SEPTEMBER 14-16: DESTINATION DOWNTOWN, EL DORADO
Main Street Arkansas Calendar May 18 – 22, 2009
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MONDAY Cary – microenterprise conference, Susan and Greg – DeWitt, Caroline – Blytheville, Mark Miller - out
TUESDAY Cary – microenterprise conference, Susan – Helena, Caroline – Batesville, Mark Miller - out
WEDNESDAY Cary – microenterprise conference, Mark Miller – out, Caroline – Texarkana
THURSDAY Caroline – Texarkana
FRIDAY Greg – out, Nancy – Sheridan
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Six to Save
Batesville Press
Ballpark Blues
AEDC Moves to Quality
2 Grant Opportunities
Six to Save: Arkansas’s 2009 Most Endangered Places
http://www.arktimes.com/blogs/arkansasblog/2009/05/six_to_save.aspx
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/News/259372/
Good Batesville Press:
http://www.kffb.com/blog/main-stree-batesville-receives-accrediation/
http://www.guardonline.com/content/main-street-batesville-receives-accreditation
Ballpark Blues (Ray Winder Field)
http://www.nwanews.com/adg/Perspective/259347
- Jeff Hankins of Arkansas Business writes on his Twitter page: “Memo to old friend Kane Webb: Ray Winder Field issue is dead no matter how much ink you keep giving it”
http://twitter.com/JeffHankins
- he goes on to point out Wednesday D-G editorial endorsing the teardown.
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AEDC Moves its Focus to Quality
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/printable.asp?aid=114390
- as downtown economic development groups, it’s wise to heed the leadership of AEDC. Some quotes, “When a company outlines the areas it is looking at, Haley and the AEDC contact only the local development officials with a chance to win the contract. That means that not as many cities are involved in the recruitment of individual companies, but the communities that are involved have a greater chance of succeeding because the decision makers are not burdened with excessive amounts of information, Haley said” – where does your group fit in here & have you developed a good relationship with your local AEDC contact?
Save Our History grants
A total of $250,000 is available to nonprofit 501(c)(3) history organizations that partner with educational organizations to help preserve the history of their communities.
www.history.com/minisites/saveourhistory/ or email info@saveourhistory.com.
Applications are due by June 5.
Grant Opportunity
http://www.hhs.gov/news/press/2009pres/05/20090511c.html
Due Date: July 7th
34 awards available; $1M maximum award available
The Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Office of Community Services (OCS), announces that applications will be accepted for new cooperative agreements to experienced organizations to provide nonprofit organizations serving as project partners, with capacity building training, technical assistance, and competitive financial assistance. The focus of this program is to build the capacity of funded projects’ nonprofit partners in order to address the broad economic recovery issues present in their communities, including helping low-income individuals secure and retain employment, earn higher wages, obtain better-quality jobs, and gain greater access to state and Federal benefits and tax credits. Lead organizations will assist nonprofit organizations working in distressed communities with capacity building activities that support economic recovery.
Specifically, lead organizations will assist grassroots organizations working in distressed communities with capacity building activities in five critical areas: 1) organizational development, 2) program development, 3) collaboration and community engagement, 4) leadership development, and 5) evaluation of effectiveness.
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