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Main Street Monday!
July 18, 2016
Mike and I had a great week in DC learning about tax credits. We will be having a Mr. Muddle/tax credit session at our fall con-ference and all new directors will be required to attend. There will also be a quiz coming for everyone prior to the conference that you will be required to take and return. This will allow us to assist others who may also need to attend this session.
Nicholasville
Banner Sponsorships are available for the 2016
"Paint The Town." This community art project
brings together all ages and talents to create color-
ful banners for Main Street. For more info, see this
3-page document https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B8L6KPiccvT5bVJrTDVjNkRRc00/view
WOO HOO For the girl who hates surprises! Huge shout-out to Deana ( Dee-na) Wright, executive director of Murray Main Street, was named Murray Citizen of the Year Friday evening at the 89th Annual Business Celebration. This is a well-deserved honor, not only for her leadership locally, but in the KYMS program as well. Congrats Deana! See Murray
Ledger & Times for more http://goo.gl/F9pyHc
I am sad to report that Molly
Barnett, has left London
Main Street. She will be
working for the Laurel
County School district as
their Community Education
and Information Officer. We
wish her all the best!
Caroline Reece is the new director for Maysville Main Street. Caroline is passionate about downtown and thrilled to have this position. She served on the board for 8 years and also served on the Maysville Cultural Arts District board. Matt Wallingford will still be involved, but he will soon be stepping in to the city manager position.
How cool is this! Maysville on Times Square in NYC!
Reinvestment statistics were due kymainstreet.gov on FRIDAY!
Pokémon Go making your crazy? Follow Danville’s lead and make it an activity to get folks in your downtown and learn a little history along the way! For info. contact Nick Wade [email protected]
Livable Lingo, how often are
you seeing or using these
words? Check out this site to
help you provide information
for stake holders on what all of
this means to them. http://
www.aarp.org/livable-
communities/tool-kits-
resources/info-2015/planning-
and-policies.html
Perryville
The Turtle Parade
Prizes will be awarded for
Best
*Decorate a Turtle
Wagon
* Turtle Costume
July 30th at 4 p.m.
Children 12 and under are eli-
gible to enter
Pick up your entry form at the
Bluegrass Community Bank,
Perryville Farmers Bank, or
Main Street Perryville Office.
The KY Transportation Cabinet now has a standard for providing a rumble strip gap spacing (10 feet every 50 feet) on all highway shoulders of 5 feet or wider (except Interstates & Parkways) to provide better accommodation for bicycle travel. You will start to seen this with new construction and with highway/roadway resurfacing jobs. Some of the highway districts have been using this gap spacing in the past year or so, but now it is a standard.
Spread the word please
The Kentucky Historical Society (KHS) is pleased to send you the grant application for the 2016
Kentucky Local History Trust Fund grants
This grant program is designed to build stronger museums and local history organizations across the Com-
monwealth. Grants provided by the Kentucky Local History Trust Fund will assist museums and history-
related organizations with their long-term growth, development, and sustainability.
This grant program is administered by the Kentucky Historical Society. Funds for the Kentucky Local His-
tory Trust Fund are raised through the generosity of individual Kentuckians, who have donated a portion of
their Kentucky state income tax refund to assist history-related organizations.
Kentucky museums, local history organizations, libraries, educational institutions, and applicable govern-
mental agencies are eligible to apply for a Kentucky Local History Trust Fund grant.
This year, applicants may apply for grants ranging from $290 - $1,500.
Grant funds can be used for a variety of projects to help history-related organizations grow, improve, and
build capacity. These include, but aren’t limited to:
Improving an organization’s management (organizational development, including training for board and
staff, volunteer or membership program development, assessments, strategic plans, etc. )
Exhibits (research, development, and production)
Educational programs (research, development, implementation)
Collections management (archival supplies, conservation of artifacts, preventative conservation equip-
ment, etc.)
Technology support
Improvements to visitor services (professional development for staff, assessments, professional surveys,
technology, etc.)
and more!
Applications must be received by Friday, Oct. 14, 2016. Applicants whose grants are accepted will be noti-
fied by Friday, Dec. 2, 2016.
Please feel free to contact me with any questions. We hope that you will apply for a 2016 Kentucky Local
History Trust Fund grant!
Thank you! And thanks to those who have donated to the Kentucky Local History Trust Fund in order to
make these grants possible!
Stuart Sanders
Kentucky Historical Society
Contact Stuart if you have questions.
Stuart W. Sanders
Outreach Services Manager
Kentucky Historical Society
Thomas D. Clark Center for Kentucky History
100 West Broadway
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-1792, ext. 4420
www.history.ky.gov
Help Your Community Celebrate Small Business Saturday Become a Neighborhood Champion by Nov 11 at ShopSmall.com/NMSC In collaboration with American Express, the National Main Street Center invites you to become a Neighborhood Champion for Small Business Saturday® to help make it one of the biggest days of the year for small business-es. As a Neighborhood Champion, you can play a critical role in helping your local community participate in Small Business Saturday. Celebrated on the Saturday after Thanksgiving, between Black Friday and Cyber Monday, the day helps raise awareness and sup-port for the small businesses that support and enrich communities nationwide. Become a Neighborhood Champion in Your Area Sign up to become a Neighborhood Champion and get your community excited to participate in Small Business Saturday by plan-ning events and activities for the day. In 2015, over 4,100 individuals and local business organizations rallied their neighborhoods by: Organizing local events to help their communities celebrate small businesses on the day (e.g., neighborhood kickoff break-
fasts, street fairs, shopping shuttles & games, main street parades and more)
Rallying small businesses to participate on the day with signage and activities, and encouraging neighbors to go out and Shop
Small® As a Neighborhood Champion, you will receive monthly planning resources to support your event as well as a Small Business Sat-urday Event Kit* containing Shop Small merchandise (including shopping bags, balloons and other promotional items) to share with small businesses and your community. Looking for event inspiration? Check out Event Guides and find more downloadable resources to help with ideas and planning your event on ShopSmall.com Sign up to be a Neighborhood Champion today at ShopSmall.com/NMSC.
Check out the NEW downtown Wayfinding signs
The Downtown Henderson Partnership installed way-finding signage in our downtown over 9 years ago. This project was made available by a grant the DHP obtained from the Yeager Founda-tion to put the signage downtown to better help lo-cate our businesses. After a very long process of redesigning the entire sign the NEW way-finding signs are finally completed.
Love this Farmer’s
Market poster from
Fon du lac, Michigan
Great to have local
music at the market!
Speaking of music, A cool idea from D.C. There were a few restaurants who had music during the lunch hour, mostly acoustic guitar, but very cool!
I will be updating the Main
Street Director directory. Please
send any changes that you have
by July 25th!
Roosevelt Dime, Coming soon to Middlesboro as part of the Levitt Music Series.
Full schedule of Music in Middlesboro
Ribbon cutting in LaGrange!