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In April of 1973 a group of downtown merchants incorporated Washington Downtown Shopping Center, Inc. as a not for profit corporation in response to the rise of shopping centers in the southern part of town.  Their early efforts to improve the civic conditions in the downtown shopping district eventually blossomed into Downtown Washington, Inc.

In 1989, Washington Downtown Shopping Center, Inc. was shortened to Downtown Washington, Inc. when the city of Washington, along with four other Missouri towns, was selected to become a pilot community for the newly formed Missouri Main Street Program, an initiative created by the Missouri Department of Economic Development and National Trust for Historic Preservation. 

During the 1990s the organization, under the supervision of Executive Director Linda Kuenzie, began to reshape the layout and aesthetic of the downtown district.  Along with constructing the Main and Elm Street parking lot in 1991, Downtown Washin ...