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		<title>Celebration Tonight! Everyone Welcome!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:07:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are planning a &#8216;Main Street Mob&#8217; night tonight at Dan&#8217;s Downtown Tavern in celebration of the Governor&#8217;s recent announcement that Saline has been accepted into the Michigan Main Street community.  Come join in the fun if you can! A formal Announcement Party will be scheduled in March by the Michigan Main Street Center&#8230;as soon [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=route12tomainstreet.com&amp;blog=22227452&amp;post=558&amp;subd=route12tomainstreet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Saline Main Street!!!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 17:22:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our community did it!  Thank you to all who helped in any way towards this effort!!!  We are SO excited to get started!  Interested in joining us?  http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/governor-snyder-announces-michigan-main-street-community-designation-for-saline-139978883.html<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=route12tomainstreet.com&amp;blog=22227452&amp;post=537&amp;subd=route12tomainstreet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8216;Parade of Partnerships&#8217; &#8211; A Community Comes Together&#8230;.</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Feb 2012 04:17:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Route &#8217;12 to Main Street&#8230;.to &#8216;Saline Main Street?&#8217;  You can help!</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 04:42:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The site visit conducted by the Michigan Main Street Center on January 17th went very well!  A group of 13 volunteers and City representatives gave up a better part of their day to join three members of the Michigan Main Street Center staff to review the application our community submitted to become a Select level [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=route12tomainstreet.com&amp;blog=22227452&amp;post=485&amp;subd=route12tomainstreet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Next Steps for Main Street</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:14:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We hope you all enjoyed a wonderful holiday season.  We certainly did!  It was nice to take a much-needed break after the many hours and volunteers it took to pull the Main Street application together and get it submitted by the December 2nd deadline.  The binder was thick, 2.5 inches and many pages were letters [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=route12tomainstreet.com&amp;blog=22227452&amp;post=480&amp;subd=route12tomainstreet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The flywheel is turning!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:00:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve ever read Jim Collin&#8217;s book, &#8216;Good to Great&#8217;, you know what I am talking about.  In this past month since the &#8216;Route &#8217;12 to Main Street&#8217; group made the final decision to submit an application to become a Michigan Main Street community, the campaign has picked up speed!  It has been so much fun to [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=route12tomainstreet.com&amp;blog=22227452&amp;post=397&amp;subd=route12tomainstreet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Please Loiter</title>
		<link>http://route12tomainstreet.com/2011/11/12/guest-blogger-mayor-gretchen-driskell/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 14:28:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>The Power of Main Street!  Part 4 of 4</title>
		<link>http://route12tomainstreet.com/2011/11/05/the-power-of-main-street-part-4-of-4/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 02:03:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our last example of a Michigan Main Street community is Old Town Lansing.  Old Town Lansing was named one of five of the 2011 Great American Main Street Program&#8217;s in the nation! Old Town&#8217;s History ( from The &#8216;Main Street&#8217; Difference&#8230;.written by Kelly Larson, Main Street Architect, State Historic Preservation Office):  About 20 years or [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=route12tomainstreet.com&amp;blog=22227452&amp;post=338&amp;subd=route12tomainstreet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Main Street!  Part 3 of 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 12:07:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Our third example of a Michigan Main Street community, Howell, is similar in size to Saline, and has been in the Michigan Main Street program since 2005.   Today, due to their volunteer efforts and partnerships with the City and other local organizations,  they are a Nationally accredited Main Street Community!  Here&#8217;s a snapshot of what [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=route12tomainstreet.com&amp;blog=22227452&amp;post=319&amp;subd=route12tomainstreet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Main Street!  Part 2 of 4</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Oct 2011 10:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We continue our 4-part series about Main Street communities throughout Michigan.  This time, we take a look at Marshall&#8217;s success. In June 2003, Marshall&#8217;s already successful downtown took an important step forward toward a vision of comprehensive revitalization with its new Michigan Main Street designation. One of only four communities in the State to receive [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=route12tomainstreet.com&amp;blog=22227452&amp;post=278&amp;subd=route12tomainstreet&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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