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Main Street Arkansas Update - February 23, 2009

FOR THOSE OF YOU GOING TO THE NATIONAL CONFERENCE THIS WEEK – REMEMBER, THERE WILL BE NO SESSION HANDOUTS. YOU WILL SOON BE ABLE TO DOWNLOAD THE HANDOUTS AT WWW.MAINSTREET.ORG

Don’t forget to check the conference blog at http://www.mainstreetlive09.blogspot.com/

Also, our state dinner is Monday at Italian Village at 6pm. Meet in the hotel lobby at 5:30. Bring cash. It’s $30 for food, tax & tip.

THIS WEEK - MARCH 1-4 : NATIONAL MAIN STREETS CONFERENCE, CHICAGO, IL
MARCH 15-17: GOVERNOR’S CONFERENCE ON TOURISM, FORT SMITH
MAY 14-16 : ARKANSAS PRESERVATION CONFERENCE, EUREKA SPRINGS
SEPTEMBER 14-16: DESTINATION DOWNTOWN, EL DORADO

Main Street Arkansas Calendar February 23 - , 2009
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MONDAY
TUESDAY
WEDNESDAY
THURSDAY Cary – National Main Streets Conference; Greg, Caroline, Susan – annual leave
FRIDAY Cary, Greg, Caroline, Susan, Nancy – National Main Streets Conference
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IN THIS ISSUE:
How The Economic Crash Will Reshape America
Light Rail in Central AR?
$2.5 Million Teardown in LR
LR Considers Selling Ray Winder/Park Land
400 Block of LR’s Main Street to be Demolished
Kane Webb Column on Demo
El Dorado Promise
Comments on Main Street & Rebuttal
Endorsement by DG of Preservation Tax Credit & HB 1060

How The Economic Crash Will Reshape America
http://www.theatlantic.com/doc/200903/meltdown-geography

Light Rail in Central Arkansas?
http://www.arkansasplanning.org/?p=34

$2.5 Million Teardown in LR
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/printable.asp?aid=112202

LR Considers Selling Ray Winder/Park Land
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/feb/18/lr-reboots-ray-winder-bid-process-20090218/?news/arkansas (subscriber only, sorry)

400 Block of Main Street to be Destroyed
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/feb/18/main-street-demolitions-get-go-signal-20090218/?subscriber/national (subscriber only, sorry)
- demolition seems to be the name of the game in the Capital City in recent months. At the risk of hyperbole, it feels like the new age of Urban Renewal has hit LR.

Kane Webb Gets It Right (again) Regarding the Demolition in Downtown LR
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/252795

El Dorado Hopes “the Promise” Brings Back the Golden Days
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/printable.asp?aid=112189

Comments & Rebuttal about Main Street
http://www.syracuse.com/opinion/index.ssf?/base/news-4/1233655126221430.xml&coll=1

http://blog.syracuse.com/opinion/2009/02/downtown_rebuttal.html

Endorsement of the Preservation Tax Credit & HB 1060
http://www2.arkansasonline.com/news/2009/feb/19/editorials-help-save-arkansas-20090219/ (subscriber only, sorry)

The Information Superhighway Runs Downtown

You can download the Main Street Arkansas presentation, "The Information Superhighway Runs Downtown" by clicking here.

Main Street Arkansas Update - February 9, 2009

MARCH 1-4 : NATIONAL MAIN STREETS CONFERENCE, CHICAGO, IL
MARCH 15-17: GOVERNOR’S CONFERENCE ON TOURISM, FORT SMITH
MAY 14-16 : ARKANSAS PRESERVATION CONFERENCE, EUREKA SPRINGS
SEPTEMBER 14-16: DESTINATION DOWNTOWN, EL DORADO

Main Street Arkansas Calendar February 9-13, 2009
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MONDAY Cary & Caroline, NE AR; Susan, out
TUESDAY Cary & Caroline, Paragould
WEDNESDAY Cary & Caroline, Blytheville; Greg, Eureka Springs
THURSDAY Caroline – Russellville; Greg, Eureka Springs; Susan, Blytheville
FRIDAY Greg, Eureka Springs
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IN THIS ISSUE:

