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MONDAY
TUESDAY Caroline – Paragould Branding
WEDNESDAY Caroline – Paragould Branding; Nancy – out a.m.
THURSDAY Cary & Caroline Paragould – Branding; Susan – Paragould, Branding & Window Display Workshop
FRIDAY Cary, Caroline & Susan – Paragould – half day
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IN THIS ISSUE:
More MSWM Your Town Press
Small Donations in Large Numbers with Online Help
Nonprofits Can Save the Cost of Payroll Taxes Through 2010
Please take the 2010 Non Profit Survey
The Secret Language of Signs
Downtown Retail as an Economic Engine
The Oracle of Urban Policy
How Trying Too Hard Messes Up Main Street
What Makes a City Entrepreneurial?
USDA Farmer’s Market Grant Open
More Main Street West Memphis Your Town Press
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/mar/14/west-memphis-scores-nea-grant-20100314/
Small Donations in Large Numbers with Online Help
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/18/arts/artsspecial/18CROWD.html
Nonprofits can save the cost of payroll taxes through 2010
http://www.councilofnonprofits.org/node/6162
Please take the 2010 Non Profit Salary & Benefits Survey
http://www.nptimes.com/survey.html?tr=y&auid=6077636
The Secret Language of Signs: The Most Useful Thing You Pay No Attention To
http://www.slate.com/id/2245644/
Downtown Retail as an Economic Engine
http://www.michiganmainstreetcenter.com/SocialMedia/tabid/61/ID/121/Downtown-Retail-as-an-Economic-Engine.aspx
The Oracle of Urban Policy
http://americancity.org/magazine/article/the-oracle-of-urban-policy/
How Trying Too Hard Messes Up Main Street
Why do Main St. redevelopments get it wrong so much of the time? Scott Doyon of Placemakers says there is a ton of environmental behavior research that is going unheeded, and developers need to stop trying so hard and let individual expression flourish. Read more: http://www.planetizen.com/node/43284
What Makes a City Entrepreneurial?
http://www.ceosforcities.org/blog
USDA Farmer’s Market Grant Period Open: Applications due April 15
The Farmers Market Promotion Program (FMPP) announces the opportunity to submit applications under FMPP for FY-2010. Approximately $5 million is allocated for FMPP for Fiscal Year 2010. The maximum amount awarded for any one proposal cannot exceed $100,000; the minimum amount is $2,500. Entities eligible to apply include agricultural cooperatives, producer networks, producer associations, local governments, nonprofit corporations, public benefit corporations, economic development corporations, regional farmers market authorities and Tribal governments. Individuals are not eligible under FMPP. Applications must be postmarked by April 15, 2010.
To read more about the grant: http://www07.grants.gov/search/search.do;jsessionid=R9H0Lh6QJg29JfgLvdD4sjWXQYDQyGw5Jsvb0hvJ27VqkLd2w91V!-1975395688?oppId=52645&mode=VIEW
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