Main Street Blog

This blog is intended to be informational and a source of new ideas. The opinions of the posters are not necessarily the views of the Michigan State Housing Development Authority.

Entries for February 2010

The IRS defines a partnership as the relationship existing between two or more persons who join to carry on a trade or business. Each person contributes money, property, labor or skill, and expects to share in the profits and losses of the business. Sound familiar?

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We all understand that in order for Main Street to work in communities you have to have volunteers. Volunteers are the backbone of any Main Street community. Building a community-based revitalization program means engaging people through outreach and volunteer opportunities. It seems no matter how much we try to advise...

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Maybe it’s just me but the constant reminder that our economy stinks is beginning to wear on me. Turn on the television or radio and you just can’t escape the depressing news. Anymore, after I watch five minutes of the news, I can’t help but think to myself that I should really start watching...

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The event had been entered on the calendar as ‘tentative’ several months prior.  The initial thought being the wife and I would make a day of it in Niles, as the winter weather was sure to have the kids complaining of frostbite by midday.  However, reality was far more fun…

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