Supporters will get to put their mark on Main Street
If you have wanted to donate to the Main Street McMinnville project but haven’t known how, organizers have come up with a new way to help.
Members of the organization’s Design Committee are seeking to raise around $125,000 through community donations to help fund the first phase of the massive downtown revitalization project.
With design plans under way and hopes of starting construction next year, the committee is offering donors a chance to purchase several items – engraved bricks to be placed in the Court Square park, stone insets with historic logos, a “street tree” with a fence and plantings, decorative benches, and street lights with single and double globes.
Design Committee members are looking at it as a way to help out the massive revitalization project as well as be able to commemorate someone or something in a unique way.
Design Committee member Diane Stanley said she will personally donate in memory of someone close to her and hopes others will want to do the same or commemorate past family businesses that were once downtown.
“There have been so many people who have shown interest and wanted to do something and we feel like the range of items they can buy is broad,” she said, adding others who are just generally interested in helping out with the project can contribute.
“We want as many people to participate as possible,” added member Sandra Haynes. “I think it’s going to be a very popular thing.”
The cost of donating an engraved brick is $100; a stone inset, $250; a street tree, $500; a decorative bench, $750; a streetlight with a single globe, $1,250; and a street light with double globes, $1,500.
The first phase of Main Street revitalization generally covers Main Street from Chancery Street east. State and federal grants, a city bond and other funds are expected to pay for the majority of the estimated $4.8 million project. Main Street McMinnville may be reached at 506-5335.
Engraved items may be donated on the following pay scale:
Engraved brick $100
Stone inset $250
Street tree $500
Bench $750
Streetlight
(single bulb) $1,250
(double bulb) $1,500