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This month, we rolled out four new Main Street America videos highlighting the power of the Main Street movement, Main Street Approach, economic impact of Main Street, and the incredible volunteers that make Main Street's grassroots network so effective. They're short, succinct, and sharable—we hope you can use them to build the Main Street movement in your community!
Here are just a few ways you can use the videos:
Keep scrolling below for all four videos—plus a full-length Main Street America video and trailer—as well as sample social media posts. Or, use your updated member login to view them in our new Main Street America Video Library! Haven't updated your member login yet? Here's how >
Power of the Movement
The Main Street America Network helps to breathe new life into the places people call home. Learn more about this powerful movement of organizations, individuals, volunteers, and local leaders making a difference in small towns, mid-sized cities and urban areas across the country: http://bit.ly/2xDITsQ
Sample social media post: The Main Street America Network is transforming local economies across the nation. https://youtu.be/E6ctoIkkM6c #MainStreetMovement
View video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalMainStreetCenter/videos/10155705084542970/
The Main Street Approach
The Main Street Approach helps communities get started with revitalization, and grows with them over time. Learn more about the time-tested, market-based, community-led framework: http://bit.ly/2kKy0UN
Sample social media post: The Main Street Approach is a practical, adaptable framework for downtown transformation. https://youtu.be/rTdpKQQkUlo #MainStreetMovement
View video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalMainStreetCenter/videos/10155705062487970/
Economic Impact of Main Street
Since 1980, Main Street America programs have generated over $71 billion in reinvestment, 132,000 net new businesses, 584,000 net new jobs and 267,000 building rehabilitations: http://bit.ly/2xDJRoR
Sample social media post: Main streets are often a community’s single biggest competitive advantage. http://bit.ly/2xDJRoR #MainStreetMovement
View video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalMainStreetCenter/videos/10155721968307970/
A Grassroots Network
Main Street is so successful is because of the local leaders on the ground. The Main Street America Network is comprised of some of the most enthusiastic, passionate, committed people you'll ever find. Learn more about this nationwide movement of community changemakers: http://bit.ly/2kZosVQ
Sample social media post: Volunteers are the cornerstone of the Main Street America movement. https://youtu.be/f1KTXeM5Bww #MainStreetMovement
View video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalMainStreetCenter/videos/10155726527982970/
Main Streets are the Heart of Our Communities (Full)
See the power of Main Street’s potential: to revive local economies, bring communities together, and forge the future for cities and towns across the country. Watch and share!
This video features scenes from Main Streets across the country, as well as experts and practitioners including Ed McMahon, Senior Fellow at the Urban Land Institute and Chair of the National Main Street Center (NMSC) Board of Directors; Irvin Henderson, member of the NMSC Board of Directors; Anwar Saleem, Executive Director of H Street Main Street; and Patrice Frey, President and CEO of the NMSC.
Shareable link: https://youtu.be/6JnbRN8mRrM
View video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalMainStreetCenter/videos/10155274284202970/
Main Streets are the Heart of Our Communities (TEASER)
Shareable link: https://youtu.be/rb2CPI-W7og
View video on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NationalMainStreetCenter/videos/10155274237182970/
Discover how Mount Vernon Downtown Association’s artisan retail market, The LIDO Collective, provides local artists with a place to build their confidence, learn business skills, and grow their client base – all while revitalizing their downtown core.
Help us welcome Buffy Skee from Oklahoma Main Street, Liz Parham from North Carolina Main Street, and Frances Jo Hamilton from Heritage Ohio as they join the Coordinating Programs Leadership Council.
New research dives into the challenges and needs of Main Street leaders in Boston and North Carolina and provides recommendations for support and resources to help local leaders succeed.
