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

[Karen Dye]

Newkirk adds their congrats. I shared the article with our volunteers!

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> On Jan 16, 2018, at 9:32 PM, Amy Kaiser <adamainstreet at cableone.net> wrote:
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> Congratulations Kelly! I still want to be you when I grow up. 
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> From: "Buffy Hughes" <Buffy.Hughes at okcommerce.gov>
> To: mainstreettowns at lists.onenet.net
> Sent: Tuesday, January 16, 2018 1:33:00 PM
> Subject: [MainstreetTowns] FW: Main Street News | January 11, 2018
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> Congratulations to Main Street Enid and Kelly Tompkins for the article “Oklahoma’s Maker Trail” that appeared in the Main Street News on January 11th.
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> Enjoy,
> Buffy
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> Buffy Hughes
> State Main Street Director
> Oklahoma Department of Commerce
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> 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
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> • Main Street Now Conference: Overflow Room Blocks, APA CEUs + the Big Bash
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> • Creative Discovery on the Maker Trail in Enid, Oklahoma
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> • Main Street America Institute: First online course of 2018 launches January 16 
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> • City Sidewalks, Dressed in Holiday Style
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> • Determined Advocacy Preserves the Historic Tax Credit
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> • Announcing the Relaunch of Illinois Main Street with Grant from The Richard H. Driehaus Foundation
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> • Main Street Now Conference is March 26-28 (Early bird deadline is Jan 12)
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> • NTHP Webinar: Historical Storytelling Through Technology (Jan 16)
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> • SaveYour.Town Webinar: The Future of Retail (Jan 16 + Jan 23)
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> • African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund Grant (LOI due Jan 31)
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> • Cigarette Litter Prevention Program Grant (Due Feb 21)
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> • Save America's Treasures Grant (Due Feb 22) 
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> • 2018 Leadership Development Workshop (March 24-25)
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> In observance of Martin Luther King Day, National Main Street Center office will be closed Monday, January 15.
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> Community Spotlight
> Main Street Gardnerville, Nevada
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> 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)
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> • 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
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> 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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