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ADVANCING THE MOVEMENT 4
Main Street America works hard to energize and
support the diverse network of MSA communities. With
expert technical services offerings, enriching professional
development from the Main Street America Institute and
Main Street Now Conference, and a range of innovative partnerships
and programs that promote revitalization, we strive
to ensure that this 40-year movement thrives and grows. We’re
committed to deepening our work within our existing network and
bringing the promise of Main Street to many more places in the
years to come.
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supporting communities through
comprehensive programming and services
1 The Field Services team 2 Thirty-six revitalization professionals
3 In November, Dionne Baux
traveled from coast to coast in
traveled to Richmond, led a Main Street 101 workshop tai-
2019 to lend their expertise to Virginia, for three days of inter- lored for urban commercial districts
communities across the country. active learning, sharing, and
in Charlotte, North Carolina.
One visit took Lindsey Wallace networking at the Main Street Baux was joined by UrbanMain
and Dionne Baux to Libertyville, America Institute’s (MSAI) community leaders from Shaw
Illinois, where they led a workshop Community Transformation Workshop.
Main Streets and H Street Main
on people-centered design. Learn
A hallmark of MSAI, the Street in Washington, D.C., and
more about our work helping revitalization
workshop allowed participants to Rev Birmingham in Birmingham,
professionals achieve learn from experts in the field— Alabama, who shared their experi-
quality design, as well as technical and each other—about the ences implementing the Main
assistance services the team provided
complex combination of strategy, Street Approach in urban com-
this year, on page 31.
revitalization, and leadership that mercial corridors. Learn more
creates positive change in a community.
about our work revitalizing urban
Learn more about other commercial districts on page 32.
offerings from MSAI and what the
2019 Main Street America Revitalization
Professional cohort gained
from their experience on page 42.
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STATE OF MAIN | SPRING 2020