Join us in our mission to create an unmatched downtown experience!
Get plugged in and make a difference where you live by being a part of Wadsworth’s downtown revitalization process! Main Street Wadsworth enhances quality of life for our community by creating a vibrant downtown district for our residents and visitors, attracting new residents and businesses, strengthening our local economy, and building community.
Main Street Wadsworth is downtown Wadsworth’s grassroots preservation-based economic development organization dedicated to the mission of creating an unmatched downtown experience! Our 13-member volunteer Board of Directors and Four-Point Teams meet once a month to further the vision of a vibrant and charming downtown district that will enhance quality of life for our residents and provide a unique destination for local tourists to celebrate the best of small-town America! Main Street Wadsworth has been a state and nationally-accredited Main Street Community since 2016. Our stakeholders include our many passionate community volunteers, approximately 100 downtown small businesses and organizations, over 50 downtown historic building owners, our 24,000+ residents, visitors, Sponsors of MSW, Friends of MSW, public officials, and everyone who cares about the preservation and heritage of our downtown Wadsworth historic district that received Ohio Magazine’s Best Hometown Award 2021-2022. We invite the public to attend our meetings and join us as we pursue our mission to build our community through revitalizing the heart and soul of our downtown where we love to come together and celebrate being Wadsworth.
Recent Projects:
– Downtown Improvement Grants (coordinating since 2017)
– First Fridays (in our 6th year)
– Farmers Market (June-September) (in our 8th year)
– 11 Art Murals
– Downtown Clock (2018)
– Independence Day Fireworks Celebration
– Scare on the Square (celebrating 10 years in 2023)
– Candlelight Walk
– The National Register of Historic Places (in progress)
– Downtown Music Speaker System (in progress)
There are so many opportunities to get involved and make a difference in your community by serving downtown! Join our:
– Design Team
– Economic Vitality Team
– Promotions Team
– Operations Team
– Downtown Events (First Fridays, Farmers Markets, and more!)
E-mail mharvey@mainstreetwadsworth.org to get plugged into volunteering for one of our Four-Point Teams.
E-mail mharvey@mainstreetwadsworth.org to volunteer for our downtown events.
Learn more about Heritage Ohio and the nationwide Main Street program, which is revitalizing over 25 Main Streets across Ohio and over 800 downtowns across the country!:
https://www.mainstreet.org/home
Main Street Wadsworth Monthly Board Meetings
Who: Anyone who wants to make a positive difference in our community is invited! All of our meetings are open to the public. We are a volunteer-driven grassroots organization. Stakeholders include residents, building owners, business owners, elected officials, community leaders, and anyone else who is interested in working together in a fun, professional, and respectful environment to make our community and downtown a better place.
When: The second Tuesday of the month
Where: Mosaic Wadsworth, 118 High Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281
Time: 12:00 p.m.
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Who We Are: Main Street Wadsworth is a 501(c) non-profit organization dedicated to the comprehensive revitalization of the historic downtown Wadsworth business district through preservation-based economic development using the proven Main Street America Four-Point Approach. The downtown district is approximately 4 square blocks in the heart of Wadsworth, as far north as the Johnson House Museum, as far west as St. Mark’s Church, as far east as Pizzazio’s, and as far south as Central Intermediate School (CIS) and O.J. Work Auditorium.
What We Do: We are a volunteer-powered organization. Our board creates a strategic plan with goals, and our Four-Point Teams (Design, Economic Vitality, Promotion, and Operations) meet once a month to collaborate on work plans for projects that accomplish the goals in the strategic plan. Recent projects include grant coordination to renovate historic buildings (Downtown Improvement Grant, Rounds 1 and 2), events that increase foot traffic downtown, also known as “Feet on the Street” (First Fridays), a seasonal farmers market to bring the community together and promote healthy living, live family-friendly entertainment to enhance quality of life in the community (Main Street Wadsworth LIVE!), commissioning art murals to beautify, inspire, and educate, adding downtown Wadsworth to the National Register of Historic Places in order to receive tax credits for historic building rehabilitation, and so much more!
Our Structure: We are a 13-member Board of Directors representing a cross-section of the community, four (4) teams of volunteers focusing on Main Street’s “Four Points” (Design, Economic Vitality, Promotion, and Operations), Event Volunteers, a full-time Executive Director, a part-time Project Coordinator, and a part-time Farmers Market Coordinator. We always welcome new volunteers to help out at our events and join our Four-Point Teams anytime to “learn the ropes” and decide which team is the best fit!
2024 Main Street Wadsworth Board of Directors:
Executive Team:
President: Stephanie Koontz
Interim President: Adam Barton
Treasurer: Dana Mountjoy
Emily Davis
Stacey Renner
Leah Schrock
Colleen Swedyk
Dustin Zuravel
Questions? Want to learn more? E-mail Executive Director Megan Harvey at mharvey@mainstreetwadsworth.org.
