BECOME A MEMBER Who Should Join Membership Categories The commercial district reflects the image of the entire community and plays INDIVIDUAL LEVEL a key role in the local economy. For these $ 50.00 reasons, every resident has a vested interest in our NON-PROFIT downtown’s future. $75.00

Merchants BUSINESS LEVEL Property Owners $ 100.00 Residents SPONSORSHIP LEVEL Elected Officials $250.00 Realtors Name : ______Bankers

Business / Organization: Groups ______Local Citizens

Address :______Civic Groups Religious Institutions City ______State_____ Zip ______Local Industries

E-Mail______And… YOU! Phone______

Website ______For more information, Waycross contact Peggy Grady, Facebook: ______MainStreet Manager, Main Street Twitter: ______912-287-2969 or by email at [email protected] A Program to Membership Category ______Visit us at www.waycrossga.com/ms □ In-Kind Donation______Encourage Or ‘Like’ Us on Facebook at *Gifts are Tax Deductible that help support our Improvement & ongoing efforts to help revitalize our Downtown ‘Waycross Main Street ’ community . Revitalization of

Make checks payable to Waycross MainStreet and mail to Downtown P.O. drawer 99 Waycross, GA 31501

A 501 (c) (3) Georgia Main Street Community www.waycrossga.com/ms Rev 8/9/17 What is Main Street? Membership Benefits Your donation will fund Main Street is a national program in over 100 communities in Georgia and thousands of communities the following downtown nation wide. These communities have adopted the Main INDIVIDUAL LEVEL — $50 Street approach to look at “Main Street” as the heart of  Receive 1 coupon for a medium specialty beverage of your projects: their communities, work to save it’s historic buildings, choice from Elliano’s Coffee Company revive its commercial core, strengthen business, con- Main Street events:  Receive the quarterly Main Street Newsletter trol community eroding sprawl and keep a sense of SwampFest place and community life in America.  Eligible for media co-op at a group rate (if located in the The Annual Mother-Daughter Tea Party Main Street works on a four-point approach to Main Street area) downtown revitalization. These four committees work  Receive one vote for decisions at meetings Pumpkin Fest together to build a sustainable and complete community revitalization effort.  Business name will be listed on the Main Street website The Christmas Parade Organization NON-Profit Level –$75 Other Main Street events We are a volunteer driven program and we need your  Receive all of the benefits from the Individual Level, PLUS Façade Grant program help! Our board of directors and committees all work  Receive 2 additional membership cards toward the same goal of reviving the downtown area. We work at getting everyone focused in the same  Spotlight organization of the month at least 1 time on the To see if your business is located in the Main direction by assembling financial as well as public homepage of the Main Street website Street area, check the map below. The Main resources to implement a downtown revitalization program. Street district is bordered by Plant , BUSINESS LEVEL — $100 State Street, Tebeau Street and a portion of Design Oak Street.  Receive all of the benefits from the Individual Level, PLUS We want to draw attention to Downtown Waycross’ best assets and keep the area in top physical shape. We  Receive 3 additional membership cards (for a total of 4) to do this by capitalizing on the historic buildings and use at special events and promotions that made downtown flourish years ago. A great example is the Historic Walking Trail that takes  Spotlight business of the month at least 1 time on the you on a one mile tour around downtown and stops at homepage of the Main Street website and the Main Street Newsletter some of the historic sites we have in our area. In turn design improvements result in more dollars being spent in downtown. SPONSORSHIP LEVEL—$250 Economic Revitalization ($100 of your contribution will fund the façade grant*) We want to fill the unused and underused spaces in  Receive all of the benefits from the business level PLUS Downtown. We do this by recruiting new businesses and staying up to date on the current market. We work  5 additional membership cards for use at special towards sharpening the competitiveness of the existing promotions and events businesses to respond to today’s consumer needs. A  Receive 50% off 10 x 10 Booth Space Rental at the recent example of such rehabilitation is The Ware Ho- Annual SwampFest event. ** tel that provided 35 new apartments to the downtown area. *Standing/Active Members Only; Special Restrictions Required Promotion ** 1— 10x10 Booth Space Only We plan and promote events in order to increase public interest and draw consumers to shop, eat, play and live in downtown Waycross. We want to increase public . We do this by having festivals, parades and events in downtown Waycross.