Happy Thanksgiving & Holiday Season
We wanted to take a moment to let you know how thankful we are to have supporters like you. We wish you and your family the best this Thanksgiving and throughout the holiday season.
MMSC Leads The Iowa Community Expedition
#MainStreetOnTheRoad
Missouri Main Street Connection had the opportunity to take Missouri Executive Directors and other community representatives on the Iowa Community Expedition. They were able to visit five different Iowa communities and learned valuable lessons at each stop. The five communities were Ottumwa, Oskaloosa, Downtown Des Moines East Village, Valley Junction, and Centerville. MMSC was grateful for the hospitality we received at each of these communities. It made for an incredible learning experience!
Gayla Roten said, "I'm excited to be able to bring Executive Directors on this Community Expedition. We look forward to doing this again so that Missouri Main Streets are able to visit other communities and continue to be inspired in their Main Street work."
Embracing Building Rehabilitations And Development While Educating Local
Investors On Preservation Tools
Missouri Main Street hosted a quarterly workshop in Moberly, MO. This workshop featured a panel that answered questions on tax credit projects, funding options, creative matches, successes, tips, tools, and more. All presenters shared case studies to show the process and to find creative solutions to problems and concerns.
Shop Small On Small Business Saturday
And This Holiday Season
Shopping local means you:

  • Invest in your community.
  • Get to know your neighbors.
  • Support independent artists and craftsmen.
  • Choose quality over quantity.
  • Have access to an expert.
  • Receive a personalized experience.
  • Find unique, often one-of-a-kind, items.
  • Support a local family instead of a corporation.
  • Support the dream of a business owner.
What are you doing this year to make Small Business Saturday a success?
We want to hear! Email Janie@MoMainStreet.org
MMSC Welcomes New Team Member
Ben White has joined the MMSC team as the Program Outreach Specialist. He previously served as the Executive Director of Main Street Chillicothe. He has a B.S. in Historic Preservation from Southeast Missouri State and a Master’s Degree in Public Administration with a Community Planning Certificate from the University of Illinois-Springfield. His interests include playing sports, reading, and spending time with his family and friends. He loves traveling and exploring the world with his beautiful wife Alicia. 
Welcome Ben at Ben@MoMainStreet.org
MMSC Hosts New Director Training
For Missouri's Newest Executive Directors
Pictured above: Keith Winge, Raeanne Spears, Liz Haynes, Jeff Rodgers, Tyler King, Kurt Hamilton, and Gayla Roten
MMSC hosted Executive Director training this month at the office in Branson. We were so glad to have Sedalia, Cape Girardeau, Independence, Washington, and Kearney all learning and networking together. We can't wait to see all your communities THRIVE!
What could a 60/40 matching grant do for your historic commercial district? Any Missouri community interested in assistance to establish a Main Street
organization or downtown revitalization program should attend this workshop. Only 7 grant awards will be available in 2020. Don't let this opportunity pass you by. All potential applicants must attend one Community Empowerment Grant Workshop. The grant workshop will explain the Main Street Philosophy of Revitalization and demonstrate the grant application criteria, materials, and process.

February 3, 2020 | 10 am to 1 pm
Governor State Office Building
200 Madison Street, Suite 315
Jefferson City, MO 65101

This workshop is FREE, but RSVP is required.
There is an optional Lunch & Learn ($15 fee for box lunch) with an experienced Main Street representative sharing success stories.
Albany and Smithville Receive Downtown Revitalization Grant from Missouri Main Street
The Albany Community Development Corporation and the City of Smithville have been selected in a competitive application process to participate in the cost-sharing Community Empowerment Grant that provides training, mentoring, and technical services to revitalization programs in Missouri’s historic commercial districts. The grant is provided by Missouri Main Street Connection, Inc. (MMSC) 

MMSC staff will visit with Albany and Smithville’s downtown community leaders to evaluate existing and future needs of the downtown, and then schedule a series of customized training and mentoring sessions equipping them to concentrate on their local revitalization goals.
2020 Main Street Capitol Day
Mark your calendars for Main Street Capitol Day - January 27, 2020.

Each year, MMSC visits legislators from across the state to showcase the achievements by Missouri communities participating in the Missouri Main Street statewide revitalization program. Help us celebrate the people in our communities who are proud to call Missouri home, work hard to preserve its history, and revitalize their commercial districts.
Please RSVP to Janie@MoMainStreet.org
My Community Matters Update
Keith Winge traveled to Rockaway Beach as a part of the My Community Matters (MCM) grant. Consultants Ben Muldrow and Randy Wilson were brought in to help with facade renderings and branding for the district & organization.

Keith also traveled to Monroe City, pictured to the right, administering services on the Main Street Four Points as part of the MCM grant.

The MCM grant provides in depth services to select communities through funding provided to MMSC through the USDA - Rural Community Development Grant. Services for the targeted communities will continue throughout 2020.

We want to thank these partners for their investment in Missouri Main Street for the
months of October & November.
City of Brunswick
Historic Downtown Liberty
Downtown Belton Main Street
City of Berkeley
Trailnet
Russell Hawes
Downtown Joplin Alliance
City of Aurora
Andrew Dawson

You can become an investor in Missouri Main Street
communities by clicking here.
MMSC Has NAP Credits Available
MMSC received a Neighborhood Assistance Program award which allows MMSC to accept charitable donations that support Main Street programming across the state in exchange for a 70% state tax credit. The donations received through NAP directly support MMSC's mission to revitalization and preserve Missouri's historic downtown's. Donors may use the credit now or anytime within 5 years. Qualified principals of privately held corporations are eligible, as well as those in other ownership categories.
Please contact info@momainstreet.org for more information or call the office at
417-334-3014.




Mark your calendar for
Celebrate Preservation Month!
May 1 - 31. 2020.

More Details Coming Soon!
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conference & workshops around Missouri.
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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.