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Welcome Back Block Party & Moonlight Madness to Combine.
We are mixing things up a bit for two of our late summer events! Due to current circumstances we have decided to combine our Welcome Back Block Party and Summer...
The Great American Market Canceled for 2020.
Emporia, Kansas - The Great American Market has been cancelled for 2020. The Market is a joint effort between Emporia Main Street and its title sponsor, the Emporia Gazette, and features local...
New Assistance for Local Businesses
The City of Emporia, KS has been awarded $132,000 of funding through the Kansas Department of Commerce’s Community Development Block Grant COVID-19 Small Business Grant Program (CDBG-CV). The City of...
Annual Meeting Highlights
In 2021, the Emporia Main Street organization will turn 30 years old, and we've never experienced a year quite like this. Before mid-March of 2020, we saw a year full...
Consumer Pandemic Trends
The mind of the consumer during a pandemic is difficult to track. Even outside of Covid, trying to guess the wants and needs of your customers can be a full...
How Has the Pandemic Impacted Your Brand?
There are wonderful people that work very hard to understand the world around them for the benefit of others. These people aren't simply watching TV, reading commentary, or listening to...
Radical Transparency: Your customers, staff, and the general public need to hear from you in a different way RIGHT NOW
We have many positive traits in the Midwest. The people here work hard, they are punctual, people believe in teamwork, and they typically value getting things done. One of the...
Emporia Main Street Makes Top 10 in America’s Main Streets Contest!
https://www.mainstreetcontest.com/ These Main Streets represent the best in the country but only one will be chosen as the grand prize winner. The winner will be announced on Monday, June 1...
Dirty Kanza & Great American Market to Be Held on Sept. 12th, 2020
September 12th, 2020 will be a busy day in downtown Emporia. Emporia Main Street and Dirty Kanza are excited to announce that both the Great American Market and the Dirty...
White Ribbon Campaign to Support Emergency Medical Services and Frontline Workers
White Ribbon Campaign to Support Emergency Medical Services and Frontline Workers (Emporia, KS) – Newman Regional Health and Emporia Main Street announce the community’s first ever White Ribbon Campaign scheduled...
Design a Shirt for Emporia Main Street
It is that time of year to start thinking about our next round of Emporia Shirts! We are accepting entries for design ideas. Entries need to be in a pdf...
Emporia Main Street Rallies For a Chance at 25K
Emporia Main Street Named Quarterfinalist for America’s Main Streets Contestin Celebration of Small Business During COVID-19 CrisisSupport Emporia Main Street by Voting Today from the Safety of Your Home Emporia, KS —The...
Draw Your Main Street
Bust out your artistic skills and show some love to our Main Street Member Businesses/Organizations. How do you participate? Choose your favorite Main Street businesses and draw their picture! Drawings...
Great American Market and DK Finish Line Celebration to be held on Saturday, Sept 12th 2020
We have seen several schedule adjustments over the past several weeks. The most recent being the postponement of the 2020 Dirty Kanza event. The new race date is set for...
Small Business COVID-19 Grant Resources
GoFundMe: As part of the Small Business Relief Fund, GoFundMe, Intuit QuickBooks and Yelp have each donated $500,000.Google: Announcing a new $800+ million commitment to support small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), health organizations and governments,...
Payroll Protection Program Launches 4/3/20
PAYROLL PROTECTION PROGRAM Source: SBA - U.S. Small Business Administration The CARES Act includes $350 billion for federally guaranteed loans for small businesses, sole proprietors, self-employed individuals and independent contractors affected...
SBA- Disaster Assistance Update
Please click here for updated information: https://content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USSBA/bulletins/283f40b
Emporia Farmers Market to Offer CSA-Style Food Boxes.
Due to public health concerns, the Emporia Farmers Market will not hold regular markets on April 4 and 18. The market has been working with vendors to assemble a limited...
Stay At Home Order Issued
https://www.flinthillshealth.org/wp-content/uploads/Emergency-Order-Of-Local-Health-Officer-To-Stay-At-Home.pdf
Additional info on HIRE from Kansas Main Street
.....We regret to announce that all our initial funds available through the HIRE Fund have been allocated at this time. However, we are keeping our form open and will continue...
Newman Regional Health Seeks Community Support with Mask Donations
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2020 Newman Regional Health Seeks Community Support with Mask Donations (Emporia, KS) — Newman Regional Health is asking local community members for their help in...
Flint Hills Community Health Center to hold Q & A session for Businesses
Please click the link for information on the ZOOM session that will be held on March 24th: https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Flint-Hills-Community-Health-Center-Business-Statement.html?soid=1102591137292&aid=QYKUWvuENjc
Support Local Restaurants
Dear Community Members and Business Owners Right now, several of our local businesses need our support more than ever. The Flint Hills Community Health Center in conjunction with the Lyon...
