Article: Fredericksburg losing its last independent department store.

Article: Platteville program might lose funding; Council is expected to ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  November 25, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... Platteville's effort. In 1999, the Main Street Board raised pledges of $15 ... is." Genthe pointed out the Main Street Program isn't the only economic ... t be in place by Jan. 1. Bob Metzger, Main Street Program president, thinks the ...

Article: Main Street Program loses city funds
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  December 4, 2003 ;     318 words ...Platteville's Main Street Program won't be getting $15,000 in 2004. The city ... goal is to improve and preserve the historic downtown. Bob Metzger, president of the Main Street Program, said the council's decision disappointed the ...

Article: HALLOWED Grounds
The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  November 16, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... renaissance, a rebirth on Main Street. Bob Metzger of Metzger Brothers Coffee ... this way: "In the old days, Main Street America was a place where everyone ... and the malling of America. Main Street faded and folded in the face ...

Article: Space Station; Platteville coffee shop owner brews a place to ...
Telegraph - Herald (Dubuque);  February 15, 2004 ;     700+ words ... ... college town and a city that had a Main Street Program. "We could have taken ... one of a hundred coffeehouses," Bob Metzger said. "Here, we are the coffeehouse ... Metzger cited the importance of the Main Street Program. It is a national revitalization ...

Article: Main Street Program Recognizes Communities, ...
The State Journal;  April 22, 2005 ;     688 words ... ... expected to be honored at the annual Main Street awards banquet April 20 in Charleston ... Development Office, which houses the Main Street West Virginia program, is part of the ... special projects that best reflect the Main Street four-point approach of downtown economic ...

Article: W.Va. towns get Main Street cash awards: Economic ...
Charleston Gazette;  April 10, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... received $50,000 in awards at the annual Main Street awards banquet Wednesday evening at ... honors communities which best reflect the Main Street program's four-point approach of ... restructuring, promotion and organization. Main Street West Virginia, affiliated with the ...

Article: MAIN STREET LOCKPORT BOLTS STATE'S DOWNTOWN PROGRAM ...
Herald-News (Joliet, IL);  July 20, 2000 ;     700+ words ...LOCKPORT -- Main Street Lockport, one of the first such programs ... Lockport. John Lamb, president of Main Street Lockport, said the board voted ... evening to drop out of the Illinois Main Street program. He said the organization ...