HOUSING COMPLEX: Main Streets Programs Scramble For Existence–Again
Main Streets Programs Scramble For Existence -Again
By now, the eight main streets programs that serve both established and still-growing commercial corridors are used to getting their funding slashed. Last year, their allocation was nearly zeroed out under Mayor Adrian Fenty's gap-closing measures, but last minute rallying got it mostly restored.
This year, they'll need to fight for it all over again–a $1.88 million cut to neighborhood commercial revitalization funding includes several hundred thousand dollars that had funded staff for the main streets programs, as well as the "clean teams" that pick up garbage and beautify the streetscape. And Main Streets leaders are not happy about it.
By now, the eight main streets programs that serve both established and still-growing commercial corridors are used to getting their funding slashed. Last year, their allocation was nearly zeroed out under Mayor Adrian Fenty's gap-closing measures, but last minute rallying got it mostly restored.
This year, they'll need to fight for it all over again–a $1.88 million cut to neighborhood commercial revitalization funding includes several hundred thousand dollars that had funded staff for the main streets programs, as well as the "clean teams" that pick up garbage and beautify the streetscape. And Main Streets leaders are not happy about it.