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 January 26 – 30, 2009
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MONDAY Caroline – out
TUESDAY Nancy – Helena
WEDNESDAY Greg, Mark, Susan, Caroline – Searcy
THURSDAY Greg, Mark – Searcy
FRIDAY Cary, Greg, Caroline, Susan – out p.m.
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Arkansas’s Analysis of Future Traffic Congestion & Capacity Needs
Local & Loving It
New Mexico Main Street White Papers on the 4-Points and the Recession
2008 Arkansas Small Business Profile
Arkansas’s Analysis of Future Traffic Congestion & Capacity Needs
http://www.reason.org/ps346/ar.shtml
- we’re ranked 29th in the US http://www.reason.org/ps346/maps/state.shtml
Local & Loving It
http://www.usaweekend.com/08_issues/081228/081228green-local.html
- Thanks to Betsy McGuire for pointing this out to me. This article provides updated reinvestment statistics. They are:
• Of every $100 spent in a chain store, $14 goes back into the local economy. For a locally owned business, $45 goes back (Institute for Local Self Reliance)
New Mexico Main Street’s White Paper’s on Dealing with the 4-Points During A Recession
http://www.edd.state.nm.us/mainStreet/insideTrack/index.html
- these are excellent pieces & well worth your time. Scroll down to the bottom of the page & click the links. They’re in pdf format.
Arkansas’s 2008 Small Business Profile
http://www.sba.gov/advo/research/profiles/08ar.pdf
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