Missouri Main Street Connection Inc. (MMSC) has announced that the West Plains Downtown Revitalization and Missouri Main Street will host a Town Hall Meeting on Tuesday, April 25 at 5:30 pm. The meeting will be held at the Hass-Darr Hall on MSU-West Plains Campus and refreshments will be served. The purpose of the Town Hall meeting is to share with the community the Main Street Four Point Approach that will be implemented to help revitalize West Plain’s downtown commercial district and to gather community input.
MMSC Senior Program Specialist, Ben White, will make a public presentation to community representatives explaining how they can become involved in establishing a sustainable, volunteer-based organization that will carry out an economic development program based on the preservation of historic assets in the downtown, using the Main Street 4-Point Approach® to Revitalization. Attendees will also have an opportunity to share their suggestions and ideas for downtown revitalization and future projects. The community is encouraged to attend the Town Hall to learn how the Main Street Program will benefit West Plains and learn how they can become involved.
The West Plains Downtown Revitalization organization received a competitive Community Empowerment Grant in 2022 that will provide services such as this for a period of two years. During this time the West Plains Downtown Revitalization will receive on-site training and mentoring from MMSC that will engage the entire community as participant and beneficiary of revitalization. Citizens will also have an opportunity to attend regional revitalization workshops and conferences conducted by MMSC.
To learn more about upcoming West Plains Downtown Revitalization events and highlights on the many wonderful stores and retail businesses in downtown, please like and follow West Plains Downtown Revitalization’s Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/WPDTR
