Welcome to the North Main Street Business District Monthly Newsletter. If you are a North Main business owner, property owner, or employee and would like to share your news, celebrations, and updates please send them to Kirsten Aherron (RDA Communications and Events Manager), at kirsten@riverdistrictassociation.com. And please share this newsletter and the North Main Facebook page!

https://www.riverdistrictassociation.com/additional-business-districts

We have to say it again! THANK YOU to everyone who came out to the True North Speaker Series Celebration last night. Thank you to Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development for making it happen through a Resurgence Grant to River District Association. Thank you to W & W Luxury Limousine Service for sponsoring the amazing cake by Explicit Taste ! Thank you to Selena Thornton at Diva in Dirt, Gardening in Pumps for the amazing gift plants for our speakers. And thank you to Thee Apostolic Remnant Church - ARC Family Life Center for providing an amazing event space. Thank you Stephanie Motley Ratliff for the great singing, and the DJ Pink-E/E-Girlz Entertainment for being an amazing DJ.

And we are also excited to announce Season 2 of the True North Speaker Series! Monthly videos will be released the third Wednesday of the Month, August 2024 through May 2025.

If you were a vendor at the event, THANK YOU! We hope you join us again next year. See you then!

WE WANT YOU! 

River District Association is looking for community artists who would like to display their works. All ages and abilities welcome!

If interested, contact Lashawn Farmer at 

434-791-0210 or lashawn@riverdistrictassociation.com

Art due to the RDA office (208 North Union Street) on July 12th.

The River District Association and the North Main Business District invite you to join us monthly starting in August to hear from amazing, innovative and influential local Black women. Each month, on the 3rd Wednesday at 12 noon tune into the North Main Business District Facebook page for a live interview to hear the inspiring life stories of these women.

Link to North Main Business FB page: https://www.facebook.com/northmaindistrict

Did you know that the Longwood Small Business Development Center offers a wide variety of webinars (many of them FREE, some with a small fee), as well as one on one business consulting. If you need help thinking through a business plan, or how to expand your business, the SBDC is a great resource.

Check out what's offered at: www.sbdc-longwood.com

The North Main District is from Riverside Drive, up North Main Hill to Thomas Street. For those wishing to stay up to date on revitalization in the North Main District, you can follow the Facebook page: Facebook.com/northmaindistrict

The River District Association (RDA) is excited to be piloting an initiative that will bring the revitalization programming that has been successful in the River District to the North Main Business District. The work in the River District will continue with the same energy and focus. RDA will help facilitate community led visions for the North Main Business District, and provide support through existing programming such as the Dream Launch Bootcamp, Facade Improvement Grants, and more.  

The River District Association (RDA), formerly Downtown Danville Association, was formed in 1999 to coordinate efforts to revitalize the downtown Danville, Virginia community, now called the River District. RDA is comprised of a volunteer Board of Directors which includes representatives from River District businesses and property owners, the City of Danville, and other community stakeholders.

Our city enjoys accredited status under the Virginia Main Street Program. The program is over 20 years old and is recognized nationally as the most successful formula for downtown revitalization. We are committed to the Main Street Four-Point Approach™ of organization, promotion, design, and economic vitality.

RDA follows the Main Street model to coordinate the public-private partnerships required to revive Danville's River District and now, other Neighborhood Business Districts (NBD). We work with the City of Danville, area businesses, and institutions to develop programs and events to get the community working together; to market the area's unique assets; to get the district in top physical shape; and to attract and retain businesses.