Program
Goals
Main Street Lancaster and the Special
Improvement District are non-profit 501
© 3 organizations that focus on the
over-all vitality of the City of
Lancaster! Both organizations work in
tandem to promote revitalization,
beautification, preservation and
planning for the future of our greatest
local asset, Historic Downtown
Lancaster. Each project or community
event is a combination of countless
volunteer hours, capital improvement
dollars from property owners, and
generous donations from individuals and
local businesses. Here are just some of
the plans and projects from 2008-2009:
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Renewal of the Special Improvement
District Assessment for 2009-2013
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Revision, Education, and Training on
the New Design Guidelines and
Ordinance for the Historic Downtown
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Wrote
and Implemented Grant for Farmers
Market Marketing and Development
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Wrote
and Implemented Grant for Ohio
Historic Guidelines and Ordinance
Program
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Special Events:
> ArtWalk
> First Fridays
> 2008 Lancaster Pizza Rally
> Bike Nite
> “Shop Eat and Be Merry” at the
Winter Carnival
> The Chocolate Walk
> Gus Macker 3 on 3 Basketball
> Lancaster Farmer’s Market
> Downtown Business Training
> Outdoor Sculpture Docent Guided
Tour and Appreciation
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Relocation, Relationship Development
and Marketing for the Farmer’s
Market
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Public
Sculpture Exhibits 2008-2009,
2009-2010
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Cleaning and Painting of Downtown
Park Benches
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Clean-up and Painting of the
Historic Mithoff Hotel Storefront
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Window
Treatments and Decoration in the
Historic Mithoff Hotel Storefront
and the Old Mannequin’s Nightclub
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Downtown Parking Study with Walker
Inc.
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Design, Purchase and Installation of
Outdoor Information Kiosks in
Downtown Lancaster SID, Design of
Downtown Walking Map and Brochure
(Spring 2009)
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“Lunch
Downtown” Weekly Radio Broadcast at
Noon on Wednesdays 1320 AM
Meet Our Downtown Businesses! (wloh.com has 38 audio archives!)
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Clean-Up and Painting of Xmas Light
Pole Decorations for Downtown
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New
Community Banners for
Downtown-Rotary, Parks and Rec,
Farmer’s Market
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Marketing & Advertising Training for
Downtown Businesses (Action Coach)
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Training for Downtown Businesses to
Capitalize on Walk Through Traffic
for Special Events (Action Coach)
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Window Decorating Contests for the
Holidays
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We are working to make downtown
Lancaster a desirable place to work, run
a business, buy real estate , live, and
play!
To get involved in our Design, Economic
Restructuring, Organizational, or
Promotions committees please call
740-653-8251 or email
admin@mainstreetlancaster.com.
Thank you to the Olde Towne Centre,
Singer Appraisal, Dryden Investments
LLC, Stebelton, Aranda & Snider LPA, The
Friendly Bremen Bank, Fairfield National
Bank, Snyder & Co.CPA’s, ABLE, Wal-Mart,
WLOH, The Candy Cottage, Winfree, Ruff &
Associates, Sarver Law LLC, Lancaster
Eagle-Gazette, Dr. Kurt Swearingen DDS,
Jim Fox State Farm Insurance, Dagger
Johnston Miller Ogilvie & Hampson, The
Ohio Glass Museum, Geneva Hills, US
Navy, New Horizons, Lancaster Farmer’s
Market, Fairfield Heritage Assoc.,
Estelnet Computing, AT&T Wireless
Downtown, Promotions by Design, H & M
Heating & Cooling, Nine Fifteen Land
Co., Tiberio’s Pizzeria, Minuteman
Press, Fairfield County Job & Family
Services, Teen Institute, Clark-Berens
Insurance, Lancaster Sherman Rotary,
Gorsuch, Sherwin Williams Paints,
Target, Wm. V. Fisher Catholic High
School, Lowe’s, 84 Lumber, Carter’s,
Fairfield Paints, Fairfield County
Visitors & Convention Bureau, Outdoor
Sculpture Sponsors, Lancaster City
Department of Transportation, Lancaster
City Parks and Recreation, Lancaster
City Law Director Office, Jan Zerovnik,
Lee & Sadler Trio, Charlie Rotkis, the
Lancaster Fairfield County Chamber of
Commerce, the United Way, and so many
others past and present.
Main
Street Lancaster Successes
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Farmer's Market, Chocolate
Walk, ArtWalk, Gus Macker,
Corvette Gathering, Save the
Cannon, Winter Carnival
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Outdoor Sculpture
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Community Care Day
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Beautification of Stone
Fronts
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Revision of Historic
Guidelines
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Community Involvement +2500
hrs. in 18 months
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Klosks, Map and Co-Operative
marketing of Events
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Principles of Revitalization
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Comprehensive
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Incremental
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Self-Help
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Public and Private
Partnerships
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Identify and Capitalize on
Existing Assets
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Quality
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Change
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Implementation Oriented
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Do
you believe in the future of downtown
Lancaster?
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Become a friend of Main
Street Lancaster
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Work on a project
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Contact me
David Uhl
740.653.8251 /
Email
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