Greetings Main Street Friends,

ICYM the last newsletter, we shared our 2021 Year in Review that summarizes an amazing year of accomplishments for the Leadville Main Street Program and a sneak peek into our plans for 2022. We are excited to get started on 2022 full steam with projects like the new parklet/restroom and much more!

None of this is possible without an amazing group of community members! We are thrilled to announce our new 2022 Main Street Board of Directors - which includes two new board members for 2022 - Alicia Fetters and Tammy Taber!

Happy New Year!

Leadville Main Street Team

2021 Leadville Main Street Year in Review

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Over the past few months, we have been reviewing Main Street America's 4-point approach - if you missed any of these newsletters, check them out here.

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Leadville MainStreet focuses on the assets, resources, and people of Leadville, preserving key cultural, historic properties; revitalizing commercial buildings; and adding outdoor features to create a sense of energy for Leadville's future! More about us » and Follow us on Facebook » or email us here.

*Special COVID Bulletin*

Last week, the LLCEDC send out a notice about heightened COVID precautions during this time. As a reminder...

Now is the time to stay vigilant, exercise caution, personal responsibility and seek testing if you have been exposed to COVID. Our neighbor Counties have record high COVID rates that are straining hospital services and staffing levels. Please continue to practice good hygiene: wear a mask, wash your hands, and practice social distancing. We know that it is your businesses decision to require masks and that it is a challenge to ask patrons to mask up but please consider your staff’s health and safety as well as your own. Masks are one of the best ways to slow the spread of the virus. Please consider using these resources to put on your businesses doors and other areas: Mask graphics in English and in Spanish.

Staffing challenges are real, however you and your staff should stay home if you are sick, with anything!

Getting vaccinated and boosted is the best way to protect yourself and others from illness, hospitalization or death from COVID-19.

Need a COVID vaccine or booster? Find vaccine providers here.

Get tested if you suspect exposure to COVID or you are experiencing COVID symptoms. If you test positive, please follow the CDC and CDPHE guidance:

A positive test result means that you have an infection and should isolate and inform your close contacts to avoid spreading disease to others.

Report the test results using the test products procedures
Inform your supervisor and public health
If you test positive for COVID-19 and never develop symptoms, day 1 is the day of your positive viral test (based on the date you were tested). If you develop symptoms after testing positive, your 5-day isolation period must start over. Day 1 is your first day of symptoms.

Thank you,

LLCEDC Leadership Team

Contact Nancy Bailey if you have any questions/feedback or call 719-398-3132.

Mask graphics in English and in Spanish

LIFECYCLE S-CURVE OF YOUR BUSINESS

Here is an uncomfortable truth: in time, everything in your life, as you know it, will perish. This is true of your relationships, your jobs, and, perhaps especially so, your business. In mathematics, it’s referred to as the S-curve. Essentially, the S-curve describes the predictable pattern of anything that develops over time: You’re born, you grow (first gradually and then more quickly), you slow down as you mature, and then you fade out. This trajectory is true for people, organizations, cities, countries, and civilizations. Every single one of us is somewhere within the bounds of our own unique S-curve.

To see the whole world from this perspective means accepting from the outset that you and your company will come to your respective ends someday. Now lets apply this fact to help you critically think about your company’s life. The S-curve technology can be categorized into four segments when you consider your business. The segments include the innovation, ascent, maturity and decline phases. Business choices are centered on the four phases of the S-curve. ...read full article HERE

Welcome to our new series...

Business Thoughts Spotlight

Each week, we will highlight topics around four key business areas:

Planning; Accounting; Marketing/

Sales; and Human Resources

Read Full Article HERE

In this series of online webinars brought to you by the training team at Grow with Google, learn ways to strengthen your online presence, get more customers, and work more efficiently.

Check out the entire series HERE!

Additional Info and Happenings

Please Note - St. Vincent Health's Burnout Through the Lens of Healthcare

Has been CANCELLED that was scheduled for January 12, 2022. We will announce when it is rescheduled.

STILL A COUPLE SPOTS LEFT REGISTER TODAY!

Cheers to the new year with your local Florista! A unique experience to gift for the holidays. We will be designing boho dried floral arrangements that will bring in new, natural, decor to your home space. Let's cultivate and recharge the spaces that we live in to brings us happiness in 2022; both inner and outer.

Blue Vessel Florista

460 Harrison Avenue

Sunday, January 9 @ 10am

Leadville Boom Days Looking for Committee Members!

The 2022 Leadville Boom Days Committee's main focus right now is making sure they have committee heads for all 21 committees. Here are the current vacancies needing to be filled:

Breakfast

Children’s Events

Entertainment

Sanitation/Recycling/Composting

Social Media/Website

The first committee meeting is January 20, 2022. Meetings are held typically once a month from January through June and then once a week for the 4 weeks before the event, which is always the first weekend in August.

If you know of anyone that might be a good fit, please feel free to connect us.