Newport. A place to live, work and play.

Founded in 2008, Newport City Renaissance Corporation, dba Newport Downtown Development, is a nonprofit dedicated to the revitalization of Newport. The organization partners with the City of Newport, local businesses and nonprofits, and both the CanUSA 360 Arts Collaborative and the Newport Outdoor Recreation Collaborative to work on everything from local dances to public art and bike friendly initiatives to long-term economic development.

Downtown Newport is the place where community and commerce meet. While community is the heart of Newport, business is its lifeblood. Developing the interests of both is necessary to create a healthy, livable community and a vibrant local economy that fulfills the needs of those who live, play, visit and work in Newport.

Our Vision: A Four-Season Outdoor Recreation Economy

NDD is intently focused on what will be needed for Newport to develop and sustain a vibrant outdoor recreation economy. This includes supporting and promoting events that draw people here, working cooperatively to steward the natural resources of our region, and backing the businesses that are our foundation. We do this in our effort to create a thriving community for downtown residents, neighbors from across the Northeast Kingdom, and all of our visitors to this beautiful destination.

There’s room for you in this organization:

NDD is driven by the energy and the passion of our volunteers and businesses. There are three active committees and many ways to get involved:

1. Destination Development, Promotion and Stewardship – This is the team creating great events like Winter Saturdays, Northern Star Paint and Sips, and the Memphremagog Festival.

2. Economic Development – This group has been working on starting new businesses, partnering with North Country Career Center to rehab downtown housing, and dreaming big dreams about a new hotel downtown.

3. Design and Community Welcome – Public art, historical walking tours, signage on the Newport Waterfront Recreation Path and a Binational Tourism Working Group – plenty here to sink your teeth into.

What is it about a space that makes you feel at home? Here in Newport, we’ve been blessed with the natural attributes of deep lakes, wide skies and rugged mountains.  We are also fortunate to have an energized community working hard to develop and refine a space where we all can all live, work and play.

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As a Main Street America™ Accredited program, Newport Downtown Development is a recognized leading program among the national network of more than 1,200 neighborhoods and communities who share both a commitment to creating high-quality places and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. All Main Street America™ Accredited programs meet a set of National Accreditation Standards of Performance as outlined by the National Main Street Center.