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Places Reimagined Feature: Events Worth Attending – Part 1
This year’s Missouri’s Premier Downtown Revitalization Conference is taking place in Kansas City, Missouri! At conference you will find new ideas for making places meaningful and working with your community to become a place that everyone can call home as well as attend amazing events to both inspire you and recognize communities across Missouri for the revitalization they have accomplished.

Downtown Strong Grant April Update: Its' All About Image
The pandemic has been a true test of the resiliency for communities across Missouri. As we continue to navigate a world still battling various strains of the Coronavirus, many communities across Missouri have started to make a comeback. They have adapted their business model, implemented health and safety protocols in their business, and have received aid from private and public sources to get the help they need to take their business to the next level meeting the needs of today’s consumers. This is true for Earl “Chip” Smith Jr. who is a recipient of the Downtown Strong Grant that Missouri Main Street Connection provided in partnership with the Economic Development Administration in 2021.
How Big Investment Projects are the Culmination of Local Partnerships
Communities of every size have buildings they consider ‘white elephants’ that are hard to tackle. For Cape Girardeau, it was the old Marquette and H&H buildings. until a locally-led effort brought Old Town Cape, the City of Cape Girardeau, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, and developer such as Codefi and other local developers together. This partnership led to the rehabilitation that won the “Best Large-Scale Project” in 2019. Since the completion of this large-scale project, the tide of economic success has swept across the downtown district and raised the boats of many small businesses as well as given others reason to set their own boats asail on the adventure of starting their own business or renovating their own property.
I SPY... GREAT WORK!
Volunteers are the lifeblood of Main Street. From the board of directors to committees to event volunteers, each community member that volunteers in Main Street is a Rockstar! Not only are they coming together to revitalize their downtown, reinvigorate their community, and cultivate a place to live, work, and play, they are making an economic impact! Volunteers make a significant economic impact in their community through the donation of their time and skill. 

Missouri's Premier Downtown Revitalization Conference
Missouri's Premier Downtown Revitalization Conference

Kansas City, MO | August 3-5, 2022

Join us at Missouri’s Premier Downtown Revitalization Conference. Places Reimagined will transform the way we think, engage, and invest in place. Places Reimagined will inspire local leaders and stakeholders to evaluate the role of place in today’s economy while creating and engaging people-centered communities. More details coming soon.

Upcoming Events
Community Empowerment Grant Workshop
Missouri Main Street Connection has seven Community Empowerment Grants to award in 2022. Visit our website to find out more and download the workshop flyer,

Date: May 4, and August 17
Mornings On Main
Join Missouri Main Street Connection on May 4, 2022 at 8:30am in Central Time (US and Canada) for our next installment of the Mornings on Main webinar series. In this webinar, Phil Eich of Storyville will present the "why" behind storytelling, insights from his storytelling work in Michigan, Ohio, and South Carolina, and a four-step framework you can use to start integrating storytelling into your Main Street marketing.

Registration is required for this free webinar.
Main Street Opportunities
Main Street Resource Library
Ensure you are a Missouri Main Street investor to gain access to our Main Street Resource Library that hosts documents covering all areas of the Main Street Approach™.

Email Staci Cox at staci@momainstreet.org for more information about becoming an investor.
Main Street 101 Training
Main Street 101 is a free online training series that provides flexible training on the Main Street Approach™ for new board members, volunteers, staff, and city officials. This tool includes 40-45 minute long modules that can be used for volunteer development, committee training, and leadership development. The training series includes various resources and guides to help a Main Street program with further committee development. 
Congratulations To Those Certified In April!
Kellly Annis- Delmar Main Street Initiative
Erica Hagan - Delmar Main Street Initiative
Lisa Potts - Delmar Main Street Initiative
Luke Gibson - Downtown Joplin Alliance
This project has been funded in part by a grant from the Kemper Fund for Kansas and Missouri, the National Trust for Historic Preservation, USDA Rural Development, and Karen Bode Baxter.
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Heritage Circle
Missouri Main Street Connection
is dedicated to creating and preserving
memories made by generations in our
historic downtowns.

You are invited to support Heritage Circle through a monetary donation. Your donation will have a lasting impact in the creation of memories in your community and many others. Your donation supports communities across Missouri and celebrates the importance of community culture, the value of local history, and embraces traditions that make each community irreplaceable.

Your donation can be made monthly or annually in whatever amount you choose. Please choose the frequency of your donation to Missouri Main Street Connection today by clicking on one of the buttons below.

As a gift of appreciation, you may receive an exclusively designed lapel pin, handmade ceramic mug, or other gifts that show our gratitude and your support in preserving your community.
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Missouri Main Street Connection is a statewide, 501c3, not-for-profit organization committed to fostering renewed vitality and sustainability in historic commercial districts across the state of Missouri.
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