March / April 2010 Newsletter

Thanks to all New and Renewing Members

 

Keystone Members ($2000 +) First State Bank and Trust Fremont National Bank   Sustainer Members ($1000 - $1500) American National Bank Fremont Public Schools Lou’s Sporting Goods WalMart Valmont Industries   Pacesetter Members ($500) Abe Krasne Home Furnishings Buck’s Shoes Fremont Tribune Hormel Foods  Midland Lutheran College Sidner Svoboda Schilke Thomsen Holtorf Boggy Nick and Placek Law Office  Taylor and Martin

Builder Members ($300) Bob Roesch Dentistry Don Peterson & Associates Dr. Brett and Kristine Fischer Fremont Area Chamber Heartland Orthopaedic OfficeNet Overland Products Premier One Sampter’s Sid Dillon Chevrolet Buick US Bank   Supporter Members ($200) Christensen Lumber Dime Store Days Fremont First Central Federal Credit Union Hy-Vee  Kriz-Davis Company Magnus Richard Register Law Runza  Sawyer Car Wash Schweser’s Shaw, Hull & Navarrette CPAs Southmost Drywall Touch of Class Hair Studio      Yost Law Office

Citizen Members ($150) Ameriprise Financial Big B’s/Busy B’s Bristol Creative Christensen Corporation   City of Fremont Corner Nook Daniel A. Martin Atty. Diers Ford Lincoln Mercury Dodge County Convention & Visitors Bureau Dodge County Title & Escrow Downtown Rental Center  Emanuel Printing Erickson & Brooks CPA First National Bank Northeast  Fremont Area Art Association Fremont Area Medical Center Fremont Electric Fremont Eye Associates  Fremont Monument  Gene Steffy Chrysler Dodge Jeep Getzschman's Heating & Air Granite & Marble Interiors  Homefront Buyers Guide In Bloom Inspro Insurance  Interiors Plus J’s Steakhouse Jackson's  Cleaners Jayhawk Boxes Joel Jelkin Edward Jones

Karl’s Jewelry Repair Kelly Klosure KHUB/KFMT/KBLR Kolbo TV Kollmeyer’s Longacre’s Martini’s  Nye Senior Services  NP Dodge Real Estate Nancy's Boutique    Nina Kavich CPA Platte Valley Equipment Peter Jacobus/American Family Insurance  Premier One Real Estate Rader Photography Rumor Mill Rump’s Service Master Shalimar Gardens Stoeber Appraisal The Computer Guy Village Jewelry VW Photography Waste Connections Wealth Partners Weichman Pig Co.  Wiseman Law  Yankee Peddler West

 

Welcome and Thank you to New MainStreet Members!!
Pacesetter Member ($500)
Sidner Law Office

Builder Member ($300)
Dr. Brett & Kristine Fischer

Citizen Members ($150)
Nye Senior Services
Dodge County Title & Escrow
Fremont Area Medical Center
Fremont Eye Associates
Kelly Klosure
Country Traditions
First National Bank Northeast

New Businesses to Fremont ($75- $100)
Prudential Real Estate
Alotta Brownies
PT Diva
Corner Nook
Shalimar Gardens

The MainStreet Beat
Do you want to know what's happening Downtown? Would you like to learn something helpful to you and your business while getting to know your fellow Downtown business owners? Come to the MainStreet Beat. Beginning this month (March), MainStreet will host a seminar/gathering for all members featuring a speaker each month. The MainStreet Beat will take place on the last Wednesday of each month at 8am. The March MainStreet Beat will be at Rumor Mill. If you would like to host the MainStreet Beat in your business, please contact MainStreet. The TOPIC of the March MainStreet Beat is "Partnering To Advertise /Learn About The DID Co-op Grant". If you might be interested in partnering with other downtown businesses to advertise, you will not want to miss it! Please call 721-2264 if you have questions!

MainStreet Easter Egg Hunt is Just Around the Bunny Trail!
Mark your calendar for the MainStreet Easter Egg Hunt on March 27th at 2 pm in the John C. Fremont Park. MainStreet Businesses: Please use this as a time to promote your business to all of the people who attend the Easter Egg Hunt! We have a huge crowd of people who come to this event just two blocks from the heart of downtown, so don't miss this chance to draw them to your business. You are welcome to pass out flyers/coupons or hang your business banner in the park to promote your business!! Call 721-2264 for more details!

New Christmas Decoration for 2010
Thanks to a $5000 grant from the D.I.D., MainStreet has ordered new Christmas decorations to add to what we have for the next holiday season! These new decorations consist of new candy cane light pole decorations in addition to new lighted garland accented with berry clusters. The new decorations will be a great compliment to what we currently have! Look for them this Winter!

Downtown Balloon Sale in April
MainStreet volunteers will be visiting the downtown businesses soon to let you know about a new sales promotion that is set to take place during April 8- 17 (but businesses have the option of participating for as long or as little time as they would like). Each business will fill the balloon with a discount coupon to be used on purchases made in their store. Stop into Fremont National Bank or the downtown branch of First State Bank to fill your balloons with your discount coupons and helium. We hope to have a large number of businesses participating similar to the benefit of the Crazy Days Sale....the more businesses participating, gives shoppers even more incentive to come downtown to shop! For more information, call 721-2264.

Have a Sale or Promotion Going On?
Please tell us about it! Email or call Leslie with your sale or promo information so that she can email it out to all of the MainStreet members! MainStreet members are people who want to support other MainStreet member businesses....so we need to share this information with them. Other MainStreet members could potentially be some of your best customers! Email leslie at lesliecarter@mainstreetfremont.org or call her at 721-2264! Weekly emails with sales info will be sent weekly to MainStreet members.

MainStreet Reception for Downtown Business & Property Owners
The MainStreet Economic Restructuring Committee will be sponsoring a reception this summer to share information about financial resources such as low interest loans, tax incentives and design assistance with downtown business and property owners who are interested in making improvements to their downtown businesses and facades. More details soon to come!

Have you met your block captain?
These volunteers visit with downtown businesses regularly to share information and gather input to bring back to MainStreet.
6th Street between Broad & Park Streets -- Pam King, Gordon Lowe
6th Street between Park & Main Streets -- Cindy Bojanski
Main Street between 6th & 5th Streets -- Tom Coday, Rod Borgmeyer
Main Street between 5th & 3rd Streets -- block captain needed (if you are located on either of these blocks and are interested, please contact the MainStreet office)
Main Street between 3rd & 2nd Streets -- Julia Hale
Main Street between 2nd & 1st Streets -- Deanna Grover

MainStreet Meetings
MainStreet Board Meeting -- meets 2nd Wednesday at Noon of every month at the Fremont Golf Club

Economic Restructuring/Design Committee -- meets 1st Thursday of every month at 4pm at Chito's

Organization Committee -- meets 1st Thursday of every month at Noon, location rotates each month

Promotions Committee -- meets 1st Thursday of every month at 8am at First State Bank downtown

For more information about MainStreet Events, call 721-2264!


MainStreet Board of Directors

Gordon Lowe, President
Cindy Bojanski, Vice President
Jill Gossett, Secretary
Rose Kuhns, Treasurer
Josh Coates
Tom Coday
Julie Dierberger
Kellee Rasmussen
Bob Robinson
Craig Ronhovde
John Schmitz
Vance Valerio
Amy Stewart
Kevin Main
Frank Kment
Janice Sherbert
Leslie Carter, Executive Director