There are over 1500 Main Street Cities across the United States, in addition to Marysville there are 21 other Main Street designated cities within Kansas. The Kansas Main Street program is designed as a downtown economic development and preservation self-help program. Through it, a positive image is created for the central business district based on the historic and architectural features of the community.
Marysville Main Street invites you to join us in revitalizing a lasting legacy in downtown.
Marysville Main Street follows a four point approach promoted by by the National Main Street
Center and Kansas Main Street. It's proven success follows these functional committee activities:
Organization Committee assists in the budgeting process and preparation of financial reports. Functions as the accountant of the organization. Conducts the Annual Membership Drive, and the nomination process for the Main Street Board of Directors.
Promotions Committee directs promotions, traffic-building activities, and downtown image improvements. Designs a marketable image for downtown. Monitors the effectiveness of promotional programs, and community/consumer perceptions of downtown. Works to build new sources of income for annual budgets.
Design Committee directs design improvement activity relating to building maintenance and rehabilitation. Works with Promotions Committee to ensure a consistant, high-quality image in signs, advertisements, and other graphic material associated with the organization. Reviews and recommends signage and awning permit applications for the City, in accordance with authority given Main Street in city ordinance. Promotes the awareness of downtown design and historic preservation issues throughout the community.
Economic Restructuring Committee works to strengthen existing downtown businesses and recruit additional
businesses through numerous programs. Monitors changes in the local market to assess the downtown's ad-
ditional market share within the comminity. Directs activity related to downtown commercial and real
estate development. Conducts and maintains a comprehensive inventory of downtown businesses.
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Marysville Main Street can provide financial and design assistance to qualified applicants for worthy projects within the Downtown Project Area.
Kansas Main Street Program offers an incentive package in the form of no-interest or low-interest loans to stimulate private investment in the downtown project area and to create jobs, save existing jobs, develop new businesses or strengthen existing businesses, provide a stronger tax base and restore historic architectural features.
Other financial incentives are offered in the form of tax incentives, available as rewards for preservation or restoration of historic properties. Marysville Main Street also has local revolving loans available for smaller projects and can help coordinate
low interest bank loans for
qualified applicants.
*Big Blue Barbeque State Championship first Saturday each June.
*KSU-NU Showdown Festival - Annual pep rally evening before the Kansas
State vs Nebraska football game-both Universities- downtown Marysville.
*Provided Main Street HyettPalma Market Analysis- improvement plan
*Enabled expansion of several specialty retail businesses & restaurants
*Restoration of two historic buildings, winning Governor's Design Award.
*Provided Facade Design Workshop & retail's Rick Segel Workshop.
*Provided seminar on Marketing Promotions and Image.
*Created and distributed "Design Guidelines" booklet.
*Architect's Preliminary Site Survey, Design Assistance and architect-
ural drawings to seven downtown businesses.
*More than $197,000 of IWW money to businesseswithout interest.
*Downtown clean up "Sparklers" throughout summer months.
*794 Main Street volunteers contributed over 15,000 hours.
*Main Street actively seeking new businesses & restaurants.
*Main Street provides reports to the public and City Council.
*Installed new Welcome to Marysville, Black Squirrel signs.
*Main Street extablished partnership with City/Community
*Sponsored and coordinated successful "Promotional $$$
Events Dickens on Broadway, KSU/NU Showdown, Big Blue Barbeque
Championship/Downtown M&M Car Show, and Garden Tour & Tea.
*Accomplishments awarded 23 Governor's Awards for Excellence.
*Over $5 Million in downtown improvements mostly financed by
committed downtown businesses and individuals.
66 Facade renovations totaling $407,792
121 Building Improvements totaling $1,542,529
28 Buildings sold totaling $1,708,000
27 New Business Openings creating 70.5 new full or part-time jobs
133 Public Improvement Projects totaling $2,261,800
Marysville Main Street is dedicated to revitalizing downtown but we are self-funded and success relies entirely on membership funding. Contact us about member-benefits.
Benefactor Level......................................$500. and up
Downtown Sustaining Business member.....$300.
General Business member (not downtown).....$200.
Individual Supporter (non-business individuals)..$25 and $50 levels.
