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Design: Enhancing the physical
appearance of the commercial district by rehabilitating historic buildings,
encouraging supportive new construction, developing sensitive design
management systems, and long-term planning.
Organization: Building consensus and cooperation
among the many groups and individuals who have a role in the revitalization
process.
Promotion: Marketing the traditional
commercial district's assets to customers, potential investors, new
businesses, local citizens and visitors.
Economic
Restructuring: Strengthening the district's existing economic base while finding
ways to expand it to meet new opportunities -- and challenges from outlying
development.
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The
Main Street Philosophy:
The National Main
Street Center's experience in helping communities bring their downtowns
back to life has shown time and time again that the Main Street Four Point
Approach succeeds only when combined with the following eight principles:
Comprehensive: A single project cannot
revitalize a downtown or commercial neighborhood. An ongoing series of
initiatives is vital to build community support and create lasting
progress.
Incremental: Small projects make a big
difference. They demonstrate that "things are happening" on Main
Street and hone the skills and confidence the program will need to tackle
more complex problems.
Self-Help: Although the National Main
Street Center can provide valuable direction and hands-on technical
assistance, only local leadership can initiate long-term success by
fostering and demonstrating community involvement and commitment to the
revitalization effort.
Public/private
partnership: Every
local Main Street program needs the support and expertise of both the
public and private sectors. For an effective partnership, each must
recognize the strengths and weaknesses of the other.
Identifying
and capitalizing on existing assets: One of the National Main Street Center's key
goals is to help communities recognize and make the best use of their unique
offerings. Local assets provide the solid foundation for a successful Main
Street initiative.
Quality: From storefront design to
promotional campaigns to special events, quality must be the main goal.
Change: Changing community attitudes
and habits is essential to bring about a commercial district renaissance. A
carefully planned Main Street program will help shift public perceptions
and practices to support and sustain the revitalization process.
Action-oriented: Frequent, visible changes in
the look and activities of the commercial district will reinforce the
perception of positive change. Small, but dramatic improvements early in
the process will remind the community that the revitalization effort is
under way.
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National
Trust:
For more than
50 years, the National Trust has been helping people protect the
irreplaceable. A private nonprofit organization with more than a quarter
million members, the National Trust is the leader of the vigorous
preservation movement that is saving the best of our past for the future.
The need for the
National Trust has increased since its founding in 1949. When historic
buildings and neighborhoods are torn down or allowed to deteriorate, a part
of our past disappears forever. When that happens, we lose history that
helps us know who we are, and we lose opportunities to live and work in the
kinds of interesting and attractive surroundings that older buildings can
provide.
These
conditions are reflected in the Trust's mission statement:
The National Trust for Historic Preservation provides leadership, education
and advocacy to save America's diverse historic places and revitalize our
communities.
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Main
Street Delaware City, Inc. Board of Directors: 7/2007
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Marian
Young
Immediate Past President
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Rita
Marocco
President
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Todd
Lightcap
Vice President
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Vanja Bucic
Treasurer
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Donna
McGray
Secretary
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Sarah
Bucic
Organization
Chair
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Jackie
Nye
Promotions Chair
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Design Chair
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Kevin
Whittaker
Economic
Restructuring Chair
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Al
Morgan
Member at Large
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Member at Large
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Program
Coordinator
Consultant
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About
Membership:
Main Street Delaware City, Inc. is a private, non-profit organization
devoted to the revitalization of Delaware
City.
Affiliated with the National Trust for Historic
Preservation, Main
Street Delaware
City is committed to
assisting residents, local merchants, and property owners in enhancing
their property values, boosting their businesses, and promoting a healthy community
where people want to live and do business.
Through long range planning
and with an active membership, Main Street Delaware City, Inc. can help Delaware
City
move towards its goals for the future. In support of these our efforts,
please become a Main Street member.
Numbers do count! As When we seek support for Delaware
City's
revitalization, we want legislators, media, and public and private agencies
to know the number of people who back MSDC's efforts.
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Contact:
Main Street Delaware City, Inc.
P. O. Box 23
Delaware
City, DE 19706
For more information call
(302)838-8740
Main Street Delaware
City, Inc. is a 501(c) 3 non-profit organization.
Your donations are tax deductible to the full extent of the law.
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