Programs and Trainings
People Energizing Places
Direct Technical Assistance Over Two Years
For historic commercial districts and designated Missouri Main Streets who need assistance in revitalizing their community.
Elevate your revitalization efforts by:
Connecting with Missouri's Main Street network who are championing their community.
Learning from MMSC staff and Main Street leaders.
Grant Details:
The People Energizing Places (PEP) 75/25 matching service grant is designed to provide advanced training and assistance that supports local efforts directly to historic commercial districts. This matching service grant program provides two years of extensive technical assistance and training. PEP programming can be customized further through the addition of specialized modules. These modules can be one of the predefined modules or a customized module.
| Cost Share Amount | |
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Total Investment $38,400 |
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MMSC |
Community |
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$28,800 |
$9,600 |
Possible Grant Programming Options
Engage the board, community, and partners in determining Transformation Strategies following the Main Street Approachâ„¢, developing action plans for the next 1-3 years and identifying funding sources.
Jump-start a Main Street program that may have been dormant or stagnant through a review of the organization’s corporate and nonprofit documents, committee structure, and events/projects. MMSC recommends and provides hands-on direction for a course of action to get back on track. This service can be used to convert an already existing organization into a Main Street organization.
Possible Grant Additional Modules
Your community already has a personality. Create or refine your organization, community, and/or destination’s identity to preserve your community’s personality while conveying its vision for the future with the help from MMSC.
Sedalia Main Streets received branding services from Missouri Main Street Connection and consultant Ben Muldrow with Muldrow & Associates. Our consultants deliver the highest quality of branding to local Main Street programs that take inspiration from every element of a historic district. For more examples of our branding services please check out Main Street Vienna, Campbell Main Street, Main Street Brookfield, and Fayette Main Street.
Tell your story as well as  share amazing event information, educational materials, and more to share with your district and community. Develop, identify, and craft your Main Street audiences, communication tools, and message. Develop a captivating strategy for reaching your stakeholders, creating a communication calendar, and assembling an action plan for deployment with help from MMSC.
MMSC’s staff and team of consultants are experts in their field at identifying the best way to reach Main Street’s audience. With a collection of communication tools, you can energize your staff and/or committee with new ways of utilizing communication channels that lead your target audience back to your organization.
Smiling faces and inviting places win people over. Create your own team of downtown advocates or customer service ambassadors from business owners, volunteers, and city officials to help visitors feel welcome in your Main Street district.
Helping visitors feel welcome in our Main Street district takes everyone from city employees to business owners to volunteers.
DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS?
Please contact Ben White at [email protected] or call 417-334-3014.
Past Grant Recipients
Downtown Perryville Advancement
Sedalia Main Streets
St. Charles Main Street Foundation