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Work plans serve as an important tool to help guide a Main Street program. Having a comprehensive, shared work plan with public buy-in, can help to grow city support and solidify the role the Main Street Program plays in downtown development.
A copy of the bylaws for the Rome Main Street Program. Bylaws act as a guide for how the board and staff should run your organization. They can include board procedures, the layout of the fiscal year, the corporate seal, and more.
Woodbine, IA © Hawkeye Aerial Services
Build a strong volunteer program with these five key areas: identifying volunteers, recruiting volunteers, orienting volunteers, monitoring volunteer activity and retaining volunteers.
Hastings, NE © Molly Kluver
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.
A list of transformation strategies to guide your Main Street revitalization efforts.
Learn how to launch or strengthen your community engagement efforts, including actionable tools to put to use in your own community.
Use this template to create a memorandum of understanding you can use with partner organizations.
An overview of non-profit insurance options from the National Trust Insurance Services.
Ed McMahon explores the key characteristics of successful downtowns. Published in State of Main.
Boston, MA
Insights from across the network on how to lead your Main Street program. Published in State of Main.
