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Michigan Volunteer Toolkit

Build a strong volunteer program with these five key areas: identifying volunteers, recruiting volunteers, orienting volunteers, monitoring volunteer activity and retaining volunteers.

  • People Management and Work Planning
February 1, 2019
Renovated historic downtown building at an intersection

Hastings, NE © Molly Kluver

Toolkit

Leading Main Street

Learn the five of these key attributes of successful Main Street leaders with insights and examples from across the Main Street America network. Published in State of Main.

  • The Main Street Approach
  • People Management and Work Planning
April 15, 2018
Graphic featuring overlapping white diamonds on a blue background. Text reads "leading main street"
Article

Catalyst Strategies

A list of transformation strategies to guide your Main Street revitalization efforts.

  • People Management and Work Planning
November 10, 2017
People walking their bikes across a downtown plaza
Hand-Out

Community Engagement for Main Street Transformation

Learn how to launch or strengthen your community engagement efforts, including actionable tools to put to use in your own community.

  • The Main Street Approach
  • People Management and Work Planning
August 3, 2017
Volunteers celebrating after a clean-up event
Publication

Memorandum of Understanding

Use this template to create a memorandum of understanding you can use with partner organizations.

  • People Management and Work Planning
  • Fundraising and Finance
April 3, 2017
Street fair in a town plaza with vendor booths and an inflatable slide in Metuchen, New Jersey
Template

Downtowns Matter

Ed McMahon explores the key characteristics of successful downtowns. Published in State of Main.

  • The Main Street Approach
  • People Management and Work Planning
April 15, 2016
A mural with the words "Greetings from Allston Village"

Boston, MA

Article

Debunking Myths about Main Street Boards

13 myths around non-profit board service and why you should consider volunteering for your local downtown community revitalization group. Published in Main Street Now Journal.

  • People Management and Work Planning
January 12, 2015
A microphone in an orange square and a house in a red square
Article

Engaging the Future to Preserve the Past

Learn how Main Street downtown preservation organizations can build strong youth engagement programs to support the next generation of leadership. Published in Main Street Now Journal. Written by Katelin Olson and Sue Starkweather-Miller.

  • People Management and Work Planning
  • Fundraising and Finance
August 15, 2013
Historic buildings with a blue background
Article