Navigating Relationships during Election Season for Main Street Success
This webinar shared tips and tools for positioning your program during election season to manage relationships and navigate change.
Join us for three days of learning, connecting, and celebrating at Main Street Now 2025 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, April 7 – 9.
Secure Your Spot!Existing land use, finance, and governance structures influence the ways in which Main Street programs operate. These structures contribute to either a friendly or non-friendly environment for place-based economic development and community preservation. Below is an inventory of those structures, categorized as “land use and zoning,” “finance,” and “governance.” A basic understanding of these structures can help a Main Street program become conversant in policy issues impacting the commercial district.
Boston, Massachusetts. © Aaron Doucett
This webinar shared tips and tools for positioning your program during election season to manage relationships and navigate change.
Utilize this one-page resource with case studies from the Percent for Place coalition to plan your approach to advocating for these federal funds.
Washington, D.C. © Samuel Girven
Learn about the many ways in which CDBG dollars are used throughout Main Street communities, from building façade improvements, to green infrastructure, to public facility improvements, and much more.
This resource from Main Street America offers a list of over 25 grant programs that can be used on Main Streets, with key information like eligible entities and matching requirements.
Danville, Virginia © River District Association
With articles written by industry experts on topics ranging from the future of retail to Main Street advocacy, the publication is brimming with tools, tips, and strategies that will help you lead a results-oriented revitalization effort.
This guide from the National Trust for Historic Preservation provides an overview of the laws you need to understand to support the historic buildings in your downtown district.
Toccoa, GA © Steph Maley
Check out our resources to help you communicate with government leaders, advance your policy goals, and expand the impact of your community development efforts.
Simple advice for building and maintaining relationships with elected officials and government representatives to improve advocacy and outreach.
Simple advice for outreach and communications with elected officials and government representatives.
Simple advice for Main Street organizations planning visits with elected officials and government representatives.
Learn how to engage community members and local leaders to build a grassroots movement that advances local change.
How non-profits can use media, public relations, and communications outreach to achieve policy goals.
Watch this webinar to learn how non-profits can reach out to elected officials and government officials to achieve advocacy goals.
Watch this webinar to learn how non-profits can use government lobbying and political action to achieve advocacy goals.
Watch this webinar to learn how non-profits can work with other organizations, activists, and research groups to achieve advocacy goals.
Director of Policy Outreach, Government Relations and Policy, at the National Trust for Historic Preservation explains how Main Street advocacy has made a difference and how to get involved.
Watch this webinar to learn tips and best practices for applying for federal funding to support historic preservation and downtown revitalization.
Building a true partnership with local government is the key to winning its financial support for Main Street revitalization.
When state funding for the Washington State Main Street Program was cut in December of 2009, local programs across the state took on the job of getting the funds restored. Find out how social media helped ramp up the local programs’ advocacy efforts and contributed to a winning strategy.
Bainbridge, WA