Facts about MMSC: Celebrating our Success in 2010!
How MMSC Impacts Economic Development across Missouri
What is the Missouri Main Street Connection? MMSC provides communities with knowledge tools to economically and physically revitalize their downtowns. MMSC is part of the National Trust's nationwide Main Street® Program. Its efforts help downtown districts continue to be essential elements of their communities and a valuable asset of their cultural heritage and the total economy of their individual cities and states. Revitalization supports economic development and job growth within the context of historic preservation. The purpose of the local and statewide Main Street® Programs is to ensure the long-term success of downtowns by supporting, educating, training and empowering revitalization organizations that are comprehensive, professional, and volunteer-based.
The following data is a compilation
of 2010 data collected by 10 communities that are participating in the Missouri Main Street Tier System and regularly report their economic statistics to the Missouri Main Street Connection. This data is collected only in the downtown commercial districts during the calendar year 2010.
1. Private investment, including exterior façade improvements, interior building rehabilitation and new construction: $17,410,302
2. Historic buildings rehabilitated or saved from demolition:76
3. Net new jobs created:30
4. Net new business created: $54
5.One new business was created for every $833 invested by the State in the Missouri Main Street Connection Program.
This report is based on statistics provided by the following communities participating in the Missouri Main Street Connection program:
historic urban commercial districts
in Missouri are working on
revitalization plans, and attending
MMSC workshops and training
sessions to enhance their
revitalization skills.
Cape Girardeau
Clinton
Lee’s Summit
Sedalia
Warrensburg
Clinton
Lee’s Summit
Sedalia
Warrensburg
Chillicothe
Glasgow
Liberty
Sikeston
Washington
More than 110 communities and Glasgow
Liberty
Sikeston
Washington
historic urban commercial districts
in Missouri are working on
revitalization plans, and attending
MMSC workshops and training
sessions to enhance their
revitalization skills.