About downtown Portsmouth
Portsmouth is home to a Main Street America program: an Affiliate downtown working to keep Portsmouth's historic commercial district lively, local and one of a kind.
Partnership Development FoundationAffiliate
- Designation
- Affiliate Main Street America program
- Coordinating program
- Virginia Main Street Program
What's coming to this page
When the Partnership Development Foundation team claims this page, it fills in with the places that make Portsmouth worth the trip.
Local shops and signature goods made in Portsmouth.
Inns, B&Bs and hotels within walking distance.
Festivals, galleries, markets and events downtown.
Restaurants, cafés and taprooms on the square.
Nearby Main Street towns
- Hampton, VA14 mi
- Newport News, VA17 mi
- Cape Charles, VA35 mi
- Elizabeth City, NC37 mi
- Gloucester, VA42 mi
- Hertford, NC45 mi
- Edenton, NC56 mi
- Hopewell, VA63 mi
Distances are straight-line from downtown Portsmouth. See all 47 other Virginia downtowns on the state page.
Program details from the Main Street America network directory. Something out of date? Let us know through the form on this page.
For downtowns & shop owners
Run downtown Portsmouth? Get featured.
If you lead Partnership Development Foundation or own a shop here, tell us about your events, shops and holiday hours. Our editors feature downtowns and merchants in the Daily Downtown Digest.
Owners and downtown teams get the Digest every morning. Featured placement for shops is a simple monthly plan.