How to HelpMain Street Enid appreciates any help you are able to give, whether it is your time or a monetary donation.
Current Fundraiser:
Become a Stakeholder!Just as our ancestors drove stakes into the unbroken sod of the Cherokee [Outlet] Strip to stake their claim, you have an opportunity to help insure that The Square and our downtown business district continue to improve and thrive by making a $100 contribution. Cherokee Strip Days are right around the corner. This is the time of year when we recall our shared heritage and reflect upon the sacrifices our forefathers and mothers made to establish this community and sustain its vital place as a leading community in the State of Oklahoma.
This year, Main Street Enid applied for, and has been approved to receive, a $10,000 challenge grant from Park Avenue Thrift, Enid’s Own Community Thrift Store! We are inviting you to invest $100 each to qualify us to receive this challenge grant. This campaign, coupled with the challenge grant from Park Avenue Thrift, will produce an additional $20,000 for Main Street Enid this fiscal year. Your gift will identify you as one of our valued Stakeholders in our continuing mission of making our downtown business district the best it can be. We hope you deem our efforts worthy of your gift.
The names of our 100 Stakeholders will be prominently listed in a Sunday newspaper ad, listed on this website and you will be invited to a reception honoring all our Stakeholders. Several of our Founding Stakeholders have underwritten the expense of this campaign (direct mailing, Sunday newspaper ad and reception). A successful campaign will infuse $20,000 in new money directly into our program!
Many of you remember what Downtown Enid looked like a scant 15 years ago. You know how much the area has been improved through the leadership, influence and encouragement of the Main Street Enid program.
Almost $25 million in private sector reinvestment
54 facade rehabilitations
35 new business starts or expansions
Many, many new jobs are the result of these efforts.
Main Street Enid continues:
To care for and maintain the 64 corner planters around The Square
To market the downtown business district
To promote tourism
To assist merchants
To provide design grants and resources
To encourage activity around The Square.
For over 15 years, Main Street Enid has held its annual membership investments to:
$365.00 for downtown businesses
$182.50 for individual, sole-proprietor professionals
$120.00 for neighbors, (outside, but adjacent to our impact area)
$52.00 for friends (any downtown Enid supporter) of Main Street Enid
In order to have the widest possible participation, the Board of Directors has committed themselves to holding to these membership levels. The City of Enid has steadfastly maintained its National Historic Trust required annual investment of one third ($37,000) of Main Street Enid’s annual operating budget.
Thank you for taking the time to consider this request. Main Street Enid is a 501(c)(3), non-profit organization; your $100 check is tax deductible. We look forward to hearing from you and to working with you on future projects that will ensure a thriving Downtown Enid.
Proud of our Heritage/Proud of our Downtown,
The Main Street Enid Board of Directors:
David Hume, Lynn Smith, Crystal Harmon, Chris Bauer, Russ Frazee, Ken Arnold, Buddy Nicholas, Paula Nightengale, Jon Blankenship, Corey Groendyke, Robert Faulk
Main Street Director:
Lindy Chambers
P.S. Your donation of gently used material goods to Park Avenue Thrift will enable you to enhance your monetary gift. Park Avenue Thrift makes annual grants to Quality of Life programs in Enid, such as, but not limited to, Enid Symphony Orchestra, Gaslight Theatre, Leonardo’s Discovery Warehouse, Main Street Enid and PEGASYS. Contributions of stuff to Park Avenue Thrift are also tax deductible. Park Avenue Thrift always offers you a written receipt to place in your tax file for each donation.
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Main Street Enid
122 W. Randolph • Enid, OK •73701
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