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Entries for October 2009
Release Date: October 28, 2009 14:36 
Editor's Note: This week's entry is a re-post from Sean Mann's recent contribution to letssavemichigan.com on the importance of shopping local. To see the original version (including photos), click here.
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Release Date: October 20, 2009 14:36 
Last week, the National Trust for Historic Preservation held its annual conference in Nashville, Tennessee. As a part of the many sessions was one entitled, “Don’t Stop Fundraising Now!” The session featured the National Trust’s David Cooper, Vice President of Resources Development. While the presentation was geared toward traditional historic preservation entities, there is a lot of applicability for Main Streets. Below are David’s top bullets for fundraising.
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Release Date: October 13, 2009 14:36 
Editor's Note: Two weeks ago, the Michigan Main Street Center @ MSHDA released the "Buy Main Street" video. The response nationwide has been astounding. Last week, STARS Director Joe Borgstrom was asked to write a guest blog for the National Trust for Historic Preservation's website, PreservationNation.org. Below is his blog.
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Release Date: October 06, 2009 14:36
By Dace Koenigsknecht
Economic Restructuring Specialist
Michigan Main Street Center
Michigan State Housing Development Authority
As promised, this blog continues defining the amorphous cloud of Economic Restructuring. Below I will finish describing the first cog in the wheel, Downtown Monitoring, by detailing what’s involved in Monitoring & Reporting Current Economic Performance.
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