AMARILLO, TEXAS -- Center City Amarillo has been recognized as one of the 56 National Main Street Cities in Texas. The Texas Historical Commission and National Trust for Historic Preservation gave the award to Center City Amarillo. Beth Duke, executive director of Center City accepted the award. The cities were honored at the recent Texas Downtown Association/Texas Main Street Conference in Tyler. The National Trust for Historic Preservation's National Main Street Center will honor these cities at the 2010 National Main Streets Conference to be held in Oklahoma City in May.

Cities chosen as National Main Street Cities must show above average performance in 10 categories. The selection criteria focus on planning, staff and volunteers, preservation ethic, training and program assessment.