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Fundraising Downtown Revitalization & Preservation Projects |
Friday, April 1, 2022.
Missouri Main Street Connection’s spring 2022 quarterly workshop will be hosted in Joplin Missouri on April 1, 2022. This workshop will examine why preservation is valued in our communities and some of the ways we can financially achieve our preservation goals.
Preservation helps us protect irreplaceable buildings, monuments, places, and landscapes in our downtown districts. Main Street values what preservation represents in our communities, but preservation often has costs that discourage many from undertaking preservation projects.
There will be multiple speakers sharing information on capital campaigns, estate planning and a grant program from the 1772 Foundation.
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Downtown Strong Grant February Update |
Cape Girardeau, Missouri sits on the banks of the Mississippi River and is the home of over 300 downtown businesses and 4500 downtown residents. It has one of the largest Main Street districts in the nation encompassing 130 blocks and was a 2015 recipient of the Great American Main Street Award through the National Main Street Center. Receiving a Great American Main Street Award is a distinguished honor of recognition for Main Street programs that have demonstrated exceptional use of the Main Street Approach™ and have a strong organizational capacity spurring community transformation and historic preservation, all of which is true for Old Town Cape. Cape Girardeau is truly an amazing place! |
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How Business and Building Owners are the Impactful Catalyst Main Street Needs for Revitalization |
After an exciting award for her renovation of the 104 S. Main Street building in Clinton, Missouri, Sarah Goth owner of The Bluebird Mercantile continues to exemplify the Main Street Approach™ for her community highlighting the importance of investing in their own community. Let’s go back to 2019 Clinton Main Street and Sarah Goth of The Bluebird Mercantile won the ‘Best Façade Rehabilitation, under $10,000’ award. |
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Historic Preservation: Why Historic Designation is Invaluable to Main Street Communities |
The National Register for Historic Places contains many amazing places that have historical and/or architectural significance that can aid communities in pursuing revitalization. Some examples include the Cape Girardeau Commercial Historic District, the Hall of Waters in Excelsior Springs, and the Joplin YMCA building. The National Register of Historic Places is a list honoring districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects that meet the criteria of significance. The significance falls into several categories, but the predominant ones are location, design, setting, materials, workmanship, feeling, and association to a specific era, person, and event within the past 50 years. You can learn more about these criteria by reading National Register Bulletin 15: How to Apply the National Register Criteria for Evaluation. |
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Community Empowerment Grant Workshop
Missouri Main Street Connection has seven Community Empowerment Grants to award in 2022. Visit our website to find out more and download the workshop flyer, Registration for the next grant workshop will open in April.
Date: May 4, and August 17
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Missouri's Premier Downtown Revitalization Conference
Save the Date!
Kansas City, MO | August 3-5, 2022
Join us at Missouri’s Premier Downtown Revitalization Conference. Places Reimagined will transform the way we think, engage, and invest in place. Places Reimagined will inspire local leaders and stakeholders to evaluate the role of place in today’s economy while creating and engaging people-centered communities. More details coming soon.
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Main Street Opportunities |
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I Spy Great Works is your way to nominate a dedicated volunteer for MMSC's 2022 State Conference. Submissions are made through our website after being approved by the local Main Street Board. Nominations are open until April, 8 2022, |
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Main Street Resource Library |
Ensure you are a Missouri Main Street investor to gain access to our Main Street Resource Library that hosts documents covering all areas of the Main Street Approach™.
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Main Street 101 is a free online training series that provides flexible training on the Main Street Approach™ for new board members, volunteers, staff, and city officials. This tool includes 40-45 minute long modules that can be used for volunteer development, committee training, and leadership development. The training series includes various resources and guides to help a Main Street program with further committee development. |
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Congratulations To Those Certified In February! |
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Evan Banks- Main Street Saint Joseph |
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Dan- Main Street Saint Joseph |
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This project has been funded in part by a grant from the Kemper Fund for Kansas and Missouri of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, USDA Rural Development, and Karen Bode Baxter. |
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Missouri Main Street Connection
is dedicated to creating and preserving
memories made by generations in our
historic downtowns.
You are invited to support Heritage Circle through a monetary donation. Your donation will have a lasting impact in the creation of memories in your community and many others. Your donation supports communities across Missouri and celebrates the importance of community culture, the value of local history, and embraces traditions that make each community irreplaceable.
Your donation can be made monthly or annually in whatever amount you choose. Please choose the frequency of your donation to Missouri Main Street Connection today by clicking on one of the buttons below.
As a gift of appreciation, you may receive an exclusively designed lapel pin, handmade ceramic mug, or other gifts that show our gratitude and your support in preserving your community.
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Select Frequency Of Donation |
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YOUR DONATION IS TAX DEDUCTIBLE. Missouri Main Street Connection is a statewide, 501c3, not-for-profit organization and is the leading statewide nonprofit organization devoted to preservation-based economic development. Through the Main Street America® movement and our partners, we empower community revitalization by celebrating, supporting, and sustaining Missouri historic commercial districts in both rural and urban settings. |
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Thank you to our February Investors: |
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A Special Thank you to our February NAP: |
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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.
Missouri Main Street Connection is an equal opportunity organization.
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