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Entries for June 2010
Release Date: June 29, 2010 07:28 
A funny thing hit me the other day. I was reading some article or another about a group that was opposing the demolition of a building in a historic part of their town. (Unfortunately, it’s an all too common occurrence these days, which sometimes makes the articles blur together.) The funny thing wasn’t the protest or even the demolition. For some reason the thought of the demolition of part of Genesee Valley Shopping Center a few years ago jumped in my head.
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Release Date: June 21, 2010 15:27 
Last week, I was lucky enough to attend a board training put on by the Land Trust Alliance. The training and trainer came highly recommended by Michigan Main Street Advisory Committee member, Nancy Finegood. As someone who regularly trains Selected and Master Level Michigan Main Street boards, I figured I would go to observe how other people conduct board training and see if I could add any tips to my current board training repertoire.
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Release Date: June 11, 2010 10:53
As followers of this blog know, from time to time we have guest bloggers. This week, we were scheduled to have Niles Main Street Manager Lisa Croteau featured as a guest blogger. Lisa contacted us and said she could write one, but had a hard time beating the speech her daughter had written for a college compeition this past spring. The speech was about why supporting Main Street is important. So, for the first time ever, we feature the writing of a college student on our blog. We hope you enjoy it as much as we did...
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Release Date: June 07, 2010 15:12
This morning I thought I was writing a blog about something far removed from this personal story. However, the announcement regarding this year’s Pink Party in Howell came in (http://www.howellspinkparty.com), and I had a few flashbacks. The emotion has settled a little, but it’s not a subject I care to dwell on for any length of time.
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Release Date: June 01, 2010 10:39
This week, the MMS staff has begun the first part of some rather intensive training on being better communicators and presenters, skills that are needed on a daily basis as we work to inspire and enable people to their downtowns. In the training, we’ve learned the “4 V’s of Believable Communication” meaning...
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