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Welcome to Mainstreet Shelbyville. Mainstreet Shelbyville is dedicated to improving the quality of life for the residents of our community by revitalizing and ensuring the long-term stability of downtown as a business district - while enhancing its historic integrity

Thanks to a partnership with the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Mainstreet Shelbyville is able to accept donations and membership dues through our website. Please follow the link to make a donation, renew your membership, or sign up for a new membership. Thank you for your support!

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Breaking news and upcoming events:

Two FACADE GRANT Projects done! Mainstreet Shelbyville's first two facade grant recipients have finished! Click here for photos and more details of the projects.

Farmer's Market every Saturday on the Public Square 8:00- 11:00 am and Wednesday from 3:00-6:00 pm on the Public Square. Local produce, organic beef and buffalo, locally produced organic cheese, eggs, flowers, plants, garden art, honey and more!

Arts fest/ empty spaces tour Oct. 11th on the Public Square. At 10:00 am or 2:00 pm meet in front of 3 Sisters Books and Gifts for the Empty Spaces Tour. Catch a rare opportunity to see the amazing potential of the upper stories in the Methodist Building, GC Murphy, Knights of Pythias, DePrez Building/ Blessing Opera House, and Tippecanoe Press. Be enchanted by ballrooms, chandeliers, and visions of another era. This event is free.

Downtown Dialogue Friday Oct. 10th 8:00 am at Linnes Bakery. We will be discussing Holiday marketing and events, open houses, & window displays. Everyone is welcome, and bring your ideas!

FEATURE PROJECT
Historic 1920’s Streetlights
Mainstreet Shelbyville has refurbished two of the original streetlights that were in the downtown from 1928 to the 1960’s. Historically accurate streetlights will be installed as part of the upcoming streetscape project. Special thanks to Reliant Electric for donating their services to wire our two streetlights.

Thanks to Benesee Oncology Center and City Hall for hosting our lights this summer. Come visit our lights during the Holiday Season as they light up Santa’s House in Shelbyville’s downtown Public Square.

BUSINESS NEWS
Mainstreet Shelbyville Facade Grant Program:
Several facade grant projects are underway in the downtown. Be sure to check out the progress at the corner of Broadway and Harrison, the Strand Theatre, and Rendezvous on East Washington. The windows have been opened up for the first time in decades!

http://www.rendezvoushall.com/

The Strand Theatre crew is repairing the upper story windows from the inside and will remove the plywood covering and reveal the beautiful upstairs offices soon.

NEWS UPDATE
Business Recruitment:
Mainstreet Shelbyville has started two projects intended to fill the vacant spaces in the downtown historic district (like the notable Knights of Pythias building, above). The first is a business recruitment effort, which will involve recruitment packets, website redesign, TV advertising, and Wi-Fi throughout the downtown district. The second project is a retail incubator, which would be a storefront that 5 or 6 start-up retailers would share, splitting the overhead and staffing. Mainstreet would manage the project and provide specialized training in e-business, marketing, and business plan developmet. Realtors, follow the link to "Forms to Download" for the Building Detail form so we can help market your building.