Grant Opportunity
On-Line Legal E-Source
Radomski Citizen of the Year
Historic Preservation Eliminated for Senate Stimulus Package
Lecture on Non-Profits at the Clinton Center
City Park Land For Sale, Cheap
Grant Opportunity
Award Opportunity

ElevationWeb Tech Grant Opportunity

ElevationWeb is a socially conscious web development firm. They are extending their grant match through the end of 2009. In 2008, we allocated approximately $200,000 to NGOs who needed assistance with web development and programming. You can learn more about us at www.elevationweb.org. The application for assistance is available at www.elevationweb.org/match08.html or by clicking the black box on our home page
If you do not have an RFP, please complete the application form by clicking here or by visiting the following link: www.elevationweb.org/app09.php

OnLine Legal E-Source – Free Info from UA
http://www.uacted.uark.edu/legalesource/index.html

DeWitt PRIDE’s Radomski Is Citizen of the Year
http://www.dewitt-ee.com/articles/2009/02/04/news/news01.txt


Historic Preservation Funding Eliminated from Senate Stimulus Package
http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/02/07/stimulus.cuts/index.html

Uncharitable

How Restraints on Nonprofits Undermine Their Potential
A leading expert on innovation in the nonprofit sector and philanthropy, Dan Pallotta will discuss his book "Uncharitable," which questions society’s fundamental canons about charity and calls for a dramatic shift in the current way charities are regulated.

Pallotta's insurgent thesis is that society’s nonprofit ethic undermines its ability to eradicate great problems, and, ironically, puts charity at a severe disadvantage to the for-profit sector at every level. There are two rule books; one for charity, and one for everything else, Pallotta argues.
When: Friday, February 13, 2009
12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. – Lunch & Lecture
Where: Clinton School of Public Service
Sturgis Hall
*Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling 501.683.5239.
Watch Clinton School Lectures Online
- You can now view past Clinton School lectures, including Tuesday's appearance from renowned author and journalist Bob Woodward, online at www.clintonschoolspeakers.com

I know you can’t all attend, but encourage you to watch the lecture online once it’s posted. This is applicable to the work we do.

City Park Land For Sale (Column)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Editorial/251500
- I think Kane Webb is the closest thing we have to a ‘city’ columnist & try to link to each of his columns about city issues. For anyone who cares about Ray Winder, this is worth a read.

Grant Opportunity:
http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do?&mode=VIEW&flag2006=false&oppId=45018
PROJECT OBJECTIVES
1. Develop a program involving cooperative efforts in cultural and natural resource conservation related to projects such as trail development and maintenance, historic, cultural, forest and timber management, minor construction work, archeological conservation, and native plant habitat restoration and rehabilitation.
2. Promote and stimulate public purposes such as education, job training, development of responsible citizenship, productive community involvement, and furthering the understanding and appreciation of natural and cultural resources through the involvement of youth and young adults in care and enhancement of public resources.
3. Continue the longstanding efforts of the NPS to provide opportunities for public service, youth employment, minority youth development and training, and participation of young adults in accomplishing conservation-related work.

SESAH seeks nominations for the Best of the South: Preserving Southern Architecture Award.

This annual award honors a project that preserves or restores an historic building, or complex of buildings in an outstanding manner and that demonstrates excellence in research, technique, and documentation. Projects in the twelve-state region of SESAH that were completed in 2007 or 2008 are eligible.

Nominations should consist of no more than two typed pages of description, and be accompanied by hard copy illustrations and any other supporting material. A cover letter should identify the owner of the project, the use of the building(s), and the names of all major participants of the project.

For more information, please contact the Best of the South Award committee chair Julia R. King at julia.r.king@gmail.com. Send three (3) hard copies of the nomination to Virginia Price at
2162 North Brandywine Street, Arlington, VA 22207. The deadline for submissions is
June 30, 2009.

Winners will be announced at the 27th SESAH Annual Meeting in Jackson, Mississippi in October.