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MONDAY-WEDNESDAY MSA Staff—National Main Streets Conference, OK City
WEDNESDAY Caroline--Texarkana
THURSDAY Susan-Paragould
FRIDAY Susan-Paragould
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IN THIS ISSUE:
Funds Available from the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
Arkansas Governor Beebe Searching for Delta Leadership Applicants
Betsy McGuire, Main Street & Downtown Russellville Honors Heritage Month
Small Town News Goes Hyper-Local & Online
How I Raised $1,000 on Facebook Without Breaking a Sweat
Virtual Planner Makes City Planning More Accessible to Citizens
Can’t Make it to OKC? Point Your Browser Toward Main Street!
Funds Now Available from the Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department
The Highway Department is accepting applications for Transportation Enhancement funds. This is the first time they’ve accepted applications for projects that stretch beyond Welcome Centers in many years. Some of you who’ve been in the Main Street field a while remember the significant amount of transportation funding invested in Arkansas streetscapes some 10 years ago. Take advantage of one of the two seminars, on May 18 and June 22, and work with your local governments to utilize this funding for your downtowns. Contact Trey Foster at (501) 569-2261 or Trey.Foster at arkansashighways.com, to register and see links below to learn more.
Links to the seminars:
http://www.arkansashighways.com/Transportation_Enhancement.aspx
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Arkansas Governor Beebe Searching for Delta Leadership Applicants
http://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2010/apr/29/beebe-searching-delta-leadership-applicants/
Gov. Mike Beebe is again searching for leaders from the Delta region to participate in the Delta Leadership Institute.
The institute brings together community leaders from across the Delta to work together to provide solutions to the challenges that confront the region. This year-long program is sponsored by the Delta Regional Authority (DRA) in partnership with the University of Alabama’s College of Continuing Studies.
Five DLI participants and two alternates will be selected from Arkansas. Applicants must be from one of the counties comprising the DRA and are required to attend all five sessions located in various cities throughout the Delta. To complete the online application for the program, visit the Web site, www.deltaleadership.org.
Applicants must submit an application, along with a letter of interest and two letters of recommendation: one from a community leader and the other from a state representative, state senator, or congressional member by Monday, May 31. Letters of recommendation should be mailed to Governor Beebe’s office, attention: Amanda Richardson, State Capitol, Suite 238, Little Rock, AR 72201, or call (501) 683-6439 for further information.
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Betsy McGuire, Main Street & Downtown Russellville Honors Heritage Month
http://mainstreetarkansas.blogspot.com/2010/04/main-street-russellvilleheritage-month.html
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Small Town News Goes Hyper-Local & Online
http://www.arkansasbusiness.com/printable.aspx?aid=121398
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How I Raised $1,000 on Facebook Without Breaking a Sweat
One Citizen uses birthday to raise money for his favorite non-profit.
http://www.blueavocado.org/content/how-i-raised-1000-facebook-without-breaking-sweat\
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Virtual Planner Makes City Planning More Accessible to Citizens
Virtual Interactive Planner, or VIP, is an internet-based tool designed to provide the citizens and customers of Cary with an easy to use interactive program that helps guide them through the Cary development process. VIP is designed to help reduce the confusion and intimidation sometimes associated with necessary complex, comprehensive processes like land development http://vip.townofcary.org/
Click here to see a demo of the virtual planner: http://vip.townofcary.org/
Click below to learn more about how it works: http://www.townofcary.org/Departments/Planning_Department/vip.htm
Can’t Make it to OKC? Point Your Browser Toward Main Street!
Join our National Main Streets Conference online next week for a timely, stimulating—and free—discussion of commercial district revitalization and sustainable development & design.
http://blogs.nationaltrust.org/preservationnation/?p=3207
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