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Network Meetings
2024
Conference in Santa Fe:
- Agenda (pdf), conference website
- Leveraging Technology for Local Impact (pdf), Allison Turner
- What New Mexico MainStreet Can Do With New Data (video)- Michael Powe, Ph.D (Main Street America)
- AI for Beginners (pdf), Nolan Ojeda
- ChatGPT Prompt Sheet (docx)
- Taking AI to the Next Level (pdf)
- Tech Toolbox: Powering Your Productivity (pdf)
- Rural Roundtable: Digital Resiliency (pdf)
- Smart City, Urban Main Roundtable (pdf)
- Session Review (pdf)
- Canva Best Practices (pdf)
- Google MyMaps Reference (pdf)
- Google Streetview and Zoom (pdf), Amy Bell
2023
Summer Institute in Carlsbad:
- Agenda (pdf)
Day 1:
- Carlsbad MainStreet Spotlight (pdf)
- Motivational Analysis Quiz (pdf)
- CavernFest: Schedule (docx), Volunteer Coordinator (docx)
Day 2:
- Working with Volunteers to Make an Impact in Communities (pdf) – Tree New Mexico
- Developing Volunteer Plans for MainStreet Projects Exercise (docx)
- District Activation Orientation & Placement (pdf)
- District Activations Debrief – Evaluation (docx)
- Volunteer Position Job Description – Community Liaison (docx)
- Volunteer Position Job Description – Overall Manager (docx)
- Moveable Mural: Project Brief, Creator Job Description, Manager Job Description (docx)
- Milton’s Outdoor Seating: Project Brief, Creator Job Description, Manager Job Description (docx)
- Play Area: Project Brief, Creator Job Description, Manager Job Description (docx)
- Wayfinding Installation: Project Brief, Creator Job Description, Manager Job Description (docx)
- Build Your Own Tour: Creator Job Description, Instructions, Form, Form Sample, Carlsbad Walking Tours (docx and pdf)
Day 3:
Winter Conference in Santa Fe Day 1:
- Economic Transformation Through Design, Art, and Culture – Elmo Baca
- Peer to Peer Economic Vitality Learning Topic Session 1: Bringing More Business Opportunities to the District – Michelle Negrette
Winter Conference in Santa Fe Day 2:
- Powers of 10 Ice Breaker/Intro – Michelle Negrette
- Peer to Peer Economic Vitality Learning Topic Session 2: Leveraging Existing Physical Assets – Michelle Negrette
- NPS/MSA Façade Improvement Grant – Amy Barnhart
- San Pedro Corridor Creative Placemaking Contest RFP, Application, Evaluation – Revitalize San Pedro
Winter Conference in Santa Fe Day 3:
- Arts and Cultural Programming: Opposite Thinking – Michelle Negrette
2022
Fall Institute in Ruidoso Day 1:
- Post-Institute Recap, Documents, Presentations & Links
- If I Knew Then What I Know Now: Panel & Roundtable Discussions on Lessons from the MainStreet Network
Fall Institute in Ruidoso Day 2:
- Using Short-Form Video to Promote Your District: Workshop + Challenge
- The Executive Director Planner Tool
- Ruidoso Showcase
Fall Institute in Ruidoso Day 3:
- Planning, Implementation, and Follow-up with Capital Outlay Investments
- Impact Reporting & Communication: An Overview and Model for MainStreet/ACD Programs
Virtual Winter Conference Day 1:
- Brownfields: A Doorway to Economic Development
Rebecca Cook & Jennifer Muus
Download the presentation, watch the video - Axle Contemporary E Pluribus Unum Project – Watch their video, and learn more
Jerry Wellman & Matthew Chase-Daniel - Introduction to Types of Business Support Projects: What They Are and What They Do
Sean O’Shea
Download the presentation, watch the video - Engaging Partners & Stakeholders
Robyne Beaubien
Download the presentation, watch the video - Panel #1 — Business Support Projects: Lovington: Local Innovators Institute, Tucumcari: The Forge, Gallup: Business Resource Hub
Mara Salcido, Connie Loveland and Kara Smith
(Video & presentation will be available AFTER the Main Street Now conference in May)
Virtual Winter Conference Day 2:
