Jefferson Matters: A Main Street & Chamber Community Receives 2021 National Main Street Accreditation

Jefferson Matters: A Main Street & Chamber Community has been designated as an accredited Main Street™ program for meeting rigorous performance standards. Each year, Main Street America and its partners announce the list of accredited programs to recognize their exceptional commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization through the Main Street Approach™.
“We are proud to recognize this year’s 889 nationally accredited Main Street programs that have worked tirelessly to advance economic vitality and quality of life in their downtowns and commercial districts,” said Patrice Frey, President & CEO of Main Street America. “During an incredibly challenging year, these programs demonstrated the power of the Main Street movement to drive impressive local recovery efforts, champion small businesses, and foster vibrant downtown districts. I am inspired by their hard work and confident that these accredited communities will continue to help their downtowns flourish in the next stages of recovery.” In 2020, Main Street America programs generated $4.14 billion in local reinvestment, helped open 4,356 net new businesses, generated 14,988 net new jobs, catalyzed the rehabilitation of 8,488 historic buildings, and clocked 983,702 volunteer hours. The Jefferson Matters: A Main Street & Chamber Community’s performance is annually evaluated by Main Street Iowa, which works in partnership with Main Street America to identify the local programs that meet 10 national performance standards. Evaluation criteria determines the communities that are building meaningful and sustainable revitalization programs and include standards such as, fostering strong public-private partnerships, documenting
programmatic progress, and actively preserving historic buildings.
###ABOUT MAIN STREET AMERICA
Main Street America has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts for 40 years. Today, it is a network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development Since 1980, communities participating in the program have leveraged more than $89.57 billion in new public and private investment, generated 687,321 net new jobs and 154,435 net new businesses, and rehabilitated more than
303,836 buildings. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit www.mainstreet.org.

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Calendar

October 2024

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  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
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  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
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  • Food truck: Miss Casey's Donut Delights
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  • Java & Juice at GCMC for Breast Cancer Awareness Month
  • Tales of Squirrel Hollow Park
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  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
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  • Toddler Storytime
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  • 21st Century Rehab FREE Fall Risk Assessments
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
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  • Candidate Forum: County Candidates
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  • Java and Juice - Regency Park Nursing Home
  • Yellow Umbrella Quilts
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  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Author Talk and Book Signing Event: Bob Hurley
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  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
  • Statehouse Candidates
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  • GCP Free Trial Class
  • Food Truck: Best Spudz-Loaded baked potatoes
  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Greene County Public Health Drive-Through Flu Vaccination Clinic
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  • Java & Juice at Rec Center
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  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
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  • Pancake Breakfast & Bake Sale
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  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
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  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
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  • Spook the Loop
  • Food truck: The Feed Shack - BBQ, Meat boxes, Sandwiches, and more
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  • Holiday Tree Quilt
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  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
  • Holiday Tree Quilt
  • Double Album Release Concert
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  • Holiday Tree Quilt
  • Happy Haunting at the Museum
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  • Toddler Storytime
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  • Brown Bag-Book Bundle
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  • Greene County Historical Museum: Open
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