SEPTEMBER 14-16: DESTINATION DOWNTOWN, EL DORADO
Main Street Arkansas Calendar May 26 - 29, 2009
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MONDAY Memorial Day – Office Closed
TUESDAY Caroline – Batesville (MS in Black & White work); Greg – El Dorado (conference work); Susan – Helena (on site TA with merchants)
WEDNESDAY Mark & Susan – Blytheville – (working with merchants)
THURSDAY Mark & Susan – Blytheville – (working with merchants)
FRIDAY
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Demographic Trends Now Favor Downtowns
Downtown Heber Listed in the NR
Batesville Downtown Preservation Ordinance
SD Residents Finance Their Own & Only Variety Store
20 Non Profits to Follow on Twitter
AR Procurement Opportunities Conference
Join the This Place Matters Photo Mosaic
Demographic Trends Now Favor Downtown thanks to Thom Guzman for this
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30810275/
Downtown Heber Springs Added to the National Register of Historic Places
http://www.thesuntimes.com/news/x542610625/Downtown-Heber-Springs-added-to-National-Register
- a downtown survey & nomination is part of the benefits of the AR Downtown Network & thanks to the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program
Batesville Downtown Historic District Ordinance Passes
http://www.guardonline.com/content/historic-ordinance-passes-split-vote
South Dakota Residents Finance Their Own & Only Variety Store
http://www.usatoday.com/money/industries/retail/2009-05-19-town-store_N.htm
- this is a model some of our very small towns should look at
20 Top Non-Profits to Follow on Twitter
http://www.razoo.com/articles/Nonprofits-on-Twitter
for your downtown biz’s
Arkansas Procurement Opportunities Conference June 3
The Arkansas State Chamber of Commerce is partnering with the U.S. Small Business Administration, and others, in hosting the Arkansas Procurement Opportunities Conference on June 3 at the Statehouse Convention Center in Little Rock. If you haven’t registered for this free conference, or have small or minority businesses in your area that would benefit from attending, go to www.arkansasprocurement.com for more information or to register. This is an opportunity for small and minority businesses to meet, one-on-one, with 150 federal, state and local procurement professionals, prime contractors and major corporations. AEDC is partnering in this event and will be working to schedule follow-up appointments between buyers and sellers. You don’t want to miss it.
Join the This Place Matters Photo Mosaic
So far, our This Place Matters campaign has been incredibly successful; hundreds of people have submitted photos about places that matters to them.
We're gathering all of the submissions together into a photo mosaic of our beautiful 1916 Beaux Arts Headquarters building in Washington, D.C. It’s a great way to view all the This Place Matters photos in one place AND get inspired to submit your own photos of the places that matter to YOU.
This Place Matters helps people call attention to special places in their community -- some small, some great, some famous, some infamous, some beloved community treasures, some forgotten and facing demolition -- but all part of a larger sense of place that helps define us as a nation.
So get out there with your cameras and start a conversation in your community! Visit our This Place Matters page to view all the photos and learn how to submit your own.
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