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Article: Wood stumps locally as Elgin officially joins Main Street program
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- Courier-News (Elgin, IL)
- Article date:
- February 20, 2002
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Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood gestures while visiting Elgin on Tuesday, where she officially announced that the city has been designated a Main Street community. The Illinois Main Street program offers communities help in revitalizing their downtowns. In Elgin, the Main Street program will be administered by the Downtown Neighborhood Association.
ELGIN -- Being one of the state's Main Street communities will mean more to the city than a roadside sign, Lt. Gov. Corinne Wood says.
Preservation, vibrancy and the setting of a standard that other cities can strive for is what the designation represents, she said.
"It means you believe in downtown Elgin," she said.
Wood, who also is stumping for the ...