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Mainstreet
Uptown Butte, Inc., is a 501 (c)(3) not-for-profit program incorporated
in June 1999 and affiliated with The National Main Street Center. In 2000, the Butte
Uptown Association, representing Uptown merchants since 1970,
merged with Mainstreet Uptown Butte.
In 1977, in response to the flight of businesses from historic
town centers, the National Trust for Historic Preservation created pilot Main
Street programs to use historic preservation as an economic development
tool. Since then, the approach has proven successful in small
towns and urban neighborhoods from Washington State to New York
City. The program has a track record in more than 1,400 communities
across the country.
The key to the success of the Main Street program is that community
revitalization does not rely on any one action, be it an anchor
store, a new streetscape, or that one special event that will
draw thousands of visitors. The program uses a sustained
approach guided by four major points to guide preservation and
economic rejuvenation efforts.

The Main Street
approach to downtown (or Uptown as the case may be) revitalization
is based on four major points: Design, Promotion, Organization,
and Economic Restructuring.
DESIGN focuses on enhancing
the physical appearance of buildings, streetlights, window displays,
parking areas, signs, sidewalks, promotional materials and other
elements that convey a visual message about Uptown Butte.
PROMOTION
involves marketing Uptown's most attractive qualities to shoppers,
investors, new businesses, tourists and others. Effective promotion
creates a positive image through retail promotional activity,
special events and ongoing programs to build positive perceptions
of the district.
ORGANIZATION is the work of building a consensus and
cooperation among the stakeholders in the district. Many individuals
and organizations in the community have a stake in the district's
economic viability:
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Bankers |
Local
Industries |
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Property Owners |
Civic
Groups |
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County Officials |
Historians
and Preservationists |
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Merchants |
Schools |
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Butte Residents |
Shoppers |
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Professionals |
Real
Estate Agents |
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Chamber of
Commerce |
Local
Media |
ECONOMIC
RESTRUCTURING strengthens the existing economic base while
diversifying it. Our economic restructuring goals are to help
existing Uptown businesses expand, recruit new businesses to
augment the existing business base, convert unused space into
productive properties, and sharpen the competitiveness of Uptown
merchants.
By strengthening the Uptown's economy, communities are able to
support ongoing use of historic commercial buildings, preserving
unique community assets.
The comprehensive nature of Main Street's approach is the key
to its success. By integrating the four areas into a practical
management strategy, the Main Street approach produces fundamental
changes in the economic base, putting historic commercial buildings
to productive use again.

Mainstreet
Uptown Butte's Board of Directors has final authority and responsibility
for the Butte's Main Street program. The board of directors
includes community volunteers with expertise in economic development,
promotions and fund-raising. Several directors are small
business owners and understand the challenges facing independent
businesses.

The Executive
Director of Mainstreet Uptown Butte works with businesses and
community residents to promote Uptown Butte as an attractive,
enjoyable and safe place to do business, implement small improvement
projects, coordinate special events and administer the routine
operations of the organization.
Mainstreet Uptown Butte's Executive Director is George Everett.
Everett's path to Main Street includes publishing more than 100
stories on subjects related to Butte's history, business and
travel that have appeared in a wide range of national and regional
magazines and newspapers. In 1995, he published a book titled
Champagne
in a Tin Cup: Uptown Butte and the Stories Behind the Facades. That same year he
produced walking tours about historic Uptown buildings for The
Butte Archives and a study guide about Asian immigration to
Southwest Montana for the Mai Wah Society. Most recently, in
August 2007, he has written a book about Butte titled Butte
Trivia
that has been published by Riverbend Publishing.
In 1997, he served as the program coordinator for the Heritage
Park and Partners, a group working to establish a cultural tourism
corridor between Butte and Anaconda.
In 1999, Everett launched a popular web site that highlights
Butte retail businesses ButteAmerica.com.
In 2002, Everett successfully nominated Butte to the National
Trust for Historic Preservation to be listed as one of America's
Dozen
Distinctive Destinations to encourage travelers with an interest
in cultural tourism to plan a visit.
Everett is responsible for implementing Butte's Main Street program
to take advantage of historic buildings and other resources to
stimulate the local economy by creative reuse of the built environment.
Butte has great potential to benefit from the program's resources
and experience around the country. Butte has more than 4,000
historic buildings in its historic zone, probably more structures
than any other national historic landmark district in the country.
In his tenure as Executive Director since 2002, Everett has coordinated
the lighting of seven headframes, the planting of nearly 500
new street trees, and the painting of more than 35 historical
facades in Uptown Butte through Mainstreet's High Impact Paint
Program.
Most recently, Everett coordinated the successful effort to propose
that Butte host the National Folk Festival in 2008-2010 -- the first time this
major festival has been held west of the Mississippi since the
1960s.

