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Main Street Partnership highlights local business support, seeks data-driven investments for downtown
Summary
Simsbury Main Street Partnership presented its 2025 accomplishments and 2026 priorities to the Board of Selectmen, emphasizing business retention, a proposed office‑vacancy committee, data work with Placer AI, and a town contribution that staff says is now about $85,000.
Simsbury Main Street Partnership executive director Sarah Nielsen told the Board of Selectmen on Jan. 12 that the organization’s work in 2025 focused on retaining local businesses and strengthening downtown commerce, and that it plans two major initiatives in 2026: an office‑space vacancy committee and expanded, data‑driven decision‑making.
Nielsen said Main Street operates under a three‑year memorandum of understanding with the town and described six strategic priorities, from business retention and recruitment to coordinated marketing, youth engagement and special events. “We have a 3 year MOU with the town of Simsbury,” Nielsen said during the presentation.
Why it matters: Main Street’s programs feed into town economic…
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