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3/9/2010
The Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development announced the ten communities selected to participate in "Tennessee Downtowns", a community improvement program for cities and counties seeking to revitalize traditional commercial districts.
The selected communities are: Celina, Erwin, Jefferson City, Martin, Milan, Mt. Pleasant, Monterey, Paris, Selmer and Sweetwater.
The selected communities are each home to downtown commercial districts established at least 50 years ago and have demonstrated their readiness to organize efforts for downtown revitalization based on the successful “Main Street Four-Point Approach to Downtown Revitalization.” The highly competitive selection process was based on five core criteria: historic resources, need (economic and physical), demonstrated local effort, overall presentation and probability of success.
"Tennessee Downtowns" is part of the ECD Tennessee Main Street Program and will award reimbursable innovation project grants of up to $15,000 to participating communities. The successful applicants will also receive an 18-month program of technical assistance, which includes training on downtown revitalization and historic preservation, an introductory site visit and attendance at a two-day downtown revitalization workshop. Program directors will also mentor and assist in revitalization efforts.
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