Pennsylvania Downtown Center

This grant program will provide ten members of the Main Street America Network $8,500 each to fund innovative revitalization efforts to address the current and/or legacy impacts of COVID-19. This grant program is available only to Accredited Main Street America programs and state, county and city Main Street America Coordinating Programs.

In Downtown Bellefonte Inc. there's #noplacelikelocal

What are you doing tomorrow, Wednesday, January 27? Grab your lunch and join this free master class webinar "5 Rules of the Grantsmanship Game" hosted by @PANO.org Pennsylvania Association of Nonprofit Organizations https://conta.cc/3pkgWlt

"We are fortunate to have the Coccuza family of West Reading Motor Club in our community," said Mark Ratcliffe, the Visit West Reading Main Street manager. "They have taken on a number of projects including Say Cheese Restaurant and a retail space next door at 602 Penn Avenue. They always do a spectacular job with every project and are helping transform West Reading." Because of the pandemic, the 2020 and 2021 Townie Award winners will be recognized together at the 2021 PDC Conference, which will be held in September at the DoubleTree Hotel in downtown Reading. https://www.wfmz.com//article_8eb31288-5b53-11eb-ac17-f763

"While the pandemic may be the immediate culprit driving these trends, the reason small businesses have been so vulnerable to this crisis is that decades of policy decisions have weakened small businesses while allowing dominant corporations to grow unabated." https://conta.cc/3m9RaO5

Congratulations Mainstreet Waynesboro, Inc. one of three recipients of the 2020 awards demonstrating the power of digital engagement and the importance of 21st-century tools and technology to advocate, promote and preserve Pennsylvania’s older and historic places, which has been especially important during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Congratulations to all PDC 2020 Townie Award winners! Read the press release here: https://padowntown.org/article/2020-townie-award-winners

Small Businesses Are in Crisis. We Need Bipartisan Help Now! Lend your voice to... help America’s small businesses! https://helpsmallbusinessesnow.com/

Small business owners in Pennsylvania: Main Street America is appealing to state and federal lawmakers on behalf of Main Streets and their small businesses, so they’re seeking participation in a quick text message-based survey. The survey takes 1-2 minutes and can be filled out quickly on your phone. You can either receive the survey by texting the word survey to 833-945-1313 or by clicking https://bit.ly/37tQrC9. (Note that if you click that link on a mobile device, it wil...l pre-populate an opt-in message with the word survey, so just hit send with that message on your phone to receive the first survey question.) Thank you! Main Street America #smallbusiness #smallbusinesses #smallbusinessowner #ShopSmall

Markets can be part of the solution for a lot of major societal issues, but without a strategic approach and strategic local policies, not to mention real investment and management, they don’t do nearly as much as they could. @StreetsblogUSA https://conta.cc/3fY5ZCa

Slinky is one of the world’s most recognizable toys, but not everyone is aware of its Pennsylvania roots a factory outside Altoona made the iconic toy for decades before closing down earlier this year. Now, the Slinky factory in Hollidaysburg is getting new life thanks to an acquisition by global toy company @JustPlay, which is also based in Pennsylvania. Every Slinky in the world is made there, says Matt Fox, director of business expansion at Altoona Blair County Develop...ment Corporation, @AltoonaBlairCounty https://conta.cc/3liKvRq