Downtown Shenandoah Inc is on a Mission and Needs Community Support
By: Jayne Ann Bugda
Updated: February 15, 2013
Shenandoah, Schuylkill County
-- The mission and vision of the revitalization group Downtown Shenandoah Inc.
is to return downtown Shenandoah to "an active pedestrian-oriented business
district that will promote and sustain further economic, cultural and civic
growth within the borough. The group also strives to stimulate economic development by encouraging
cooperation and building leadership in the business community and to develop a
marketing strategy for the area. Members hope the efforts will provide an improved retail mix, strengthen the tax
base and increase investor confidence. The ultimate goal is to
promote a unified, quality image of downtown Shenandoah as a center of goods and
services and to create an attractive, coordinated visual impression of Shenandoah
through facade improvements, streetscape and historic preservation of our
existing buildings."
The
group's motto is "Return to Prominence."
DSI
meets at 5:30 p.m. the third Tuesday of each month in its downtown center, 116
N. Main St.
For
more information or to volunteer to help the revitalization effort, contact Mary
Luscavage, DSI's Main Street Program manager, at 570-462-2060.
Valerie
E. Macdonald is the DSI president and Karen Kenderdine is vice
president/treasurer.
Any
individual, business or organization wishing to contribute monetarily to the
effort should contact the downtown center, stop by during regular hours or mail
contributions to: Downtown Shenandoah Inc., 116 N. Main St., Shenandoah, PA
17976.
DSI
has resumed its monthly soup sale fundrasiers at the downtown center. The sales
are held beginning at 10 a.m. the second Thursday of the month and feature a
variety of soups.
To
order in advance, call the downtown center at the aforementioned phone number.
Proceeds go toward DSI's ongoing downtown revitalization effort.
