Virginia Main Street Program
Downtown Revitalization
Virginia Main Street Spring Feature
April, 30, 2008
8:30 a.m. – 4 p.m.
Town of Orange Community Center
235 Warren Street
Town of Orange
Orange County, Virginia
Virginia Main Street and the Orange Downtown Alliance are hosting the Virginia Main Street Spring Feature, sponsored by the Orange County Visitors Bureau. This training event is designed to help your downtown development organization understand and influence downtown property development. The training will feature: an overview of the development process; a panel of developers discussing their needs and how communities can become better partners in development; and ways to be in control of development. The training will be led by Rick Ferrell, president of Retail Market Answers, LLC.
Registration is $40 and includes all training materials, morning refreshments, lunch and afternoon snacks. The deadline for registration is April 25, 2008. Individuals requiring physical or sensory accommodations, please call Virginia Main Street at (804) 371-7041 by April 25.
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Virginia Main Street
Since 1985, the Virginia Main Street (VMS) program has been helping localities revitalize the economic vitality of downtown commercial districts using the National Main Street Center’s successful Main Street Approach™. Main Street is a comprehensive, incremental approach to revitalization built around a community’s unique heritage and attributes. Using local resources and initiatives, Main Street helps communities develop their own strategies to stimulate long term economic growth and pride in the traditional community center -- downtown.
Virginia Main Street communities, like thousands of communities across the country, have used the Main Street Approach™ effectively to address the complex and changing issues facing the downtown business environment. The Main Street Approach™ provides a flexible framework that puts the traditional assets of downtown, such as unique architecture and locally-owned businesses, to work as a catalyst for economic growth and community pride.
The program was designed to address the need for revitalization and ongoing management of smaller downtowns, but aspects of the Main Street Approach™ may be applied successfully in other commercial settings. Communities beginning their downtown revitalization, and those with more experience, are creating lasting economic impact with the Main Street Approach™.
More information about the Virginia Main Street program can be found by visiting the following pages:
For more information about the Virginia Main Street program,
contact: mainstreet@dhcd.virginia.gov or call (804) 371-7030.
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