WATERVILLE MAIN STREET
Muffins and Marketing
FREE TRAINING FOR DOWNTOWN BUSINESSES

Do you struggle to figure out the best way to spend your limited marketing dollars? Want to learn what social networking is all about? Wondering what's working for other Downtown businesses? If you answered yes to any of these questions, this free, hands-on marketing series is perfect for you. And, yes, there will be muffins and coffee! All sessions will be held on Friday mornings from 8:00am-9:30am. Space is limited, so please pre-register: info@watervillemainstreet.org , 207-680-2055. Register for all of them or pick and choose. Locations will vary, so check www.watervillemainstreet.org FMI.

Dates & Topics
August 27 - Getting Started with Facebook at Pinnacle IT, 10 Common Street
Sept. 3 - Website Basics at Pinnacle IT, 10 Common Street
Sept. 17 - Cooperative Marketing for the Holidays and Beyond
Oct. 1 - Radio and Newspaper Advertising: Standing Out Instead of Blending In
Oct. 8 - Email Marketing: Getting Started
Oct. 29 - Peer to Peer Marketing Success Stories
Nov. 12 - Powerful Design

Mainely Brews Restaurant & Brewhouse Named 2010 Downtown Business of the Year

Congratulations to Mainely Brews Restaurant and Brewhouse, winner of the 2010 Downtown Business of the Year Award. This award is co-presented annually by the City of Waterville and Waterville Main Street to a business that contributes to the economic vitality of Downtown, supports WMSt's efforts to promote and beautify the district, demonstrates a long-term commitment to Downtown Waterville, and provides excellent customer service. The 2010 award was presented by City Manager Mike Roy and WMSt President Pat Michaud. As Mike noted in his comments, all of this year's nominees were businesses that any downtown would be lucky to have. This year's finalists also included: Cancun Mexican Restaurant, Cornerstone Dental, SBS Carbon Copy, Sign of the Sun, and Spell Bound.

Some customer comments about Mainely Brews:

• "It has a friendly relaxed atmosphere, great and affordable food and really epitomizes downtown Waterville with exposed brick, drinks named after the town, and cool old photos."
• "There isn't a Friday night that I go there and it isn't packed for dinner."
• "The owners should be recognized and touted as role models for other aspiring young entrepreneurs."

WMSt Receives Award from Mid-Maine Chamber

On Wednesday, March 24, WMSt was awarded the Mid-Maine Chamber of Commerce's Community Service Project of the Year Award, which is presented annually to a nonprofit that enhances community, is good for economic well-being of the area, and encourages further development in the region.

Artist Tim Gaudreau explores Waterville's sense of place

Portsmouth, NH based artist Tim Gaudreau arrived in Waterville on September 11, 2009 for a two-week residency designed to explore the Waterville community and its unique sense of place through a multi-dimensional public art project.

Commissioned by Waterville Main Street and funded by a grant from the New England Foundation for the Arts, Tim's work included collecting residents' thoughts on Waterville, its history and its future, and documenting Waterville's sense of place and community through an interactive “photo booth" and the distribution, circulation, and collection of 15 "seeds." (pictured above right)

The culmination of Tim's work, the Community Portrait Collage (pictured left), is on display at Barrels Community Market, located at 74 Main Street and open Monday through Saturday from 10am to 7pm. The collage incorporates photos, notes, personal stories, and other materials collected through the seeds.

Read Tim's artist statement (also on display at Barrels).