Join us for our series of free, monthly, virtual presentations and discussions focused on Rhode Island’s commercial districts – our downtowns, Main Streets, and neighborhood centers. Each Roundtable Session will explore a topic related to making these places stronger – as community gathering places and thriving locations for small businesses.

Getting Started with Main Street Management

Thursday January 23, 2025
12:00 noon – 1:30 PM
Online via Zoom (free registration HERE – required)

For our first Roundtable of 2025, we’re excited to welcome our friends from the Connecticut Main Street Center to lead us in a webinar introducing the core, proven concepts of Main Street management. While we typically try to limit our Roundtables to one-hour sessions, this particular experience needs 1.5 hours as it’s so rich with content. Don’t have that much time? Don’t worry, tune in for what you can, and we’ll post the recording after for whatever you might miss.

Creating and maintaining a vibrant Main Street is a commitment. It does not happen overnight and requires consistent attention and management. There are many moving parts – stakeholders with different agendas, external market and economic factors out of your control, and limited resources.

The good news is there is model that has been replicated across the country for decades to help guide your initiatives and priorities.

In this webinar, you’ll gain an understanding of what is main street management and why it is so important, get familiar with the Main Street Management Four Point Approach, and receive some ideas on how you can start implementing the approach into your Main Street.