Connecting the Dots Within the Main Street Businesses - A great opening or closing keynote to energize Main Street staff and volunteers to successfully gain support within their community.

Keys to building strong retailers - A Main Street district has two options in having strong retailers; they can search and recruit new businesses to join the existing businesses. Another option is to work with the existing businesses and help them to become better businesses. It is not that a district should select one over the other; instead, both should be utilized. This keynote by Tom Shay shows how to do the latter.