Howell Main Street

Placemaking, community spaces and promotions: promoting downtown Howell as the heart and hub of the community to residents and visitors through providing quality marketing, retail, image building, and other special events. Cultivating a sense of place, ensuring our community is an attractive place to live,work, and visit. Primary responsibilities include historic preservation,outdoor art, community space improvements, events and activities,and overall beautification of the downtown. Howell Main Street provided 27,500 of facade and sign grants to 2 small businesses in downtown Howell. One grant of 7,500 was funded during the fiscal year, and the remaining 20,000 facade grant that was committed in the current fiscal year was not funded and is shown as a liability on the 6/30/2021 balance sheet. Howell Main Street expended 27,825 for architectural fees, materials, and supplies for improvements to the new Howell summit garden, creating a new community space in downtown Howell. Howell Main Street typically provides several community events in downtown Howell, including rock the block music festivals, food truck rallies, art walk, small business saturday participation, and various holiday events. These events were curtailed for the majority of this fiscal year due to covid-19 restrictions. The organization is planning for events to re- commence as covid-19 restictions are lifted or eased. Estimated 35,000 - 60,000 persons benefited from these activities.