Senate Resolution 13 - Introduced SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 13 BY SODDERS , ANDERSON , BACON , BARTZ , BEALL , BEHN , BERTRAND , BLACK , BOETTGER , BOLKCOM , BOWMAN , CHELGREN , COURTNEY , DANDEKAR , DANIELSON , DEARDEN , DIX , DOTZLER , DVORSKY , ERNST , FRAISE , GREINER , GRONSTAL , HAHN , HANCOCK , HATCH , HORN , HOUSER , JOCHUM , JOHNSON , KAPUCIAN , KETTERING , KIBBIE , McCOY , McKINLEY , QUIRMBACH , RAGAN , RIELLY , SCHOENJAHN , SENG , SEYMOUR , SMITH , and WILHELM A Resolution honoring the Main Street Iowa Program on 1 its 25th anniversary. 2 WHEREAS, the Main Street Four Point Approach was 3 conceived in 1977 by the National Trust for Historic 4 Preservation in Washington, D.C., and in 1985, the 5 Iowa General Assembly adopted the National Main 6 Street Center’s approach to downtown revitalization 7 by approving the establishment of the Main Street 8 Iowa Program within the Iowa Department of Economic 9 Development; and 10 WHEREAS, 63 cities have participated since 11 1986, 47 Iowa Main Street communities are currently 12 participating, and, currently, there are 45 active Main 13 Street communities in Iowa; and 14 WHEREAS, on April 1, 2011, the Main Street Iowa 15 Program celebrated its 25th anniversary at the Annual 16 Main Street Awards ceremony and recognized Iowa’s 17 outstanding volunteers and the “45 Best of the Best 18 from 1986-2011” in design, organization, promotion, and 19 economic restructuring; and 20 WHEREAS, Iowa hosted the National Trust for Historic 21 -1- LSB 2814SS (7) 84 kh/sc 1/ 2

S.R. 13 Preservation National Main Streets Conference held in 1 Des Moines from May 22-25, 2011, and Main Street Iowa 2 acted as a key conference coordinating partner; and 3 WHEREAS, in its 25-year history, Main Street Iowa 4 has tracked more than $1 billion in private investment 5 in the purchase, construction, and rehabilitation 6 of downtown property in participating commercial 7 districts, significantly increasing the state’s job and 8 business base; NOW THEREFORE, 9 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE, That the Senate 10 congratulates the Main Street Iowa Program as it 11 celebrates its 25th anniversary and thanks those who 12 have worked nearly two million volunteer hours to make 13 this program a resounding success. 14 -2- LSB 2814SS (7) 84 kh/sc 2/ 2