The Missouri Affiliate Grant communities are growing in many ways. One is through the addition of a new grant community, Maryville.
Maryville was accepted as an Affiliate Grant community on September 30, 2014, as the 24th community to go through this 2-year program. Maryville is in the northwest portion of the state with a population of 12,000.
Downtown Maryville is comprised of 130 retail, service and professional businesses located next to the Northwest Missouri State University campus. The University, along with the businesses, residents and local government, pledge to partner with the grant program to build their organization using the Main Street® Four Point Approach.
The current communities within the program are growing and expanding their capacity as Main Street® communities. From fundraising to board development to work plan training, these communities are expanding their knowledge, their volunteer base and their capacity to revitalize their downtown. Current communities include California, Canton, Drexel, Fayette, Grandview, Kearney, Lexington, Marceline and Odessa.
Congratulations to Holden, who just completed the 2-year program this month with their final visit from MMSC being a board planning workshop where goals and priorities were outlined for 2015 and 2016. Holden is now an Affiliate level community working towards the Associate level within the Missouri Main Street Tier System.
