Main Street Foundations: Economic Vitality

Economic Vitality is at the core of a Main Street community. It involves taking a proactive, collaborative approach to building and growing a diverse economic base through smart new investment, cultivating a robust ecosystem for small businesses, focusing on the unique assets of your community, and fostering equity and inclusion to create an environment to help build local wealth. 0:00 Introduction 0:58 How Economic Vitality works 1:22 Economic Vitality in the other Points 1:53 Developing an economic vitality plan 2:15 Identify & fill development gaps 3:11 Build an economic development strategy & toolkit 4:30 Market strategically 5:11 Economic vitality strategy 6:05 Getting started Learn more and access additional resources at www.mainstreet.org/theapproach.