Seaford Design Guide
We finished our third design guide for the Delaware Main Street program in December this year. Seaford, a beautiful small town in southern Delaware County, has been working on revitalization efforts for several years. They wanted their storefront matching grant program to have design guidelines for better decision-making. Click here to see a copy of the design guide
We worked with a group of six property owners, the Seaford Tomorrow representatives, and city government staff to craft a...
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Funding Revitalization Programs Webinars
This past summer we recorded three 90 minute webinars on funding revitalization programs for the National Main Street Center, which are available on demand from the center’s in-reach platform. While part of the Main Street America Institute training suite of programs, anyone can pay the $275 fee to listen to the three webinars on Advanced Principles of Revitalization.
This is what the Main Street Center says about the webinars: "An essential piece of building a successful Main...
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4.5 hours of Fundraising Instruction
We completed recording three 90-minute webinars this summer, on Funding Revitalization Programs for the Main Street America Institute of the National Main Street Center. Part of a new series of online courses that take a deep dive into a specific topic, the course is being promoted as follows: “An essential piece of building a successful Main Street program or neighborhood commercial district entity is a robust, sustainable funding structure. From developing your prospects to...
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Delaware Design Guides
For the last six months, we have worked with Downtown Milford Inc. and the Town of Laurel, DE to create Design Guides for their downtown commercial districts.
The design guides will be used in both communities for any matching grant program for storefront or other downtown building improvement projects, as well as support Delaware’s Downtown Development Districts
Both projects will foster excellent and historically compatible improvements to both communities’ authentic...
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Year End Gifts Webinar September 5th
We are delighted that the Wisconsin Historical Society has reached out to us to participate in their Local History Webinars, a series of free weekly webinars for several years on history-related topics. All the Local History Webinars are open to anyone interested in local history and the tools needed to collect, preserve, and share your stories.
On September 5th, at 1:30 central time we will be presenting a 45-minute webinar on Why Aren't You Asking for Year-End Gifts? Meant as an...
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