Information for Businesses

MainStreet is a regional small business assistance program focused on minimizing the construction impact on businesses located along RTA roadway projects. This program is available to any business that is located within the project construction outreach area and who wishes to participate. Remember construction projects can often have significant effects on businesses, most notably the potential loss of income due to a number of construction impact factors.
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Whether you will need assistance often depends on many factors (the nature of the project, start dates, construction schedules, size, scope, proximity to planned improvements, etc.) and the nature of your business (retail, service, office, manufacturing, dispatch, destination or convenience, etc.). Let us work with you to assess your particular needs and offer our experience and advice.
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To help main street businesses struggle less and prosper more during transportation projects by providing information, facilitating communication and offering individual and group business consulting services.
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The MainStreet program was designed to help reduce the impact of construction projects on small businesses and advance their success by mitigating construction effects through:

1. Providing information and facilitating communication to the outreach area businesses
2. Providing a point-of-contact (ombudsman) for business issues related to the construction project
3. Offering individual as well as group consulting services

1. Direct compensation (i.e. payments to businesses for the loss of revenue)
2. Tax deferment (i.e. property, sales or income tax breaks or exemptions)
3. roperty acquisition or financial assistance for relocation. These are provided by each municipality's relocation program.

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Nothing. services are free to outreach area businesses.
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All businesses located within a quarter mile of RTA-funded transportation projects are eligible. Businesses outside that area are free to contact us with questions and consideration for services.
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Business owners and managers typically utilize our services the most. However, our outreach efforts extend to both for-profit and not-for-profit entities (i.e., commercial businesses, home-based businesses, commercial property owners, not-for-profits, churches, schools, etc.)
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Typically, a consultant from MainStreet will meet with you to answer any questions and to discuss your anticipated business needs. For many businesses, this may be as simple as ensuring the receipt of timely project updates, traffic control plans and other communications. However, other businesses may desire a more complete analysis, resulting in a prioritization of consulting options. From this point, services are provided with a final follow-up process allowing for assessment and feedback of the MainStreet program.
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Absolutely, only basic information is included in our communication outreach database. Any other business information pertaining to your specific operations will be given at your discretion and maintained between you and the independently contracted MainStreet consultant.
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E-mail has proven to be the quickest, most effective and least costly method to disseminate project information. We ask for your business or a personal e-mail to assist us in reaching you with program information, timely project updates, traffic control plans, etc. to better serve you.
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Regardless if you remain in your location, desire or are required to relocate, our consulting partners can provide business assistance services.
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In general, the better prepared a business is, the greater the chance for success. MainStreet can only provide access to tools and services that have historically worked. However, the level of success that you will experience depends heavily on your willingness to participate, your "can do" positive attitude, and your determination to plan and implement a variety of mitigation strategies both in and out of this program. It is far better to be proactive than reactive.
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To begin the MainStreet program, please call us at (520) 270-2661. We are here to help!
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