- Capital Outlay Program
Lucas Pedraza
Download the presentation, watch the video - Panel #2 — Business Support Projects: Los Alamos, Clovis, & Taos
Lauren McDaniel, Lisa Pellegrino-Spear, Charles Whitson
Watch the video - Creating Community Connections One Story at a Time
Melanie Lenci
(Video & presentation will be available AFTER the Main Street Now conference in May) - Panel #3: Virtual Tour of Santa Fe Incubator & Make Santa Fe
Marie Longserre & Inge Sullivan
Watch the video - Tools to Help All Founders and Improve the Economic Development Service Model
Alex Horton
Watch the video
2021
Fall Institute in Farmington:
- Connecting People With Places (pdf)
- Diversity & Data (pdf)
- Main Street to Laguna Village (pdf)
- Outdoor Recreation Atlas Pilot Study (pdf)
- Rebuilding & Reinvesting in Our Communities: Using Asset & Wealth Building Tools (pdf)
- The Clean Up San Juan App (pdf)
- Working with Elected Officials (pdf)
- Zuni Pueblo MainStreet (pdf)
- New Mexico MainStreet 2021 Virtual Winter Conference • Creating a Climate of Confidence: COVID & Beyond Video Playlist
- Learning to Live Again: How to Break Free from Stress Overload, Dr. Janet Birkey (pdf)
- The Community Journey, Eric Renz-Whitmore (pdf)
- Connect -and Reconnect- People to the District, Michelle Negrette & Robyne Beaubien (pdf)
- Trends and Tactics for Creating Vibrant Streets, Alan Pullman & Shannon Heffernan (pdf)
- The Way Forward: Multi-Abled/-Generational Public Space — Learning From and For Others About Physical Distancing, Public Uses, and Social Equity, joni m palmer, PhD (pdf)
- Maintaining Confidence in Our Main Streets: Stories from Our Business Owners, Melanie Lenci (pdf)
- Designing Your Economic Vitality Mix: Recruitment, Attraction, Outreach, Growth, and Creation — What Strategies Work Best for Your District, Sean O’Shea (pdf)
2020
- Communications: The Business Engagement Package (pdf)
- Introduction to the Metropolitan Redevelopment Area (MRA) Toolkit (pdf)
- Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plans (MRA) Implementation Toolkit
- MRA Benefits One-pager for Local Governments
- MRA Benefits One-pager for Property Owners
- Grassroots Policy Development Framework (pdf)
- Powerful Body Language for Advocates (pdf)
- The Resurgence of Downtowns. The Ten Keys to Energizing Your Downtown (pdf)
- The Resurgence of Downtowns. Getting People Downtown 250 Days a Year (pdf)
- A Thriving Downtown – Part I: What’s Included in the Perfect Business Mix (pdf)
- Women in Entrepreneurship Panel (pdf)
2019
- Economic Vitality Funding, MainStreet Truth or Consequences (PDF), (PPT)
- Economic Vitality Funding, Funders Perspective (PDF), (PPT)
- Lovington MainStreet Economic Vitality (PDF), (PPT)
- Center for Community Innovation EV Funding (PDF), (PPT)
- Economic Vitality Projects (PDF)
- NMMS Education, Training, and Networking (PDF), (PPT)
- Placemaking Projects and Communication: Best Practices, a case study from Farmington (Downtown Farmington)
- Construction Survival Guide (Downtown Farmington)
- Events Guide (Downtown Farmington)
- Front Porch Initiative Brochure (Downtown Farmington)
- Placemaking and Place Brand: Creating Place and Telling Your Story
- Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper and the 4 Points: Planning your incremental creative placemaking project
- Lighter, Quicker, Cheaper and the 4 Points: Planning Worksheet (.xlsx)
- Community Engagement and Placemaking (MainStreet Truth or Consequences)
- Barelas Community Coalition Spotlight
2018
- Creating an Entrepreneur First Community
- Entrepreneurship the Good the Bad and the Ugly
- Floating Crosswalk INSTRUCTIONS
- Floating Crosswalk Rev MEASUREMENTS
- Healing Waters Plaza: Truth or Consequences
- Mountainair: Monte Alto Plaza
- Pallet Furniture INSTRUCTIONS
- The Paseo Project: Taos
