[OMS_MANAGERS] Update on the National Main Street Center

[Sheri Stuart]

Since the announcement of the Preservation10X framework last September,
the National Trust for Historic Preservation has been engaged in a
focusedand inclusive process to assess the current status of the
National Trust Main Street program and the Main Street Center. Main
Street is one of the most valued programs of the National Trust. It has
achieved unprecedented stature nationwide as a highly successful
preservation-based economic development program and enjoys great
popularity among a wide constituent base. In many ways it has far
surpassed what anyone thought would be the outcome of a small pilot
program in the Midwest some 30 years ago. Because Main Street has now
achieved mainstream success—and because Main Street needs to evolve in
order to remain a leading, cutting-edge model for community
revitalization—the National Trust realized they must envision a new
platform that will allow Main Street to flourish far into the future.
This past Saturday, the National Trust Board of Trustees approved a
recommendation to transition the National Trust Main Street Center to a
new nonprofit subsidiary of the Trust, which will take place in 2013.
They believe we are at the point where new growth and direction for the
Main Street Center and the Main Street movement will be best
accomplished under a subsidiary board focused solely on growing and
enriching Main Street. This is the model that was unanimously supported
by all the Main Street Coordinating Partners. The Trustees and the staff
of the Trust are excited to continue to support Main Street at the
National Trust, while providing the program with the space and focus it
needs to reach new levels of effectiveness.
Along with this decision about a new future for Main Street come
several changes.  Three individuals have graciously agreed to see the
Trust through the initial part of this transition and will be leaving in
mid-July to pursue other opportunities:
- Doug Loescher, director of the National Trust Main Street Center,
whose steady and positive leadership, particularly over the past year as
our transition was under way, has been responsible for the continued
momentum of the movement;
·        -  Lauren Adkins, associate director for field services, who
has guided field services over the past few years and been a tireless
advocate for Main Street; and
·        - Andrea Dono, program manager for research and training, who
is a passionate Main Street revitalization expert, writer, and manager
of special projects, including Main Street’s social media outreach.
The staff at the Main Street Center who will continue in important
functions critical to the new subsidiary are Linda Glisson in
publications; Deb Wise in finance; and Tomás Ramirez in membership. And,
the four tireless field staff—Todd Barman, Kathy LaPlante, Teresa Lynch,
and Norma Ramirez de Miess—will continue to work with the Trust on
envisioning a system for more robust and wider-reaching field service
delivery under the subsidiary. Mary de la Fe will work with our
conference team to ensure the 2013 National Main Streets Conference in
New Orleans next April is highly successful.
For the short-term, Vice President of Partnerships Valecia Crisafulli
will serve as interim director of the Main Street Center. Later this
summer the Trust will begin a wide search for a new position, the CEO of
the Main Street subsidiary.
While a time of transition is always difficult, I am optimistic about
the future of the main street movement.
Sheri Stuart, Coordinator
Oregon Main Street
725 Summer St., Suite C
Salem, OR  97301
503.986.0679
www.oregonheritage.org ( http://www.oregonheritage.org/ )

 
 
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