 2002. In 2017, the Pontiac Downtown Business Alliance started Main Street Pontiac as a separate nonprofit, and in 2018 the IRS recognized it as a tax-exempt 501(c)(3). In 2024, the organization launched the Make It To Scale Kitchen, a kitchen incubator for Pontiac-based food entrepreneurs.