State of Main: Fall 2016
Welcome to the inaugural edition of State of Main, the annual publication of Main Street America featuring thought leadership from across the network.
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Demographics, Data, & Diversity
Watch this webinar to learn how to use data to understand your community, craft targeted resource, and respond to unique demographic needs.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are important values for Main Street organization. To ensure consistent practices across their organization, Heart of Biddeford created and implemented this DEI plan with guidelines for staff, board members, and others.
Biddeford, ME © Heart of Biddeford
Communications Procedures
These sample Communication Standard Operating Procedures from Heart of Biddeford provide an example of the communication policies that Main Streets should consider formalizing, including brand guidelines, DEI best practices, website, email marketing, social media, and more.
Biddeford, ME © McKenney Photography
Inclusive Community Engagement Workbook
This workbook from Colorado Main Street walks you through the steps needed to build a more inclusive engagement process, including reviewing best practices, defining your goals, discovering new audiences, and exploring new strategies.
Denison, Texas © Discover Denison
Preserving African American Historic Places
Creating a welcoming and inclusive downtown means you need to understand the rich cultural histories of your historic assets. This guide from the National Trust for Historic Preservation explores strategies to preserve sites of African American history
Community Visioning in a Nutshell
This nutshell guide will guide you through this process, and provide recommendations for templates and further recommended resources that will support you in developing your own materials.
Board of Directors Demographics Matrix
A simple tool to help you evaluate the diversity of your board of directors along age, gender, race, sexuality, income, and more. Created by Indiana Main Street.
Anti-Racism Resources
As community organizations, it is important for Main Streets to stand against racism and bigotry. This toolkit is designed to give you an understanding of the history of our country, the key tenants of allyship, and the ways that your organization can help reduce injustice.
Richmond, CA © Ellen Gailing
Advancing Inclusive Entrepreneurship
Watch this webinar to learn techniques and strategies to support minority entrepreneurs and create a diverse small business ecosystem.
