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MONDAY Greg, Susan, Mark & Nancy in DeWitt
TUESDAY Greg, Nancy & Mark in Helena; Susan in Paragould
WEDNESDAY Greg, Nancy & Mark in Russellville, Susan in Rogers
THURSDAY Susan-Rogers
FRIDAY
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Arkansas Preservation Grants awarded last week
Nice Press for opening in downtown Paragould
Tour (on video below) Harry Truman Moore's newly rehabilitated place in a historic bank building in downtown Paragould. With law offices below and new apartments upstairs, it's a Main Street showcase, and one of MSA interior design consultant Susan Shaddox's biggest projects this year.
Downtown Rogers business wins national green award
Brick Street Botanicals won a Green Plus North American Sustainable Enterprise award from the Institute for Sustainable Development. Brick Street can proudly call itself the Green Plus Sustainable Sole Proprietor of the Year. www.gogreenplus.org
Historic rehabilitation tax credit programs are efficient job creators
Rutgers University has comprehensively studied the impact of the Federal Historic Tax Credit Program since its beginnings, in 1976. Their report shows the tax program to be a “highly efficient creator of jobs.” Highlights and link to the report: http://www.preservationnation.org/issues/community-revitalization/jobs/
On a related note, PlaceEconomics just completed an economic impact assessment of the state of Delaware’s Historic Preservation Tax Credit Program, which has proven to be a major economic development tool in the state. We hope the same will come of Arkansas’s new program. http://www.placeeconomics.com/index.html
Face Time: How to Reach Young Donors
(May 11, 2010) Although we often associate people ages 20 to 40 with texting, Facebook and other high-tech communications, donors in that age group say that when it comes to requests for their time or money, they put high value on face-to-face communication. http://www.afpnet.org/Audiences/ReportsResearchDetail.cfm?ItemNumber=4455
Getting a Green Light from the IRS
We hear this complaint all the time. A Main Street program files an application for 501(c)(3) status using the model application provided by the National Trust Main Street Center (NTMSC). The organization has carefully conformed its articles of incorporation to the sample purpose statement endorsed by the NTMSC. The application is identical to the successful application filed by an organization in the neighboring town. And yet, the IRS turns them down. How could this be?
http://www.preservationnation.org/main-street/main-street-news/story-of-the-week/2010/getting-a-green-light-from.html
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