Come visit our city on the rise!
Welcome to Main Street Lorain!
Main Street Lorain serves as an advocate for Downtown with the city and county governments as well as individual merchants and property owners. Main Street Lorain also aids in coordinating special events that occur in the Downtown area, and it provides access to national information and networks as well as technical assistance through the Heritage Ohio and National Main Street programs.
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Lorain Lighthouse
The “Jewel of the Port”, a beautiful Lorain landmark that must be visited while you’re in town. Subject of countless pieces of art, a true backdrop to our marvelous city.
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Outdoor Activities
Come visit Lorain for our beautiful beaches, parks, bike trails, and other cute stuff. Lorain has some of the best fishing on the Great Lakes!
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Outdoor Festivals
All year round, Lorain has family friendly activities for you and yours. Summer block parties, the Fire Fish Festival, Summer Market, Cookie Crawl, Monster Mash Dash, are just some of our wonderful events for you to join in the fun!
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Ariel Broadway Hotel
Stay at our newly renovated Ariel Broadway Hotel that is within walking distance of the lake, countless restaurants and bars, and hosts two restaurants and a bakery inside.
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Lorain Port
There’s nothing quite like watching the Bascule Bridge raise up for a gigantic steel tanker to float on by. While you’re here, walk around the beautiful Black River Landings, and check out a concert.
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Coffee Shops
With 5 different places to grab an espresso in town, Lorain is certainly a place to go for coffee lovers! There’s literally something for all taste buds here.
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Dining
Lorain is quickly growing into a wonderful culinary town. Our restaurants and diners have so much range, and truly something for everyone. And we are just getting started, with 5 new eateries coming soon, Lorain is the place to be for dinner.
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Shopping
Another wonderful aspect of the growth of downtown Lorain, are all of the new shops popping up. Check out our links above for more info about where to go!
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Bike Trails
Lorain’s bike trail system is awesome! A wonderful winding path that takes you over multiple bridges, gives views of the old industrial parts of Lorain, and allows you to connect with the Elyria and Oberlin bike systems!
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Cocktails
Downtown Lorain has several places to grab a delicious cocktail. Most notably is Speak of the Devil cocktail bar, people come from far and wide for their carefully crafted drinks.
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Lorain Pride
Our newly fabricated Lorain sign sits right next to the Bascule Bridge. This and our current murals, and other public art pieces keep people coming back for wedding photos and family photos. Come check out our pride!
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Whether you want to volunteer, join Main Street as a member, or just be linked in to what’s going on in Lorain… Fill out this form and let us know what we can do to help! We are very much looking forward to hearing from you, and very excited to share everything Lorain with you!