Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Business Owner of the Year

Herman Todd, President

Living Word Imprints

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Production Rooms

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Showroom

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Working with the

students of the Micro- Business Incubator Program

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Flier and Brochure created by MBI

Students

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Featured Articles of Living Word Imprints

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Community Involvement

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Connecticut Main Street Center Executive Director of the Year

Marilyn RisiUpper Albany Main Street

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Nadine Francis West, Metro Hartford Alliance meeting with

business ownersMayor Eddie Perez, City of Hartford

Visiting Albany Avenue

Denise Best, Upper Albany Main Street

Dollie McLean, Artist Collective Kwanza Celebration

Building Partnerships

National

RegionalCity

Local

Mayor Eddie Perez, City of Hartford, visiting Albany Avenue

Nadine Francis West, Metro Hartford Alliance, meeting with

business owners

Denise Best, Upper Albany Main StreetDollie McLean, Artists Collective,

Kwanza Celebration

Dick Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation, visiting

Hartford

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Community Safety InitiativeLocal Initiative Support Corporation, Chief of Police Daryl Roberts and

Upper Albany Main Street

CT Department of Transportation PlanningMerchants’ Association Planning

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Deputy Chief John Horvath guest speaker at the 2008 MBI Kick-Off

Public Safety Community Reception

Community PolicingCraig Francis CSO visiting

Upper Albany

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

Activities

Hartford Courant Insert Student Committee

MBI Students with Rose Fret of Dream Travel and Escapes

2004 University of Hartford SIFE Team Marilyn with the 2007 MBI Class

Opening Day for “Mac the Vac”Anti-litter campaign

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

2008 National Main Street Program

Awards and Recognitions

Best Economic Development

Program in CT2004, Eddy

Best Inner City Urban2005, Eddy

Neighborhood Builders Award2004, Bank of America

National Exposition2005, SIFE

Hartford Rising Star2003, MetroHartford Alliance

Connecticut Main Street Center

2008 Awards Presentation

Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

“She has worked tirelessly and effectively for eight years in creating and developing one of the finest community organizations I have ever worked with. That success has not only helped revitalize the community, but it has also enriched the University.”

Walter Harrison, PresidentUniversity of Hartford