Step 2: Assemble your steering committee, the responsible for preparing the application. Ask any questions regarding the program and application process before beginning. Step 3: Send via a Letter of Intent to Apply (sample attached) to the contact below by February 1, 2018. Step 4: Complete the attached application. Answer all questions and include all requested attachments. Tell your well! We want to learn about your community and your desires for improvement. The Tennessee Downtowns application is extensive, but the time involved in completing it will be well spent. Regardless of whether you are selected to participate in the program at this time, you will have assembled valuable reference materials for your community that can be used to further your goals. Step 5: Mail a flash drive or deliver electronically via email or Dropbox one complete PDF file of your final application to the contacts below. Make sure that you have received verification by email or phone that your application was received prior to the deadline highlighted above. Sending the Letter of Intent early will help us know about your plan to submit an application. Step 6: Application reviews will take place during March and April of 2018. Selected communities will be announced around May 1, 2018. Announcements of selected communities will be made via email and/or telephone to the primary contacts listed on the application. A TNECD press release will follow. Once that occurs, selected communities may begin their own publicity campaigns. Application Contact Nancy Williams, Tennessee Main Street Director Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 27th Floor Nashville, Tennessee 37243 Telephone: 615.806-3185 Email:
Step 2: Assemble your steering committee, the responsible for preparing the application. Ask any questions regarding the program and application process before beginning. Step 3: Send via a Letter of Intent to Apply (sample attached) to the contact below by February 1, 2018. Step 4: Complete the attached application. Answer all questions and include all requested attachments. Tell your well! We want to learn about your community and your desires for improvement. The Tennessee Downtowns application is extensive, but the time involved in completing it will be well spent. Regardless of whether you are selected to participate in the program at this time, you will have assembled valuable reference materials for your community that can be used to further your goals. Step 5: Mail a flash drive or deliver electronically via email or Dropbox one complete PDF file of your final application to the contacts below. Make sure that you have received verification by email or phone that your application was received prior to the deadline highlighted above. Sending the Letter of Intent early will help us know about your plan to submit an application. Step 6: Application reviews will take place during March and April of 2018. Selected communities will be announced around May 1, 2018. Announcements of selected communities will be made via email and/or telephone to the primary contacts listed on the application. A TNECD press release will follow. Once that occurs, selected communities may begin their own publicity campaigns. Application Contact Nancy Williams, Tennessee Main Street Director Tennessee Department of Economic and Community Development 312 Rosa L. Parks Avenue, 27th Floor Nashville, Tennessee 37243 Telephone: 615.806-3185 Email:
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