While the guys are away at the National Main Street Conference and Joyce does a million and one things (per her usual modus operandi) I’ve been busy trying to get our brand spanking new web site up. And it’s there! It still needs some tweaking (and some content) but it’s well on its way! Go ahead, check it out: www.HeritageOhio.org
I’ve been at Heritage Ohio for a month now and I wanted to share a couple of of my impressions about the organization. First of all, these people? They work like crazy! They work with 30+ Main Street Programs across Ohio (and their cars have the high mileage to prove it), run regular workshops and training opportunities, offer downtown assessments and put on the annual statewide preservation & revitalization conference (our goal is to have this online by Friday at 5pm!! Ok, maybe Monday!).
Besides the enormous work load they cheerfully take on, the thing that’s struck me is how committed Joyce, Jeff and Frank are to the people with whom they work. They tell stories in the office about the great restaurants they’ve visited, the terrific leaders in the communities they’ve met and the success stories fostered by Main Street. And that’s why I started this blog. I wanted them to have a chance to tell you their stories.
Being as busy as they are, they’ve needed someone like me to come in from outside and remind them of how much they do and how well they do it and how much they have to share about Ohio’s revitalization and historical heritage. Because to them? It’s just a day’s work. They simply do it because they love it — they have no idea that what they’re doing is extraordinary.
