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Where is a great Main Street, and what makes it awesome?
Where is a great main Street, and what makes it awesome? Read More »
Highway or Main Street? Towns need both
In many small Dakota towns, when a business is ready to open or expand, it faces a dilemma: Go to Main Street, or the highway? Read More »
Empty spaces on Main are an opportunity
If Main Street is the face of a community and the first impression it gives visitors, an active and lively downtown is key to telling an upbeat story. Read More »
Shops cooperate to create antique circuit
“Am I foolish for trying to open an antique shop in Arlington, S.D.?” That was the question that led Randy Bullis on the path to starting Bits of Yesterday seven years ago. Read More »
From the Editor: Graduating into the community
Having a commencement speaker has become less fashionable for high school graduations—perhaps because one too many speakers continued past the point of polite patience for the elderly grandparents, Read More »
Focus On Main Street: How can we help Main Streets thrive?
For the March gathering of economic developers for the Prairie Idea Exchange project, we dove into the topic of Main Street. Read More »
Why Main Street Matters
We all know the few blocks that make up our rural Main Streets like the back of our hands, but we may not often stop to think about the purposes they serve in our communities. Read More »
“When you think about your own experience, what are you noticing about small-town Main Streets/downtowns?”
This is the question that started the group gathered at the March Prairie Idea Exchange event talking. Read More »
Main Street can be an awesome ‘place’
People come to Main Street for far more than business transactions. If communities want their Main Streets to be vibrant and bustling, national organizations suggest, Read More »