{"id":24873,"date":"2025-03-24T15:45:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=24873"},"modified":"2025-03-24T15:45:19","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T19:45:19","slug":"decatur-main-street-achieves-higher-level","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/24\/decatur-main-street-achieves-higher-level\/","title":{"rendered":"Decatur Main Street achieves higher level"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Decatur Main Street organization has moved into a new level within the Indiana Main Street program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lt. Gov. Micah Beckwith has announced 15 organizations that have been recognized as Indiana Main Street programs or have been elevated to a new level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"326\" height=\"529\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Outlook-l1qkelpv.jpg?resize=326%2C529&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-24874\" style=\"width:217px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Outlook-l1qkelpv.jpg?w=326&amp;ssl=1 326w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Outlook-l1qkelpv.jpg?resize=185%2C300&amp;ssl=1 185w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 326px) 100vw, 326px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Max Miller<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Among the latter is Decatur Main Street, which has been designated as an Aspiring Indiana Accredited Main Street (A-IAMS) program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The A-AIMS programs are within one year of meeting all Accreditation Standards set forth by Main Street America and may lack a full-time, paid staff person, according to a new release.<br>Max Miller, president of the local Main Street organization, said achieving the top level will allow the program to seek grants.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;re one step from being accredited,\u201d he told WZBD.com. \u201cWe want to work this year to get accredited. That opens you up for grants. So that&#8217;s our goal for this year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only 21 Main Street programs in the state are accredited now, \u201cso that&#8217;s not very many,\u201d Miller noted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Decatur group is made up entirely of volunteers. One big step toward accreditation, however, is to add a full-time, paid director to oversee the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Miller said Indiana Main Street officials will meet with the Decatur volunteers in April \u201cfor some training and also so they can tell us what they expect from us.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;These organizations are doing amazing work to breathe new life into Indiana downtowns, which support our local businesses and unite our communities,&#8221; Beckwith said in making the announcement. \u201cMain Street has a way of bringing everyone together. It&#8217;s where you really get to know your neighbors and come together for local events. It&#8217;s the heartbeat of the community.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cCongratulations to all 15 of these Hoosier communities \u2013 your hard work is paying off, and I can&#8217;t wait to see what you accomplish next.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com The Decatur Main Street organization has moved into a new level within the Indiana<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[14,15,21],"class_list":["post-24873","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24873","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24873"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24873\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24875,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24873\/revisions\/24875"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}