Main Street Saint Joseph

This month there has been a lot of discussion, introspection, listening, learning, and figuring out how to best apply Main Street principles in our community in a way that maximizes the work already being done by dedicated groups and individuals. The more training and brainstorming sessions we have with our state partners , and the more we talk with community members, the more the following truths are burned into our minds:  There's a lot to know. There's a lot to do. There's a lot already being done . I write a lot in these blog posts about downtown's promising future, the one our community will shape and make together by learning and applying Main Street principles to our community. But I would be remiss if I didn't take a moment (many moments, in fact!) to publicly appreciate the work that has been done downtown in the last many years, and the work that continues to this day. We're in the stage of the Main Street process where we've chosen our Transformat