In 2016, the National Main Street Center (NMSC) and Project for Public Spaces (PPS) launched Cultivating Place in Main Street Communities, a series of two-day trainings aimed at helping Main Street communities revitalize their downtowns using placemaking—a citizen-led process that helps activate downtowns and community gathering places. NMSC and PPS piloted this training program for Main Street communities in five states: Alabama, Connecticut, Missouri, Montana, and Oregon.
In 2017, NMSC is partnering with the national, nonprofit crowdfunding platform ioby to offer matching funds, training, and one-on-one fundraising coaching to Main Street communities in those five pilot states who are ready to implement placemaking projects. Crowdfunding on ioby allows project leaders to raise funds, cultivate a local donor base, find volunteers, and build visibility for their project, all with one-on-one support and training from ioby staff.
ABOUT THIS MATCH CHALLENGE
- Donations to the projects below will be doubled in real-time! For example, if you make a $50 donation, the project will receive $100.
- Each donation will be matched up to the first $250 of a donation.
- The progress bar "Raised So Far" includes the total amount in donations and matching funds that have been awarded to the project.
- Donations will be matched until June 1st, 2017, or until the $1,500 in match funding has been applied to the project, whichever comes first.
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Downtown Movie Nights
Downtown Lee’s Summit is hoping to host 3 outdoor movie nights this summer. The money raised will help purchase the supplies to start the event. We need the community’s help to make movie nights possible!
NEEDS: $0 of 5,185 + Volunteers -
Light Up New London!
"Light up New London!" will create a positive perception of downtown New London by working with store owners and property owners to install LED lights inside storefront windows.
NEEDS: $0 of 3,415 + Volunteers -
I Heart Heflin Music Park Mural
The I Heart Heflin Music Park Mural will create an interactive area to welcome citzens and visitors to this new gathering space in the central Main Street area known as I Heart Heflin Music Park.
NEEDS: $0 of 9,050 -
Tulotoma Snail Trail
The Tulotoma Snail Trail will be the primary placemaking piece in a series of art history sculptures, murals and storytelling stations to help revitalize and improve the downtown Wetumpka experience.
NEEDS: $0 of 11,000 + Volunteers -
SE 1st St. Parking Lot Tree Replacement
We will place nine non-fruiting trees with root barriers and an irrigation system along the parking lot on SE 1st St. and Dorion, across the street from the Wells Fargo drive through ATM.
NEEDS: $0 of 3,125 -
Bandon's Public Parklet Project
Bandon is already the best city on the coast, but what could make it even better? Parklets!
NEEDS: $0 of 3,125 + Volunteers -
East Lake Station Courtyard
East Lake is creating a community gathering space in its image - Vibrant, Eclectic and Inclusive - and we need your help!
NEEDS: $0 of 846 -
Main Street Moberly Legacy Park
We will use community members' efforts, donated building materials and supplies, and local expertise to create a beatiful, useable gathering space for historic downtown Moberly.
NEEDS: $0 of 1,960 + Volunteers -
Sit a "Spell" on Our Front Porch
We will place rocking chairs around downtown to encourage visitors to Sit a 'Spell and enjoy what our downtown has to offer.
NEEDS: $0 of 3,125 + Volunteers -
Bringing Higganum Muckets to Life
Join us in memorializing the mucket, a strange and elusive fish that only resides in Higganum waters, by creating statues to be placed at landmarks locations within our Village.
NEEDS: $0 of 3,160 -
Lewistown Parklet
The project involves the design, construction, and placement of a parklet within the Central Business District of downtown Lewistown, Montana. Installed within one, or possibly two, parallel parking spaces.
NEEDS: $0 of 3,050 -
Operation Phoenix Rising
Enriching the Uptown Butte community with greater access to interdisciplinary education, sustainable food resources, small business incubation & public art production.
NEEDS: $0 of 4,920 + Volunteers