Emporia Main Street: Accomplishments
•Created new jobs through new businesses
and continued growth.

• Reinvestment in downtown Emporia. For every public dollar invested the average return is $625.00 in private funds.

• Sponsored business incubator forums, workshops and educational opportunities at little or no cost to members.

• Promotional events exclusively for Main Street Members.

• We continue to provide a Legislative voice in issues that affect our downtown and community.

• Thousands spent promoting retail and service businesses.

• Over $250,000.00 loaned at ZERO interest to members.

• Incentives Without Walls (IWW) provides 0% loans to downtown businesses.

• Created and Distributed Newsletters and
Business Directories

• Provided Design demonstration projects

• Business Breakfasts covering diversity issues, upper
story development, small business tax issues, etc.

• Published Design Guidelines Information		 • Presented Outstanding Business and Design Awards

• Sponsored the Preservation Week Activities & Awards

• Continued the Commemorative Ornament Project

• Conducted Downtown clean-ups and maintained the Downtown Beautification Project

• Continued work on the Downtown Comprehensive Plan

• Conducted retail and promotional events:

• Main Street Fundraising Auction

• Promotional Partner Great American Flea Market

• Breakfast with Santa

• Welcome Week Activities for Emporia State University

• Annual Summer Sale

• Preservation Week Activities

• Downtown Holiday Open House

• National Main Street Accreditation

•Among others...