MMSC Unveils My Community Matters Initiative
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Missouri Main Street Connection (MMSC) unveiled the My Community Matters program on January 28
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in Jefferson City at the Capital Building. The program, which is a partnership with MMSC and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) through the Rural Community Development Initiative grant, will help community-based development organizations promote economic development in low-income, rural communities.
The targeted communities include Brunswick, Butler, Concordia, Kirksville, Knob Noster, Monroe City, Rockaway Beach, Sikeston, and Willow Springs.
MMSC State Director Gayla Roten noted, “MMSC looks forward to working with both USDA and Missouri communities to implement this program and help build sustainable communities through downtown revitalization. Without our valuable partners, this program would not possible.”
My Community Matters initiative will provide technical training and assistance to these 10 communities in rural Missouri. This assistance and training will focus on a variety of topics centered on the four points of the Main Street Approach which are Organization, Design, Promotion and Economic Vitality. Within these four points services will cover visioning, market analysis, board training, sustainable design practices, micro-enterprise development, and entrepreneurship. The overall goal of the program is to help Missouri communities build capacity to support sustainable economic development.
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RETHINKING ENTREPRENEURSHIP:
ECOSYSTEMS + INFRASTRUCTURE
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IS YOUR COMMUNITY NEEDING NEW VIBRANT BUSINESSES?
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In today’s dialogue, the entrepreneurial ecosystem often gets the most visibility, as it combines the organic passion of a community and its entrepreneurs with the ideas that spring from that passion. According to the Kauffman Foundation. “Entrepreneurial ecosystems drive local economic vibrancy and national economic growth by building fertile environments for new and growing companies to thrive.”
Entrepreneurial ecosystems comprise many players: innovators, investors, policy makers, and more. They grow out of organic passion, often led by
entrepreneurs themselves.
Join us in learning how you
can
create conditions in which entrepreneurs choose to innovate. This workshop was designed to help your community do that.
February 22, 2019
9:00AM - 4:30PM
The Elms Hotel
401 Regent Street
Excelsior Springs, MO 64024
$125 per person for Missouri Main Street Members
$225 per person for non-members.
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Join Us In Welcoming A New Staff Member To Our Team
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We are thrilled to announce that MMSC has added an additional person to our great team!
Susan Sheppard has been hired to work as the Program Outreach Coordinator. She will be working with our Affiliate Communities and will bring services to our newer communities beginning their downtown revitalization journey.
Susan is a Missouri native, having grown up in St. Louis and Union, Missouri. She received a M.A. in History with a Historic Preservation emphasis from Southeast Missouri State University. She has worked at Landmarks Association of St. Louis and at the Michigan State Historic Preservation Office. Most recently she spent three years in Baltimore, where she was the Assistant Main Street Coordinator for the State of Maryland.
She is excited to return to Missouri, where she lives in St. Louis with her husband Greg, their dog, and three cats. In her free time, she likes to play the guitar, sew, and travel.
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Missouri Main Street Connection is now accepting speaker proposals for the
2019 Get Plugged In Downtown Revitalization Conference
. We have a variety of sessions ranging from 45 Minute Crash Courses to 75 minute sessions for new or established downtown revitalization programs. Our conference this year will help Main Street programs rethink how they present their district, businesses, special events and their organization to customers, visitors, business owners and property owners.
We encourage you to submit a proposal that features ways Main Street communities can enhance the downtown experience
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We want to thank these investors for their contributions to Missouri Main Street for the months of December & January.
Clinton Main Street, Inc.
Downtown Excelsior Partnership
Downtown Marceline
Florissant Old Town Partners
Glasgow Main Street Association
Independence Square Association
City of Jackson
John Vietmeier
Laura Todd
Monett Main Street, Inc.
Platte County Convention and Visitors Bureau
Sedalia Downtown Development Inc.
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Exciting new career opportunities in Main Street communities!
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This new, easy-to use resource includes a list of current grant opportunities available that may be helpful for your revitalization needs. Also included are insights and tips from other Main Street organizations. The directory will be delivered twice a month - but you must sign up!
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Missouri Main Street Connection | 417-334-3014 | info@momainstreet.org | momainstreet.org
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Missouri Main Street Connection is a statewide, 501c3, not-for-profit organization committed to fostering renewed vitality and sustainability in historic commercial districts across the state of Missouri.
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