
Monticello Main Street, Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 by concerned local volunteers dedicated to historic preservation and strengthening our community's economic growth. The main area of concentration is in the downtown business district and the extended fringe area of Monticello's downtown. We assist businesses that are starting or considering opening in our downtown. We support existing businesses and building owners with resources. We facilitate and supplement better design planning in our downtown to improve the experience for our visitors and community members. We ensure historic preservation of our downtown structures stays at the forefront of our downtown planning and provide needed resources for business and building owners.
Monticello Main Street also plans several events throughout the year to highlight our unique downtown. In 2026, you can expect us to operate or assist with Piatt County Antique Day in March, Whites of Spring, a Block Party, and Reds of Christmas. Each year, we also host the Monticello Farmers' Market on Thursday afternoon, May-October!
Our partners allow us to help our downtown business owners and building owners! We certainly hope you will consider becoming a partner to help us continue our downtown support.
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Smoke N Octane is kicking off- Come for the cars, stay for the Downtown Monticello experience- just 2 blocks over, and you might just find yourself making a day of it!
✨ Thank you to our Monticello Main Street partner, Lilly's Flooring!
Home to one of our favorite downtown building facelifts, Lilly's Flooring continues to help make Main Street (literally...) a beautiful place—inside and out, calling downtown Monticello hope for 34 years!! Thank you for supporting downtown and the Monticello Main Street mission!
Fun Fact... Lori Lilly was on the Main Street board for a number of years- we appreciate her creative insight and dedication to downtown!
Meet Kat Ryan! She is a local Monticello author who writes cinnamon roll heroes in a small-town romance series that we love!
The fictional town is loosely based on Monticello! Locals will love finding all the easter eggs and loose connections! Those of you not from our area will see a glimpse of Monticello, albeit romanticized, in her writing!
In Staying with You, a major theme is the importance of 3rd spaces...sounds right up the Main Street alley, doesn't it?! We can't appreciate her bringing attention to their importance more!
We don't want you to miss the new release!! So run out and grab it...this story does not disappoint!! If you want to meet Kat in person and get your signed copy...watch the Monticello Farmers' Market page for a sneak appearance sometime this summer!