- Building Your Brand – Marketing Your MS/ACD (Jonathan Lewis)
- creative startups: The Story of the Future Starts Here (Alice Loy)
- creative startups: Supporting Creative Entrepreneurs (Youngs & Sterpka)
- Deming MainStreet Preserving History, Creating Place
- 2017 NMMS Budget and Salary Survey Comparisons
- Nob Hill MainStreet: Placemaking through Public Art
- Placemaking and Public Art (Rob Loftis)
- Zuni Pueblo MainStreet Presentation
2017
- Welcome to Portales
- Artesia NMMS Presentation Fundraising
- AMS Branding Brochure – V2
- Raton MainStreet Communication Presentation
- Portales Business Development Pack
- Harding County MainStreet EDC 4
- Better Communication Techniques for Enhancing Relationships & Building
- Business Questionnaire
- Learning Lab: Promotion and Community Assets
- Lodgers’ Tax: How Heads in Beds can Earn you Bread
- Promotion & District Economic Vitality
- Promotion(s): Back to the Basics
- Purposeful Promotion Planning
- Copyright: The Good the Bad and the Really Bad
- Ilfeld Warehouse Project Presentation
- Lovington Tax Increment District
- Lovington Drylands Brewing Presentation
- New Mexico CDBG Overview
- NMMS EDA Presentation
- Public‐Private Partnerships: P3s
- Parklet or Plazuela
- Tax Increment Financing (TIF) District Program
- Tax Increment Development District (TIDD) Financial Update
- The MRA Plan Economic Redevelopment Toolbox to Creating Great Town Centers
- Tourism Development Grant Program
- Village of Santa Clara: Achieving Financial Independence Through Creative Economic Development
2016
- 2017 Main Street America Accreditation
- Financing Overview: Typology of Tools
- Great Blocks On MainStreet
- LEDA for Planning & Community Revitalization
- MainStreet de Las Vegas Presentation
- New Mexico Clean & Beautiful Presentation
- NM EDD – Job Training Incentive Program JTIP
- NM EDD – State LEDA and FUNDIT
- NM HPD – Historic Designation
- NM HPD – Historic Tax Credits
- NMMS Financing Sources October 2016
- SBA: US Small Business Association
- The Loan Fund
- Aligning the Work Plan With District ETS
- Capturing the Vitality of Your District
- Fundraising Effectively on a Tight Budget: Helpful Tips to Get Started and be Successful
- Identifying Economic Opportunities and Forming Economic Transformation Strategies
- Importance of Images to Telling your MainStreet Story: Toolkit & Excercise
- Mapping Your Districts Assets
- Frontier Community Spotlight: Village of Magdalena
- Future of Retail in Downtowns – Urban Design Services
- NM-HPD-CLG Presentation
- Indigo Theater Design
- Jean Cocteau Cinema
- Main Street America Tiers
- Mainstreet Renovation 320 Clovis
- Overview New Main Street America™ Brand
- Reaching for the Stars: Filling Second Stories on MainStreet
2015
- Facebook for Nonprofits
- Maintaining Your Status as a Certified MainStreet Program
- Making the Cash Registers Ring
- New Executive Director and Board Orientation
- NMMS Example ED Strategies; ABCED and E-Base
- NMMS 30 Anniversary Awards
- Using Instagram to Market Your Business or Organization
- Vineland NJ Tips for Better Business
- Case Study: Hotel Clovis Redevelopment
- Case Study: Lexington Hotel Gallup Downtown Redevelopment
- Case Study: Lyceum Historic Theater
- Case Study: South Valley Historic Bridge Boulevard Streetscape
- Fundraising For MainStreet Projects
- Grantwriting Securing Your Future
- Infrastructure Capital Improvement Plan 2017-2021
- Local Economic Development Act for Planning and Community Revitalization
- NMFA: Public Project Revolving Fund
- New Mexico FundIt Initiative
- Principles and Benefits of Community Wayfinding
- Revitalization Using Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plans
- The Ristra Project Overview
Training
Presentations
