Our Work
Main Street Media Desk
The nation’s most trusted messengers telling the real story of the American economy.
The Media Desk trains small business owners to share their lived experience and bring accuracy and credibility into economic debates. Our messengers respond quickly to misinformation, ground policy conversations in real life, and broaden who speaks for Main Street.
1,000 Main Streets
Turning local businesses into civic spaces that bring people back into public life.
1,000 Main Streets transforms storefronts into civic hubs where people can learn, connect, and register to vote. Organizer-champions host meet-ups and listening sessions that make civic participation easy and personal.
Care Is Capital
Advancing care policies by showing their impact on local economies.
Care Is Capital is Main Street Alliance’s flagship care campaign, where state and federal advocacy comes together in coordinated public action. Through days of action, fly-ins, petitions, testimony, and sustained storytelling, small business owners bring visibility and urgency to care policy debates.
The campaign highlights how childcare, paid leave, and healthcare shape the survival of small businesses and the strength of local economies. By pairing economic data with lived experience, Care Is Capital builds public understanding and support for policies that help working families thrive.