Thanks, for helping out MainStreet
I want to personally thank all those that have started the grassroots effort to help MainStreet carry on our Libertyville traditions.
While we have a long way to go to meet our financial goal, over 140 new families have already stepped forward to help us continue our beloved community events and activities.
They have also helped us spread the word that we are a volunteer based, not-for-profit organization that is not a part of the Libertyville governmental entity, and therefore need private funds to continue operating.
Equally important, support is needed to pursue other less visible components of MainStreet's mission like, business recruitment and retention, retail business education, signage and façade design, and historic building preservation.
Century 21 Kreuser & Seiler have established a matching fund program, matching donations and membership fees up to $10,000 until Jan. 31, 2008. An individual resident has also started an additional "Resident's Matching Fund," matching donations and memberships up to $2,500. Join MainStreet today or renew your membership and watch your money immediately triple in value, thanks to these fine folks.
You, as an individual resident can also add to the "residential" matching fund program to increase the match value above its current $2,500 limit. Other businesses are also invited to establish creative forms of matching grant programs. Contact us at the MainStreet office for details.
The Village of Libertyville has been very supportive over the years, and a great partner. I am proud to say that MainStreet has proven to be a very astute business investment. Village government's $800,000 investment over 18 years has produced $30 million in private reinvestment, a remarkably successful investment by any count.
A MainStreet membership is a great investment for private individuals as well. Libertyville's housing supply and demand, and therefore your real estate values, are directly correlated to people's desires to join in what our Village-MainStreet partnership has created in our town.
The MainStreet board of directors has taken very difficult and aggressive measures to cut administrative expenses to a minimum. The Law Office of Terry Weppler and Tranel Financial have graciously offered us office and storage space at no charge. We have cut our overhead to the bare bone in order to make your dollars go further towards keeping the organization alive.
The bottom line is we have great momentum, but we still have a considerable way to go. We are about to start a very important membership drive, and with the anticipated additional support of our residents and corporate citizens, I feel confident that our over 1,500 volunteers can continue to enthusiastically serve our beloved village.
Randy Nelson
Executive Director
MainStreet Libertyville