{"id":31485,"date":"2025-12-17T06:48:39","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:48:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=31485"},"modified":"2025-12-17T12:12:52","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T17:12:52","slug":"taylor-braun-fills-new-main-st-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/17\/taylor-braun-fills-new-main-st-post\/","title":{"rendered":"Taylor Braun fills new Main St. post"},"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>A long-awaited wish is coming true for Decatur Main Street, which will soon be operating with a salaried director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taylor Braun was selected from a group of applicants and approved by the Main Street board on Dec. 11. She will begin her new duties on January 7.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited to work alongside local businesses, volunteers, and community leaders to support downtown growth, promote events, and help to continue to create a welcoming and vibrant downtown experience,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"448\" height=\"755\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Taylor-Braun.jpg?resize=448%2C755&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-31486\" style=\"width:200px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Taylor-Braun.jpg?w=448&amp;ssl=1 448w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Taylor-Braun.jpg?resize=178%2C300&amp;ssl=1 178w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 448px) 100vw, 448px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Braun<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At its meeting Tuesday night, city council approved a one-year lease for office space for Braun in City Hall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this year, Decatur Main Street was designated as an Aspiring Indiana Accredited Main Street (A-IAMS) program. The A-AIMS designates are within one year of meeting all Accreditation Standards set forth by Main Street America.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Accreditation Standards level allows groups with that designation to achieve grants to further and expand their work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, the designation requires the Decatur organization to hire a full-time, paid director, necessitating a need for $75,000 (salary, office space, etc.), Miller recently told city council a couple of months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>City council recently voted unanimously to contribute $25,000 to the organization, which had $25,000 of its own. Following that, the city&#8217;s redevelopment commission designated $25,000 for each of the next three years to help fund the director&#8217;s post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Decatur Main Street is a volunteer group of local residents who promote the downtown area and organize and hold numerous events, such as Downtown Decatur Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The group is responsible for the holiday lighted additions currently situated on the Madison St. Plaza.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By BOB SHRALUKA WZBD.com A long-awaited wish is coming true for Decatur Main Street, which will soon be<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":31486,"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-31485","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-decatur","tag-featured","tag-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/wzbd.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Taylor-Braun.jpg?fit=448%2C755&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31485","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=31485"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31485\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31493,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31485\/revisions\/31493"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/31486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31485"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31485"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31485"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}