October 5, 2021
Are you thinking of doing building improvements but not sure where to start?

Part of the many services offered to Main Street Nevada Investors from the state level include design assistance programs. Design assistance can be exterior improvements, interior improvements, signage design, and even flooring design assistance!

If you have interest in getting design assistance reach out to Main Street Nevada at director@mainstreetnevada.org
Get your goblins and princesses ready for a really ghoul time!

Friday October 29th @ 5:30 PM

Trick or Treat on Main Street is brought to you by Main Street Nevada and its investors.

Interested in joining the fun as a sponsor or volunteer?
Email us at director@mainstreetnevada.org 
Main Street Nevada is currently participating in a Market study of the Nevada Community. Earlier this Month two surveys were distributed. One to business owners, and one to consumers. The surveys were created and written at the state level and were composed of questions to target our community's specifics. We had over 550 responses! The Market Study Committee is currently reviewing the information received, and will present its findings and the next actionable steps in October.

Main Street Iowa

Back to Biz Marketing Kit
Main Street America partnered with Howard Schultz, the Emes project, CreativeLive, and a coalition of leading businesses and non-profits to announce the launch of Back To Biz: a free online learning program created to help small businesses develop knowledge and skills to accelerate their recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. Whether small businesses are building an online presence, expanding revenue streams, or stabilizing cash flow, Back To Biz provides hundreds of actionable lessons, informative interviews, success stories, and much more to get small businesses thriving. https://www.mainstreet.org/blogs/national-main-street-center/2021/08/31/announcing-back-to-biz

Main Street

Accreditation

 Main Street programs must receive a passing score in order to continue in the Main Street America program. In this process the State and federal level programs identify if Nevada's program meet ten rigorous performance standards. Main Street Programs must receive passing score in order to continue in the Main street America program.

Evaluation criteria determines the communities that are building comprehensive and sustainable revitalization efforts and include standards such as

*fostering strong public-private partnerships

*documenting programmatic progress

*actively preserving historic buildings.
What are historic tax credits?

The Historic Tax Credit (HTC) is an essential tool for Main Street revitalization. In fact, roughly half of the more than 44,000 rehabilitated buildings that have used the credit are projects with qualified rehabilitation expenses of less than $1 million, and over 40% of projects financed in the last fifteen years are in communities with populations of less than 25,000. At its current level of 20%, the tax credit can close the gap for developers of building rehabilitation projects on historic properties while ensuring that rehabilitation meets the Secretary of the Interior’s standards. Main Street advocacy helped retain this tool in the 2017 tax reform process. Now, our collective advocacy can help make important changes to the tax credit to attract more investment to Main Street, including the potential to permanently raise the credit to 30% for small projects.  
Nevada Schools News and Events
Students taking Kevin Cooper’s Horticulture II class at Nevada High School spent time helping City workers with tree-planting efforts on Thursday, Sept. 30.

Parks and Rec Director Tim Hansen said the City received a matching grant through the Iowa DNR to purchase 69 trees, which were planted at Harrington Park, SCORE, Billy Sunday Field area, and across from Billy Sunday Field.

“This was a grant made available to communities affected by the derecho of 2020,” Hansen said. Cities could apply for up to $5,000. The City of Nevada applied for $4,975 and got the entire amount. The nearly $10,000 total was used to purchase over a dozen tree varieties from Country Landscapes, the successful bidder.
If you have any questions or if Main Street Nevada can be helpful in any way, please do not hesitate to contact us. We may be reached by replying to this email or at (515) 382-6538.