Greenleaf Partners works with staff and volunteers of National Main Street Communities. We tailor our services to fit your needs. We offer services, training and follow-up to fit your tight schedule and budget. From several hours to several days, we can work with you to boost your capacity quickly and economically.

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Do you see your Main Street program in any of these situations?

"I wish more of our merchants, building owners and residents would get involved during our downtown design workshops. We’d like these workshops to be a blast of creativity, commitment and enthusiasm."

Public meetings can be organized to excite and attract new people to your Main Street organization. As a member of your Resource Team, Greenleaf Partners will help you set up focus groups and highly interactive sessions so everyone – from high school students to senior citizens – can participate and be heard.

"I wish we could run more productive monthly meetings – meetings that also energize our volunteers. As the Chair, I’d like to manage disagreements more skillfully and keep our discussion more focused."

Time constraints, tight budgets and strong personalities, can make meetings difficult and tiring, but with support from Greenleaf Partners, your meetings can be pleasant and productive. We provide facilitation, hands-on training and follow-up coaching so you can run more efficient meetings that leave your members feeling satisfied.

"I wish our state Main Street training conferences would include workshops on new and innovative ways to manage monthly meetings and large public workshops. A conference session would give us fresh ideas to try back home."

Even experienced Main Street staff and volunteers need new tools to spice up meetings and workshops. Greenleaf Partners can train you in creative, interactive meeting formats that will have your volunteers smiling and working as a team.

"I’d like to find an inspiring keynote speaker who really understands the joys and challenges of working on Main Street. We need an entertaining event to celebrate our hard work and recharge our batteries."

Greenleaf Partners will provide you with more than just a speech. We will not only entertain and uplift your audience members with a keynote, but draw them into the speech to articulate their hopes for the coming year. Combined a speech with a board workshop for full benefits.

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