Rich D'Amico, the owner, is very excited to announce a new pricing policy that began in 2009. All items that arrive in the store are dated. If the item does not sell in 30 days, it is automatically marked down by 25%.

Rich wants to make sure residents know that even though they sell and know antiques, Consign for Design is not an antique shop. They specialize in high quality home décor and house wares made in the USA and Europe at great prices.

Due to the current slow economy, customers are looking to get the most out of every dollar they spend. Shoppers are looking for high quality, Made in America, products for their home at a fraction of the price they would find in shops and online.

Many of Consign for Design's best customers are interior decorators that travel from the city to purchase items they use in their business. Desired items are better wood furniture and upscale home décor items.

Consign for Design is located at 114 North Main Street, Souderton. Stop by Wed - Fri 12-6pm, Sat 9-6 and Sun 12-4 pm.

We currently are using File Maker Pro 9 with a Main Streets template. We are looking for someone with File Maker experience who can give us a few hours of instruction on how to make the most of this program.

If you are proficient with File Maker Pro and have a few hours to spare, please contact the Main Streets office at 215-723-6627 or email Erika.

It's that time of year again. The Montgomery News is running the annual Reader's Choice Awards.

Pull the ballot out of this week's Souderton Independent and see how many Telford and Souderton businesses deserve your vote.

The March 17 deadline will be here before we know it. So vote online for your favorites.

This is such a great way to remind everyone how many really great businesses we have in the boroughs.

The Promotions Committee is working on a Restaurant Guide for the two Boroughs. With over 30 places to eat, Souderton and Telford should be on everyone's mind when they are hungry.

Erika Pipe from the Souderton-Telford Main Streets office has been contacting and visiting restaurants to verify the information for the guide. Please take a few moments to answer her questions.

The guide will be professionally designed and posted on the STMS website for downloading. This will enable places like the Montgomery Theater to link to page and make the guide available to their patrons.

An email just came in announcing that the Souderton-Telford Main Streets program has been designated as a 2009 National Main Street Program!

The Pennsylvania Downtown Center has evaluated our organization's performance in 2008 and determined that we have met all ten performance standards and criteria required to be named an accredited Main Street program.

This is the third year in a row that STMS has met this standard of quality as a program.

Read more about the criteria that must be met for this accreditation.

Watch for the new look and all new organization at the STMS website. Sitecats has been working hard to transfer the masses of information that has accumulated on the old site.

Of course, the real challenge has been organizing this volume of articles, studies and resources that have gathered over several years so you can find what you need.

Website design and all the other tools of the Web 2.0 have become so critical to the efforts of Main Street programs across the nation that the National Conference is focused on this topic next week. The Main Streets manager and a Board member will be attending next week to gather ideas to steal.