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Archive for July, 2014

TASTE OF CASS COUNTY SCHEDULED FOR AUGUST 9TH

Monday, July 21st, 2014

Mark your calendars for the ninth annual Taste of Cass County, brought to you by Logan’s Landing. The festival will take place on Saturday August 9th starting at 5 pm in downtown Logansport, and features food, fun, and entertainment. Admission is $2 per person, or $5 per family, and refreshment tickets are $1 each. Enjoy live music throughout the evening, as well as food and drink from 15 local vendors. Youngsters will enjoy the Kids Korner, featuring games, prizes, and a bounce house. For more information or to volunteer for the event, contact Logan’s Landing at 574-722-9345 or lldirector@loganslanding.com.

LOGAN’S LANDING RECEIVES 2014 NATIONAL MAIN STREET ACCREDITATION

Wednesday, July 9th, 2014

Logan’s Landing has once again been designated as an accredited National Main Street Program for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Main Street Center®, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Each year, the National Main Street Center and its partners announce the list of accredited Main Street® programs in recognition of their exemplary commitment to historic preservation and community revitalization through the Main Street Four Point Approach®.

“We congratulate this year’s nationally accredited Main Street programs for their outstanding accomplishment in meeting the National Main Street Center’s performance standards,” says Patrice Frey, President & CEO of the National Main Street Center. “Accredited Main Street programs create vibrant communities by using a comprehensive strategy to preserve their historic character and revitalize their commercial districts, which helps make these great places to work, live, play and visit.”

The organization’s performance is annually evaluated by Indiana Main Street, which works in partnership with the National Main Street Center to identify the local programs that meet ten performance standards. These standards set the benchmarks for measuring an individual Main Street program’s application of the Main Street Four Point Approach® to commercial district revitalization. Evaluation criteria determines the communities that are building comprehensive and sustainable revitalization efforts and include standards such as fostering strong public-private partnerships, securing an operating budget, tracking programmatic progress and actively preserving historic buildings.

Logan’s Landing is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to making Cass County’s downtown between-the-rivers district a viable place to operate a business, a rewarding place to live, and a fun place to visit.

Established by the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 1980, the National Main Street Center helps communities of all sizes revitalize their older and historic commercial districts. Working in more than 2,200 downtowns and urban neighborhoods over the last 34 years, the Main Street program has leveraged more than $59.6 billion in new public and private investment. Participating communities have created 502,728 net new jobs and 115,381 net new businesses, and rehabilitated more than 246,158 buildings, leveraging an average of $33.28 in new investment for every dollar spent on their Main Street district revitalization efforts.