ROGERS SELECTED AS HOST CITY OF 2012 DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION CONFERENCE
LITTLE ROCK—Rogers has been selected as the 2012 host city for Destination Downtown, the annual tri-state conference on downtown revitalization, Main Street Arkansas Director Cary Tyson announced today. Main Street Arkansas is a program of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program and a co-sponsor of the conference.
“We are excited that Rogers, the first Arkansas city to achieve the Great American Main Street Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation recognizing the nation’s top downtown revitalization programs, has been selected to host the 2012 conference,” Tyson said. “The conference will be held September 17-19, 2012, and will attract downtown revitalization professionals from throughout the region.”
“The Main Street Rogers Board of Directors and staff are thrilled at the opportunity to welcome other Main Street cities to our revitalized downtown area for Destination Downtown 2012,” Main Street Rogers Executive Director Kerry Jensen said. “We are excited to showcase our thriving businesses, inviting parks and vibrant historic district nestled in the beautiful Ozark Mountains. We hope everyone will stay an extra day and enjoy all that Northwest Arkansas has to offer.”
In addition to Main Street Arkansas, Destination Downtown hosts include Louisiana Main Street and the Mississippi Main Street Association.
Main Street Arkansas provides technical assistance and design services to help create economic development in the state’s downtown areas. The Main Street approach to downtown revitalization focuses on four areas: design, economic restructuring, organization and promotion.
Cities currently involved in Main Street Arkansas are Batesville, Blytheville, Dumas, El Dorado, Hardy, Helena, Little Rock’s South Main Street (SoMa), Osceola, Ozark, Paragould, Rogers, Russellville, Searcy, Siloam Springs, Texarkana and West Memphis. Members of Main Street’s Arkansas Downtown Network are Pine Bluff, Heber Springs, Fort Smith, Eureka Springs, DeWitt, Morrilton, Walnut Ridge, Rector, Jonesboro, Crawfordsville and Monticello. Other sponsors of the Main Street Arkansas program are the Historic Preservation Alliance of Arkansas and the Arkansas Economic Development Commission. To learn more about Main Street Arkansas, visit www.MainStreetArkansas.org
The Arkansas Historic Preservation Program is the agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage responsible for the identification, evaluation, registration and preservation of the state’s cultural resources. Other agencies in the department are the Arkansas Arts Council, the Delta Cultural Center in Helena, the Mosaic Templars Cultural Center, the Old State House Museum, the Arkansas Natural Heritage Commission and the Historic Arkansas Museum.
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