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#MainStMeans Third Places

By DKA On September 28, 2016 · Add Comment · In #MainStMeans, Success Stories
We collaborate with professionals and experts to create unique solutions for our downtowns. In 2012, the Connecticut Housing Finance Authority (CHFA) contracted CMSC to develop and administer the Come Home to Downtown program, assisting the owners of small properties to redevelop their under-utilized buildings into housing above commercial space. CMSC provides select communities and property owners with customized technical assistance, working with them to devise viable redevelopment options that include identifying solutions to address the financial gap. The CMSC team also offers guidance to local officials on how to facilitate mixed-use development in the downtown, assessing issues such as zoning and regulatory requirements.
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#MainStMeans Vitality

By DKA On September 28, 2016 · Add Comment · In #MainStMeans
The Mansfield Downtown Partnership works to create a vital new downtown that appeals to a wide range of people – families, students, seniors, etc. We create and implement community events, ensure the downtown is a well-oiled machine that provides easy access to our customers (parking, signage, welcome center), and assist our businesses with promotion and access to markets through our connection with the UConn community.Between providing advice on how best to structure our fledging organization back in 2001 to providing workshops on parking, promotion, and transit-oriented development after our downtown was under construction, CMSC has been a critical resource to the Partnership as we built our new downtown – Storrs Center.
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#MainStMeans The Heart of the Town

By DKA On September 28, 2016 · Add Comment · In #MainStMeans
Working at the Northwest Hills Council of Governments, I assist our member towns with grant applications for sidewalks and streetscaping of their Main Streets and other catalytic Main Street projects, assist with a regional village center wayfinding signage program and regional tourism marketing efforts, and link our 21-towns’ local economic development and business groups to resources to improve their Main Streets.The NHCOG is a coordinating body for chief elected officials maintained by twenty-one municipalities in northwest Connecticut. The NHCOG’s mission is to make Northwest Connecticut a better place to live, do business, and visit by providing a forum for local officials to discuss issues of intermunicipal concern, promote regional cooperation, and direct various regional initiatives to enhance government planning, efficiency and service delivery. Learn more about our beautiful region by visiting www.discovernwct.com.
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Awards of Excellence

By DKA On March 17, 2015 · Add Comment · In In the News
To celebrate the enormously effective and impactful work of our members, we created the annual Awards of Excellence program. These awards showcase the best in Main Street revitalization in the state.
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The Business Women of Grand Street, Waterbury

By DKA On June 19, 2014 · Add Comment · In Success Stories
As a group, the Business Women of Grand Street account for 80% of the businesses in Grand Street’s commercial corridor, and they are all niche entrepreneurs.  It’s no wonder then, that they were the winners of CMSC’s 2014 Award of Excellence for Economic & Business Development, sponsored by Webster Bank. The Business Women of Grand
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CTfastrak brings chance to re-create our downtowns – CT Mirror

By DKA On May 20, 2014 · Add Comment · In In the News
CTFastrak brings with it the opportunity to create and re-create our downtowns, writes CMSC’s Communication Manager, Christine Schilke, in an Op-Ed for the CT Mirror.  After decades designing roads to move cars around and through our downtowns, we now have the chance to create more walkable town centers, utilizing public transit that brings us together, instead
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Downtown Update – May Edition

By DKA On May 16, 2014 · Add Comment · In In the News
Check out the May edition of CMSC’s e-newsletter, Downtown Update.
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CMSC Report Recommends New Haven Create Neighborhood Revitalization Center

By DKA On May 15, 2014 · Add Comment · In Press Releases
(Hartford, CT – May 14, 2014) – New Haven’s many diverse neighborhoods could benefit from the creation of a citywide neighborhood revitalization center, says the Connecticut Main Street Center (CMSC) in a report released today. The City of New Haven, through Mayor Toni Harp’s office and the Economic Development Corporation of New Haven , contracted CMSC in March to assist in determining the feasibility
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New Haven neighborhoods full of potential for economic growth, report finds – New Haven Register

By DKA On May 15, 2014 · Add Comment · In In the News
CMSC is recommending that New Haven convene a neighborhood revitalization task force that would expand the mission of the Elm City Business Development Center, reports the New Haven Register. In March, CMSC conducted a weeklong analysis of four key commercial corridors and neighborhoods, during which CMSC President & CEO John Simone and consultant Kent Burnes met with some 300
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Food strollers find new treats along New London’s streets – The Day

By DKA On May 15, 2014 · Add Comment · In In the News
Visitors and residents of New London cheered as the New London Light Cube was unveiled as the grand finale of the Spring Food Stroll, an event organized by New London Main Street to promote downtown restaurants and shops.  The cube, a public art installation, radiates rainbow-colored lights over Parage Plaza, report The Day. The new public art installation
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