- New Mexico Mortgage Finance Authority Statewide Housing Needs, Oct. 2021 – PDF and Video
- Historic Tax Credits Presentation, May 2019
- Property Development 101, February 2019
- Redevelopment Districts Metropolitan Redevelopment, 2018
- Strategies for Economic Transformation 2017 Public Infrastructure Conference, 2017
- Asset-Based Economic Development: ERDC, November 2014
- Building Your Downtown Economy through Arts, Culture, & Revitalization, September 2015
- Economic Development You Can do With (or in spite of) the NM Anti-donation Clause, September 2014
- Implementation Tools in Action: NM MainStreet Success Stories, 2014
- The Nuts and Bolts of Designating, Planning, Implementing and Financing Arts & Cultural Districts, 2014
- Revitalization Using Metropolitan Redevelopment Area Plans: The Tools to Creating Great Town Centers, 2014
Webinars
2020
- Buy NM Local – PayPal Setup with New Mexico MainStreet
Watch Video, View Slides - Business Outside the Box: Tools & Resources for Generating Business Income During COVID-19
Watch Video, View Slides - Key Partnerships & Your Business Mix
Watch Video, View Slides - Repositioning Your Economic Development Organization
Watch Video, View Slides - Financial Resources and Strategies for Small Scale Developers in Response to COVID 19
Watch Video, View Slides - Beyond Bricks and Mortar – Alternatives to the Traditional Building Customer Relationship
Watch Video, View Slides - Entrepreneurship as a Recovery Strategy
Watch Video, View Slides - Perfect Time for Building and Site Improvements
Watch Video, View Slides - Next Steps: Building a MainStreet Small Business & Community Development Recovery Strategy
Watch Video, View Slides - Get Ready for Small Business Saturday
Watch Video, View Slides
2019
- Frontier & Native American Communities Initiative Pre Application
- NMMS FY20 Capital Outlay Public Infrastructure Funding
- Pre-Application Webinar: Great Blocks on MainStreet
2018
- Executive Director Orientation: Background and Introduction to Organization Point (pdf). Watch the Webinar
- New Mexico MainStreet Promotion (pdf). Watch the Webinar
- New Mexico MainStreet Economic Vitality Point for New Executive Directors (pdf). Watch the Webinar
- New Mexico MainStreet Design Point for New Directors (pdf). Watch the Webinar
- New Mexico MainStreet Compliance, Accreditation, & Certification (pdf). Watch the Webinar
- An Intro to Historic Preservation & Why it’s Important to your MainStreet & Arts & Cultural District (pdf). Watch the Webinar
- Great Blocks on MainStreet Pre-Application Webinar (pdf). Watch the Webinar
- Historic Preservation for Sites 2018 (pdf). Watch the Webinar
- FY19 Capital Outlay Pre-Application Webinar (pdf). Watch the Webinar
2017
- Tips Creating the Board You Need: Powerful Practices (pdf). Watch the webinar
- Engaging ALL Board Members in the Fundraising Process (pdf). Watch the webinar
- The Competent Board: Tools for Measuring Effectiveness (pdf). Watch the webinar
- Preparing for 2017 Annual Site Visit (pdf). Watch the webinar
2016
- The refreshed MAIN STREET APPROACH at a glance: Roles and Implications for MainStreet Boards (pdf). Watch the webinar
- Places for People: The Art of Placemaking (pdf). Watch the webinar
- Financing Real Estate Development on Main Street: Local Program Roles (pdf). Watch the webinar
- An Overview of the New Main Street America™ Brand (pdf). Watch the webinar
- Preparing for the Annual Performance Review (pdf). Watch the webinar
2015
- The MainStreet Approach to Community Economic Development (pdf). Watch the webinar
- Mastering the Annual MainStreet/ACD Performance Review (pdf). Watch the webinar
- Asset-Based Economic Development: Asset Mapping & Mobilization (pdf). Watch the webinar
- Establishing Economic Development Strategies to Guide 4-Point Work (pdf). Watch the webinar