The City of Jacksonville is now part of the Oregon Main Street Program administered by the State Historic Preservation Office. This is a great program that focuses on downtown revitalization and bringing business owners and the community together
Would you like to:
- Work with fellow community members to achieve extraordinary things?
- Create opportunities for local businesses?
- Help preserve significant downtown structures?
Learn how the Main Street Approach® to Downtown Revitalization helps communities bring vitality to their traditional commercial districts.
Come to the kick-off meeting!
Wednesday May 2nd 9:00 AM at Old City Hall, 205 W. Main Street, Jacksonville
Who should attend? Downtown business and property owners, residents, local government officials, community organizations, anyone who feels passionate about improving downtown!
The Main Street Approach® is a nationally proven methodology for revitalizing historic commercial districts. Come learn how to leverage your community’s collective skill so the end result is a business district that becomes a gathering place for the community and provides the goods and services that neighborhoods desire.
Speaker Bio: Sheri Stuart is the state coordinator of Oregon Main Street (OMS) which is administered by the State Historic Preservation Office (Oregon Parks and Recreation Department). OMS helps communities throughout the state preserve and revitalize the economy, appearance, and image of their traditional business districts using a range of services and assistance to meet the needs of communities interested in revitalization. Sheri has twenty-two years in working with main street communities, starting as the executive director of the main street program in Port Townsend (WA), working as a program officer with the National Trust Main Street Center, and formerly with the Washington State Main Street Program.