News: Clark County's Main Street Program
(18 Nov 2005)
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Surnames: Suder, Zien, Nyberg, Boon, Ashbeck, Jakel, Henke
-----Source: Marshfield News
Herald (Marshfield, Wood Co., Wis.); Friday, November 18, 2005
Clark County wants Main
Street program countywide
By Matt Ollwerther - Marshfield
News-Herald
NEILLSVILLE - Clark County is working to become the a pilot location for a countywide
Main Street program.
A bill by state Rep. Scott Suder, R-Abbotsford, and state Sen. Dave Zien, R-Chippewa
Falls, would allow an entire county to be a Main Street program, said Sheila Nyberg,
director of the Clark County Economic Development Corp. Current law restricts Main
Street programs to cities and villages.
The same effort has been undertaken in a few other states, Nyberg said. Main Street
programs promote revitalization, usually in downtown areas.
"The timing is perfect for us to want to be involved," Nyberg said.
County Supervisor Steve Amacher said all municipalities could benefit from the program.
There is no guarantee the county would be selected for the pilot program, and the
matter is still in the discussion phases, Nyberg said.
Because Clark County is a made up by a number of small cities and villages, interest
has been high in organizing the Main Street efforts from one central location, she
said.
The County Board voted 25-2 Tuesday night in support of the pending bill.
It also passed the 2006 budget at the meeting, which included an additional $20,000
for the economic development corporation. A motion to transfer it to a contingency
fund failed.
Clark County United, comprised of all mayors and village presidents in the county,
unanimously supports the passage of the bill, according to the resolution.
About a half-dozen communities in the county had previously discussed becoming Main
Street programs, Nyberg said.
The four prongs of organization, promotion, design and economic restructuring is
proven to work across the country, she said.
"You can't just run a bunch of promotions without the right type of business groupings,"
Nyberg said.
Supervisors Duane Boon and Rodger Ashbeck voted against the resolution. Supervisors
Carl Jakel and Gary Henke were absent.
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