Friendly City Fortune is Downtown Harrisonburg Renaissance's largest annual fundraiser! It provides flexible revenue for a variety of projects including art installations, façade enhancements, and small business support services 🎨 🏛️ 📈

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“The most exciting work is ahead of us, and we sincerely look forward to partnering with you to make good on its promise,” Hannah White, MSA President and CEO.

MSA’s new strategic plan sets a bold path for our future. Read it here: bit.ly/3OBT08Z

“To evolve and survive, [the CBD’s] offerings will have to become more local, authentic and actively curated.'

How SF is evolving to meet the needs of the post-pandemic future.
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Submit a session proposal for our 2023 #MainStreetNow Conference in Boston, MA! Share your innovative ideas and successful programs with the Main Street Movement 🗣️

Learn more and send us your pitch by September 6 ➡️ bit.ly/3z4cxsC

Struggling to come up with a streetscape plan? This new AI tool can help you reimagine your roads to be more pedestrian and bicycle friendly! bloomberg.com/news/features/…

Attention #publicspace advocates! Early registration is now open for Project for Public Spaces’s popular placemaking training, which will be online this year! Over 4 weeks in October, you’ll learn how to implement & run your very own #placemaking project: bit.ly/3cCthjr

'Eager to lure Americans from their gas-burning cars, Biden’s administration is planning a nationwide network of 500,000 charging stations linking urban and rural areas coast to coast.'

EV charging represents a major opportunity for rural Main Streets! bloom.bg/3cLc33c

Main Street America is proud to announce our new strategic plan. Join us in building a bigger, bolder, and more inclusive Main Street movement.

Read here: bit.ly/3OBT08Z

ICYMI: At the Main Street Now Conference, Patrice Frey shared lessons and reflections from the past nine years. From how to lead change to why you should re-evaluate events, her always fresh perspective shows how how we can chart a prosperous path ahead: bit.ly/3nJsnnj

Join this FREE webinar from Int'l Downtown Assoc on August 12 to learn how CDBG recipients can leverage their annual grant allocation to access low-cost, flexible financing for economic development, housing, public facility and infrastructure projects downtown.org/event/advancin…

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“Locally-targeted policies can have locally-targeted effects, and that should impact how we think about making local investment.”

Young people are staying closer to home, and entrepreneurial ecosystem building can make sure they have access to economic opportunities!

'Incremental development offers a way for small developers to work together to build a complete neighborhood, employing the power of collective love of place.'

How have small changes made a big difference in your community?
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Main Street America #ICYMI #Kansas Governor Laura Kelly announced (7.13.22) Panasonic Energy plans to develop a state-of-the-art EV battery facility in De Soto. The company’s plans could create up to 4,000 new jobs and result in $4B investment. Learn more: bit.ly/Kansas-Panason… #WeAreMainStreet

Learn how Rethos: Places Reimagined is encouraging upper-floor development through their new program, 'Looking Up.' This initiative is a great model for how Main Streets can drive sustainable housing development in their communities: bit.ly/3PXCodk

ICYMI: The Historic Tax Credit program is the largest federal program supporting historic preservation for commercial buildings, and the funding it provides offers significant opportunities for Main Street programs. NTCIC can help you access these funds: bit.ly/3yXkscE