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Main Street Committees & Objectives
MISSION
Stanberry Main Street is devoted to creating a vibrant, quaint, and evolving community through revitalization and preservation, making it a place for residents and visitors to enjoy and call home.
VISION
Our vision includes continued economic growth, community participation, and increased sense of pride for our town.
Design Committee
Chairs: Jerry McMillen & Tim Steinhauser

GOAL - Revitalize, preserve, and beatify our community including: buildings, parks, town entrances, and residential areas.

  1. Provide design assistance; encourage building improvements and good building maintenance practices
  2. Improve public spaces
  3. Educate the public about preservation and encourage preservation of historic resources
  4. Improve visual merchandising with local businesses
  5. Develop incentives
Organization Committee
Chairs: Sidney Eckard & Megan Jennings

GOAL - Create a strong foundation for success through cultivating partnerships, community involvement, and ensuring valuable resources for current and future endeavors.

  1. Develop ways to publicize, promote and educate the public about the Main Street program
  2. Develop a fund raising program utilizing a wide range of sources from public to private sector to assure long-term sustainability
  3. Develop a strong volunteer base, providing training and recognition of volunteers
  4. To foster a shared vision of the long-term development of downtown
Promotions Committee
Chairs: Hailey Luke & Debbie Nickell

GOAL - Educate the community about what Main Street does, supporting local experiences, and creating opportunities to bring people downtown, actively encouraging each other to shop local.

  1. Raise Awareness of downtown business diversity
  2. Market downtown to visitors
  3. Market downtown through promotional merchandise
  4. Develop a well-coordinated program of retail/business activities that make the "cash registers ring"
  5. Develop Special Events to: Present downtown as a place to have a good time; present downtown as a place for diverse opportunities and build a sense of community.
Economic Vitality Committee
Chairs: Amy Messner & Tracey Wright

GOAL - Encourage new businesses to make Stanberry their home and supporting existing traditional and non-traditional businesses with resources. 

  1. Maintain an up-to-date database of market information
  2. Survey consumers and downtown users about the district
  3. Develop and implement a business retention/expansion program
  4. Develop and implement a business recruitment program
  5. Promote downtown housing development and upper story reuse
  6. Encourage entrepreneurial development
  7. Develop incentives