Main street manager explained

A main street manager is a United States professional who helps small cities and towns maintain and improve their main street typically through a government program or public–private partnership. Objectives may include economic, preservation, restoration, marketing, and relations between business, consumers and the government.^[1]

Objective

The primary objective is to develop and administer the main street program. The National Trust for Historic Preservation describes ten standards of performance for administering a main street program.^[2]

Role

• Develops and administers a city's main street program
• Assists and approves applications for grants, tax credits
• Design plans for preservation and/or restoration
• Develops marketing collateral and campaigns
• Advises city planners on parking
• Determines resources needed to maintain cleanliness, appearance,
• Schedules events and festivals. Advises planners.

External links

• Kentucky Heritage Council – Main Street Program
• Preservation Nation – Career Center – Professions

Notes and References

1. Web site: Kentucky: Heritage Council - Overview . heritage.ky.gov . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20080517163150/http://heritage.ky.gov/mainstreet/ . 2008-05-17.
2. Web site: National Accreditation Standards of Performance - Main Street . September 6, 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161106185149/http://www.preservationnation.org/main-street/about-main-street/the-programs/performance-standards.html#7 . November 6, 2016 . dead .