Revisit Your Community’s Unique Assets: Connecting Asset-Based Economic Development to Community Transformation Strategies
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This need for change results from the heavy emphasis on three components of the refreshed Main Street Approach.
The local Main Street organization, Downtown Milford Inc., is trying to address these shifting demographics by creating a more inclusive sense of community.
Most of us have days from time to time when we feel bored, overloaded, or unappreciated. But is it burnout?
This is the third article in a three-part series by street fair expert Bridget Bayer. Be sure to check out her other two articles.
Community assets are not always about land acquisition or infrastructure. They are also the people who are your neighbors, both business and residential.
Given these facts and others about year-end appeals, you should be planning a fundraising campaign during the six weeks of the year between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Eve.
The first rule of conducting business is “make it simple.” The easier it is to pay for merchandise, get entertainment or obtain a service, the more likely it is that people will take advantage of those options.