Individual/Family
Members -- 21 Members
Brad &
Francene Archibald
Floyd & Margaret Bossard
Louis E. Boyle
L. David & Dana Carnes
Rita Casagranda
John & Sharon Chebul
Mitzi & Jim Daily
Gretchen Geller & Butch Gerbrandt
Richard Gibson
W. Frank & Ann Gilmore
Shirley Groff |
Wayne &
Janette Gronvold
Dianne Kimball & James Dorr Johnson
Keith Kemble & Daniel Flanagan
Kelly & Shelli Knievel
Kurt & Kim Krueger
Andrea & Jack McCormick
Suzann Nordwick
Catherine Rice
Richard Sims
Tom & Laurel Staples |
Friend/Non-Profit --
21 Members
Business -- 128 Members
Advanced Dermatology
of Butte
Alana
LaRock, Realtor
Arc Electric
Artcraft Printers
BCI Consulting, LLC
Bad Beaver Bikes, Skis and Tours
Big Sky Beveled Glass, Inc.
Blue Range Engineering
Bonanza Freeze
Bookey
Consulting, Inc.
Books
& Books
Broadway Cafe
Butte
Community Federal Credit Union
Butte Glass
Butte Jewelers/Buffalo Gallery
Butte Les Schwab Tire Center
Butte Prints & Photos
Buttenik
Ensemble/Covellite Theatre
CCCS,
Inc.
Carquest Auto Parts
Cavanaugh's
County Celtic & Beyond
Chinook
Wireless
Colours
& Scents
Communication Matters, LLC
Continental Divide Greenhouse and Nursery
Copper City Signs
Corette, Pohlman & Kebe Law Firm
Crown Properties, LLC
D.A. Davidson & Co.
Dancing Rainbow Natural Grocery
Daniel Insurance Agency
Depot Enterprises
Dick & Thomas, PC
Divide Creek, PC
East Ridge Laundry &
Dry Cleaning
Edward Jones
Empire Office Machines
Everly & Associates
Finlen Hotel
First Interstate Bank
First National Bank
Fleming & O'Leary, PLLP
Frame Galerie
Front Street Station
Gamer's Cafe and Casino
Garden
of Beadin'
Gilman Excavating
Glacier Bank
Gold
Rush Casino
Granite Mountain Bank
Greenfield Printers
H&R Block
Harrington Surgical Supply
Harrison
Avenue Realty
Health Link Physical Therapy
Hinick & Associates
Ingraham
Environmental
Insty-Prints of Butte
Joyce,
Johnston & MacDonald, PLLP
Kally's Korner
KBOW/KPOR
Radio
KMBR/KAAR/KXTL Radio
KWYB-TV/MAX Media of Montana |
KXLF-TV
La Hacienda
Land of Magic Butte
Lockmer Plumbing & Heating
MacDonald Auto Repair
Marilynn
Dwyer Mason Art Studio
Miller Shoe Co., Inc.
Mining City Taxi
Montana Abstract & Title Co.
Montana International
Montana
Standard
Mountain
States Energy, Inc. (MSE)
Mountain Coffee
Mountain States Leasing
Munchkins
Northwest Noodles 'N Wraps
Northwestern
Energy
Old Butte Antiques
Old
Butte Historical Adventures
Park Street Liquors
Pekin
Noodle Parlor
Perkins Family Restaurant
Pioneer
Technical Services
Pit Printers
Dr. Keith J. Popovich
Pork
Chop John's
Porphyry
Soap Company
Quilici Glass, LLC
R&R Electric
RD's Party Shop
Redline
Sports
Renouard-Veraldi, LLC
Resodyn Corporation
Richard's & Rochelle's Men's Store
Riley's Meats
Rudolph's
Standard Furniture
St.
James Healthcare
Seacast,
Inc.
Second Edition Books
Shea's
Gifts
Sherwin-Williams Co.
Silver
Bow Properties, LLC
Staack's, Inc.
Steele's
Furniture
Summit Valley Title
Tekton Architects
The Butte Weekly
The
Butte Depot
The Montana Standard
The Tax Shop, Mary Walsh, CPA
The Wine Sellar & Photo
Thread It-Ink
Thrivent
Financial
Timberline
Security & Services, LLC
Town Pump Charitable Foundation
Toyota of Butte
Tucker Transportation
US Bank
Uptown
Café
Uptown Sweets & Gifts
Uptown Ventures, LLC
Wein's
Men's Store
Wells
Fargo Bank
Whitehead's
Cutlery
Wordz N' Ink |
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