The new Main Street Lansing program in Lansing, Iowa is kicking into high gear. Now, the search is on for Main Street Lansing's first-ever Executive Director. If you're a self motivated leader, organized, an excellent communicator with great people ski… more »

Lisa originally created a wholly unscientific, but not entirely arbitrary Main Street Committee Placement Exam as a fun committee training exercise for our work with the Louisiana Economic Development Committee in Louisiana, Missouri.  Turns out, our fri… more »

Since our first visit to Milwaukee's SOHI District nearly five years ago, we've continued to follow the work and progress of the SOHI District Main Street Program. Keith Stanley, SOHI District Manager, has made it easy for us to follow by employing a var… more »

Congratulations to our friends at Cedar Falls Community Main Street, a graduate of the 2009 Main Street Iowa Market Analysis program facilitiated by DPN, and the community of Cedar Falls on making the National Trust for Historic Preservation's list of 20… more »

We ran across this story about Pepsi opting to take a pass on Super Bowl ads this year in favor of a social media campaign. That in itself is pretty interesting, but the story also references the "Pepsi Refresh" initiative which will give away $20 millio… more »