Committees provide the people who implement activities and the structured framework that allows volunteers throughout the community to become actively involved in the revitalization process.
Committees enable members of many constituent groups with a stake in Eagle River’s future to work together to accomplish common goals and to build new and strengthen existing friendships.
Finally, committees help develop new leadership to sustain the revitalization effort for years to come.
The Main Street approach to revitalization is based on four points:
Works to create an attractive, coordinated, and quality image of the community by capitalizing on its unique assets and heritage. Their attention is focused on all the physical elements such as buildings, storefronts, signs, public improvements, parking, landscaping, and merchandising displays.
Works to strengthen the existing economic base of the community while diversifying it. It is their job to develop a market strategy that will result in an improved retail mix, a stronger tax base, increased investor confidence, and a stable role for the businesses as major components of the city’s economy.