[MainstreetTowns] FW: Main Street News | January 11, 2018

Tue Jan 16 21:32:06 CST 2018

Congratulations Kelly! I still want to be you when I grow up. 

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From: "Buffy Hughes" <Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov> 
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Main Street News | January 11, 2018 

Congratulations to Main Street Enid and Kelly Tompkins for the article “Oklahoma’s Maker Trail” that appeared in the Main Street News on January 11 th . 

Enjoy, 

Buffy 

Buffy Hughes 

State Main Street Director 

Oklahoma Department of Commerce 

900 N. Stiles Ave., Oklahoma City, OK 73104 

E: Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov 

P: 405.815.5249 

C: 405.664.1260 

OKcommerce.gov/main-street 

Jumpstart imaginations | January 11, 2018 	

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Quote of the Week 

"The Maker Trail…jumpstarted imaginations, helped people discover more businesses, and inspired creative learning." 
~ Kelly Tompkin, Main Street Enid 
Read more in Creative Discovery on the Maker Trail in Enid, Oklahoma 

• Main Street Now Conference: Overflow Room Blocks, APA CEUs + the Big Bash 

• Creative Discovery on the Maker Trail in Enid, Oklahoma 

• Main Street America Institute: First online course of 2018 launches January 16 

• City Sidewalks, Dressed in Holiday Style 

• Determined Advocacy Preserves the Historic Tax Credit 

• Announcing the Relaunch of Illinois Main Street with Grant from The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation 

• Main Street Now Conference is March 26-28 (Early bird deadline is Jan 12) 

• NTHP Webinar: Historical Storytelling Through Technology (Jan 16) 

• SaveYour.Town Webinar: The Future of Retail (Jan 16 + Jan 23) 

• African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Grant (LOI due Jan 31) 

• Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Grant (Due Feb 21) 

• Save America's Treasures Grant (Due Feb 22) 

• 2018 Leadership Development Workshop (March 24-25) 

In observance of Martin Luther King Day, National Main Street Center office will be closed Monday, January 15. 

Community Spotlight 

Main Street Gardnerville, Nevada 

Last night, we celebrated Main Street Gardnerville as Nevada Main Street’s first official program! Gardnerville implemented a Main Street program on their own and is the first to be announced as a Nevada Main Street community. The celebration kicked off the Transformation Strategy visit, which includes community input meetings, board meetings and working with staff. 
(Left to right: Debbi Lehr, Main Street Gardnerville, Jean Barrette, Nevada Main Street, Kathy La Plante, National Main Street Center) 
Have a story you want to share? Email us at mainstreetnews at savingplaces.org 

• Rehoboth downtown survey and public meeting set Jan. 17 (DE) Cape Gazette 
• Historic Ottumwa building destroyed in Saturday fire (IA) Des Moines Register 
• Bike-Sharing Programs Catch On In Smaller Towns JPR 
• Downtown retail base has 'flipped' (Florence, AL) Daily Times 
• What does a gentrifying city look like? Talk to the man who delivers the mail. High County News 
• A main street full of memories (Ashland, NC) Herald-Progress 
• Colorado Divide: Could arts and culture spark an economic revival in struggling rural towns? (Trinidad, CO) The Denver Post 

In case you missed it... 

• Main Street America Institute: Winter/Spring 2018 Calendar 
• 13 Things About Kansas City That Might Surprise You 
• Transforming a Neglected Parking Lot in Metuchen, New Jersey 
• 2017 Main Street America Network Trends Survey Results 

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Ada Main Street 
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Ada Main Street, Inc. is a non-profit organization whose mission is to promote the quality of life in Ada by revitalizing the downtown area as a community center, promoting a healthy, friendly, economically viable and attractive Main Street. 

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