Main Street News: May 2nd

HAPPY BIRTHDAY MAIN STREET!! Yes, that’s right, it’s our birthday! On May 1^st, 1991 the Main Street Program became a reality in Barnesville. It all started to improve Barnesville’s visual appearance and the business community. Now 25 years later, the program is still thriving! Without the support of everyone in the community, we wouldn’t be able to hold the title of the longest consecutive running Main Street Programs in the state of Minnesota! Way to go Barnesville!

It has been extremely busy in the Main Street Office, so we don’t have much time for celebrating! (Don’t fret! We will make sure there is time for cake later this year!)

The 8th annual Toast of the Town was held last Friday, April 29. This event, sponsored by Main Street’s Design Committee, is held to raise funds to help support beautification efforts in Barnesville. This includes flowers, plants, banners, trash cans and more. Our welcome planters and signs at the entrances into town are needing some additional work either in bedding plants or construction repairs. There are always plans and ideas in the works to make improvements in keeping Barnesville a beautiful community.

As with any event, there are many to thank. A number of businesses contributed items for door prizes. The contributions of these people and businesses are appreciated. Their continued support of fundraising efforts and those of Main Street in particular tells us all that they care about their community. Don’t forget to thank them by doing your business with them! Shane Balken and the staff at the Purple Goose provided fine food and a wonderful place to hold the Toast event. We couldn’t thank them enough for all of the work they put in to make this event a success! And of course, I would like to thank those that attended the Toast of the Town this year. Your interest and support make this event a success. We do appreciate your participation and hope that you enjoyed yourselves. We look forward to next year and hope you’ll join us again.

We also have the annual Spring Area-Wide Rummage Sales coming up at the end of the week. I want to thank the Record Review for all of their help to coordinate this event year after year! It is unbelievable how many people look forward to this event every May!

Again, I want to thank everyone who has ever helped at a Main Street event, been a part of a committee or board, donated to our program or participated in a Main Street activity in the last 25 years. Barnesville is such a great community and we are so proud to be a part of it!