Introducing the Hospitality Industry Relief Emergency Fund (HIRE)
This morning Governor Laura Kelly has announced the HIRE Fund (Hospitality Industry Relief Emergency) Fund. It's pretty straight forward: The $5 million loan program will offer loans up to $20,000...
Emergency Order From Flint Hills Community Health Center
Please click the link for information: https://www.flinthillshealth.org/emergency-order-from-local-health-officer-march-19-2020/?fbclid=IwAR1mQ3ACZ6fbAfOBACCMx1z_Bv6i0Vc_sWhlhBV2KlBkF3SyUV9X0_ZhXUw Link to order: https://www.flinthillshealth.org/wp-content/uploads/emergency-order-of-local-march-19-2020.pdf
CDC Business Guidelines for COVID-19
Please click the link for more info: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/guidance-business-response.html
Curbside Assistance to Businesses
Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, individuals have been advised to stay away from certain business types. Restaurants, bars, retailers, and entertainment venues have been hit particularly hard by a sharp and...
SBA Updates Criteria on States for Requesting Disaster Assistance Loans for Small Businesses Impacted by Coronavirus (COVID-19)
Click here for criteria and information: https://www.sba.gov/about-sba/sba-newsroom/press-releases-media-advisories/sba-updates-criteria-states-requesting-disaster-assistance-loans-small-businesses-impacted
Businesses Please Take This Survey!
For most of us, this is our first pandemic. We want to communicate your business situation and resource needs to officials that could potentially assist in offering some sort of...
USD 253 – Schools Close For Remainder of Academic Year.
Please click link on information from USD 253 concerning school closures: http://www.usd253.org/covid-19/
Executive Order No. 20-04
Please click the link to view executive order from Gov. Laura Kelly regarding prohibiting of mass gatherings in relation to COVID-19. https://governor.kansas.gov/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/20-04-Executed.pdf
Quarter Mania Canceled – The Taste Postponed
Due to public health safety concerns surrounding COVID-19 and much discussion with local officials: Emporia Main Street Quarter Mania scheduled for Thursday, March 19th at the Copper Top - has...
KDHE COVID-19 Traveler & School Notice
EMPORIA KANSAS, March 15, 2020 Lyon County Public Health Department in coordination with Lyon County Emergency Management and local educational partners would like to reiterate Governor Kelly’s recommendation to close...
GBO Cancellation
PDGA Board of Directors Statement on COVID-19 Pandemic [March 13, 2020] By: PDGA StaffFriday, March 13, 2020 - 11:38 The Professional Disc Golf Association Board of Directors, in close concert with...
COVID-19 Media Release 3-12-2020
Articles you might find useful: Link from above: https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/community/large-events/mass-gatherings-ready-for-covid-19.html https://www.cdc.gov/handwashing/when-how-handwashing.html https://www.flinthillshealth.org/COVID-19/
VISION 2030
We must set measurable goals if we want to make actual progress Organizations put a lot of verbal "stuff" out there. Missions, value statements, strategic plans, visions... What does it...
The Next Vision
Emporia Main Street separates development strategies into a series of visions that last about a decade. The declarative vision statements set priorities within organizational work planning to achieve standards set...
2018 Recap
The end of the calendar year gives us the opportunity to look back, before we press on with a busy 2019. We show our appreciation for your support through service,...
Being Relevant
Every business, organization, or non-profit should consistently ask themselves: "why am I absolutely necessary in the lives of my consumer?" Necessity can mean something different depending on your stage of...
Adjusting Headings
In the Main Street world, there is a concept called "entrepreneurial friction" (some refer to it as entrepreneurial density). Essentially, when entrepreneurs are in close proximity and can communicate with...
Volunteerism
Volunteering simply requires ideas, passion, and a belief in something larger than yourself. Emporia Main Street, like many organizations, is highly dependent on volunteers to achieve success. We have an...
Year in Review 2017
Each year we take one e-news and dedicate it towards looking back over the previous year. We don't want to linger in the past, but we do want to recognize...
A New “First”
The Emporia Main Street staff, and select volunteers, travel to the National Main Street conference every year. The conference covers trends and techniques that are critical for achieving community and...
The Homegrown Initiative
Emporia Main Street (EMS) is an economic and community development philosophy that operates within the City of Emporia and Lyon County. Using an effective four point approach, adopted from the...
Thank you to our Members and Volunteers
Emporia Main Street celebrates the passing of each membership year with our Annual Meeting. The meeting highlights the accomplishments of the past year, sets goals for the following year and...
Why Your Support Matters
The concept of "joining" means vastly different things to different generations. The Baby Boomer generation had committee upon committee, and social organization upon social organization that created a fairly hierarchical...
The Meaning of Membership
The concept of "joining" means vastly different things to different generations. The Baby Boomer generation had committee upon committee, and social organization upon social organization that created a fairly hierarchical...
