2022 Impact
$161,860 in Direct Financial Impact
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$70,000 in improvements to seven downtown businesses because of the Main Street Fairmont Matching Façade Grant Program
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$53,000 in Fundraising, excluding any City of Fairmont donations used to fund programs impacting our historic downtown
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$14,500 in pass-through funding from granting agencies to Palatine Park, The Three Rivers Festival, and Marion Regional Development Authority
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$12,000 in technical assistance funding for architectural and other support services
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$12,360 in Volunteer hours (618 hours x $20)
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New Downtown Business and Prospecting
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Two additional new businesses added to downtown
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Social Bee Marketing Agency, a former incubator business in the Main Street Office​
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Loving WV, purchased 219 Monroe Street from Main Street Fairmont
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Introduced 3 new businesses interested in downtown locations to property owners​
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Conducted one reuse study with a business owner interested in purchasing a downtown building
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Downtown Improvements
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Partnered with the City to install 60 new hanging baskets throughout downtown
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Completed 3 clean-up days
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Painted four crosswalks
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Partnered with others to fund the purchase of the Fairmont Christmas Tree
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Tourism and Marketing Exposure
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1.9M impressions on social media, a 58% increase over the last year
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23,430 emails sent to our marketing list
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7,500 visitors to our events including Community-Wide Garage Sale, 5 Hometown Markets, Antique Car Show, Tomato Festival, and a 3-day Holiday Celebration
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82 small business vendors took part in at least one of our events
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63 thirty-second commercials highlighting events and numerous tv and newspapers interviews
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12 press releases to local media
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6 non-profit agencies used our events for community exposure
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