[MainstreetTowns] FW: new town announcement - poteau.docx

[director at sapulpamainstreet.com]

Welcome Back Poteau!!  Look forward to meeting you.

 

Cindy Lawrence

Executive Director

Sapulpa Main Street

15 N. Water St.

Sapulpa, OK  74066

918-224-5709

 

 

    Mission Statement

The purpose of the Main Street program is to preserve and enhance the
cultural heritage of Sapulpa, and to improve the quality of life by
revitalizing the Central Business District as the center of the Community.

 

This is done through education and management in organization, promotion,
design and economic vitality. 

 

 

 

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This was released to the statewide media this afternoon!  Welcome back,
Poteau!!

 

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Contact: Buffy Hughes

Oklahoma Main Street Center

Phone: (405) 815-6552

Email: Buffy.hughes at OKcommerce.gov <mailto:Buffy.hughes at OKcommerce.gov> 

 

For Immediate Release

April 27, 2018

 

Oklahoma Main Street Center Announces 2018 New Town Selection

 

(Oklahoma City, Okla.) – The Oklahoma Main Street Center announced today
that Poteau, Okla., is the newest addition to the Oklahoma Main Street
Program for 2018. Historic Downtown Poteau rejoins the program at the
associate level. This brings the total number of participants in the state
to 31, including three urban areas and three associate programs.

 

“The Oklahoma Main Street Center is happy to welcome Poteau back into the
state Main Street program,” said Oklahoma Main Street Center Director Buffy
Hughes. “Poteau has a rich a history, exciting festivals, and a vibrant
local community. Located near Wister State Park and other popular tourist
destinations, downtown Poteau boasts many historic buildings, shops, cafés
and restaurants. We look forward to a bright future together as we build on
what has been, showcase what is, and explore what is yet to come.”  

The Main Street Program is a comprehensive revitalization effort that
provides communities with tools to improve their historic central and
neighborhood business district areas.  The Oklahoma Main Street program
serves as the state coordinating program for Main Street America, a program
of the National Main Street Center, Inc. The Oklahoma Department of Commerce
oversees the state Main Street Program.

 

“I am proud the downtown organization has decided to return to the Oklahoma
Main Street Program,” said Poteau Mayor Jeff Shockley. “The leadership and
education provided by Oklahoma Main Street is invaluable. Our hope is this
decision will advance our local organization to the next level.”

 

The associate level is a two-year endeavor to build capacity toward
operation of the fully designated Main Street program. Poteau will have
access to limited Main Street services including training and technical
assistance for preservation-based commercial district revitalization, as
well as have limited Main Street requirements. The goal of the associate
level is to work toward building capacity to build the organization that
will lead the community into more successful downtown development.

 

Programs operating at the under 5,000 (population) associate level are not
required to have paid staff but must have a volunteer who can dedicate 20
hours a week to the program.

The associate level will also operate with a volunteer board of directors,
much like the fully recognized programs. 

 

Poteau will receive leadership training for their program manager and board
of directors, as well as training in the nationally recognized Four-Point
Main Street approach of organization, promotion, design and economic
vitality, Hughes added. 

 

According to latest figures, Oklahoma Main Street communities have generated
more than $1.68 million in total public and private reinvestment, created
more than 18,650 new jobs and helped in the development of more than 5,400
new or expanded small businesses. 

 

For more information about the Oklahoma Main Street Program, please call
(405) 815-6552 or visit OKcommerce.gov/mainstreet.

 

About Main Street America

Main Street America has been helping revitalize older and historic
commercial districts for more than 35 years. Today it is a network of more
than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a
commitment to place and to building stronger communities through
preservation-based economic development. Main Street America is a program of
the nonprofit National Main Street Center, Inc., a subsidiary of the
<http://www.savingplaces.org/> National Trust for Historic Preservation.

 

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