To keep your board functioning like a well-oiled machine, efficiently and effectively driving your local Main Street organization forward, consider having a board retreat, which is a worthwhile workshop of sorts that’s dedicated to aligning board members on strategic goals and creating consensus. But, you can’t simply throw together the plans for your board retreat … More Six Tips to Plan a Productive Board Retreat

The Virginia Tourism Corporation (VTC) is offering a reimbursable Microbusiness Marketing Leverage Program (MLP) grant to assist small tourism-related businesses and to bolster non-peak seasonal visitation. The grant application will open on August 04, 2022 and close on September 20, 2022. Components of the grant program include: Who is Eligible? Small tourism-related businesses that have … More Applications for Virginia Tourism Corporation Microbusiness Marketing Leverage Program Open Soon!

In collaboration with partners across the Commonwealth, the Center for Nonprofit Excellence (CNE) has launched its annual survey of Virginia nonprofits, and they would greatly appreciate your organization’s input. CNE is conducting this survey to gain a better understanding of the nonprofit landscape. Specifically, your feedback will be aggregated with the input of other nonprofits to … More Enter to Win $350: Center for Nonprofit Excellence Launches Annual Survey of Virginia Nonprofits

Have you ever been in a new town and gotten lost, driven around looking for that parking lot or business or park that the GPS promises is at the next right? A comprehensive wayfinding sign system is a part of a larger marketing and communication system that moves from website to on-site. Wayfinding systems for … More Farmville Installs New Parking Identification and Directional Signage Downtown

Mark your calendar for the 2022 Virginia Governor’s Housing Conference (VAGHC) on November 16-18, 2022 at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City in Arlington, Virginia! For those that haven’t attended, it’s the largest housing and community development event of the year and allows Virginia’s affordable housing providers to connect with funders, lenders, realtors, nonprofits, public officials … More Scholarship Applications Now Being Accepted for the 2022 Virginia Governor’s Housing Conference

Due to illness and our speaker’s aspiration to be 100% for all of you, the Virginia Main Street Webinar: Make Every Communication Count is now rescheduled for Wednesday, August 3, 11 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. Registration is open until we go live, so if you are now available for the rescheduled date, please register here! … More Virginia Main Street Webinar RESCHEDULED: Make Every Communication Count

Tom Raab, South Boston’s intrepid and driven Town Manager, is about to see a dream realized. The former John Randolph Hotel will soon be redeveloped and become a major anchor downtown, adding to the vitality of the historic commercial district. The property was acquired by Julian and Karie Brittano last fall, and it was recently … More Historic Hotel in South Boston to Be Redeveloped

On Friday, July 15, 2022, a fire devastated a portion of the historic commercial district in Tappahannock, Virginia. Unfortunately, several businesses and homes were reduced to ash, jobs are affected and the community lost a piece of its beloved downtown. Tappahannock Main Street, the town’s local Advancing Virginia Main Street (AVMS) organization, has been helping … More BREAKING – Fire Recovery Efforts Underway in Tappahannock

Every day, Main Street programs reach out to a diverse group of stakeholders to share the success stories of commercial district revitalization and call for the policies, programs and resources that create a positive impact in communities to be supported. While speaking up for Main Street and communicating the power of the Main Street movement … More Tips on How to Arrange a Congressional Site Visit in Your Local Main Street District

Our guest blogger, Jennifer E. Goldman, President of Resonance, LLC, is a management consultant with a degree in Business Management and certifications in nonprofit management and business coaching. She’s a tough cookie with a gooey middle, cracking the whip on nonprofit organizations to teach them how to run like businesses while being entirely empathetic to … More What’s So Special About Events? Part 2 (The Why Factor)