Hometown Minnesota Workshop
April 25, 2007
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm

Cloquet City Hall,
1307 Cloquet Avenue
Cloquet, Minnesota

Downtowns that have a strong housing component are more likely to be economically stable and culturally vibrant. Join Hometown Minnesota in Cloquet on Wednesday, April 25th to discuss the benefits of Main Street housing development and revitalization. Discuss the alternative to competing with malls, big boxes, and lifestyle centers to attract shoppers to Main Street, and instead bring the neighborhood to the downtown.

The program will feature Sherri Harris, of the Central Minnesota Housing Partnership, who will discuss how the Partnership has helped several communities bring people into the downtown through creating new housing and restoring the traditional housing over retail along Main Street. She will present case studies and describe the financial and technical assistance tools for making downtown housing investments.

The workshop will address questions such as:

• How does new housing revitalize Main Street commercial and service businesses?
• What kinds of new housing work in the downtown area?
• How does downtown housing fit into future housing markets?
• What financial or technical assistance is available to small communities looking to bring people back into their downtowns?

The workshop will include small group discussion to ensure that attendees can discuss their own community's opportunities and situation.

Cost: $75.00 per workshop per community
Workshops are free to Hometown member communities. Refreshments will be provided.

RSVP to
Bill Schlenvogt, City of Cloquet
218-879-2507
wschlenvogt@ci.cloquet.mn.us

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Hometown Minnesota, Inc. is a non-profit 501(c)3 organization founded by communities active in the old Minnesota Main Street Program. Hometown Minnesota is an advocate for enhancing and revitalizing the heart of small Minnesota communities, the Main Street business district.

Hometown, Minnesota promotes sustainable local economic development, community character and local history, and community-based entrepreneurial development. By connecting Minnesota communities with resources, technical assistance, and the organizational experience of other communities, Hometown Minnesota helps communities preserve and restore their downtown districts.

Hometown Minnesota workshops are made possible through your memberships.

Become an Affiliate member or renew your membership today.

For additional information please contact:

Brian Ross
Hometown Minnesota, Inc.
2634 Vincent Avenue North Minneapolis, M 55411
612 - 588 - 4904 bross@crplanning.com