Community Partners A New Year – New Partners – New Projects


Main Street Gettysburg (MSG) supports the community and municipalites in a way that offers new opportunities for quality living, historic preservation and economic growth along with the means to make these opportunities happen. MSG constantly looks toward the future, stays connected to the community to know about their with changing needs and involves new partners to provide new ideas, resources and skills.


In 2016, MSG raised enough money for a Baltimore Street Revitalization Master Plan. Completing this plan by year- end of 2017 is one of several major goals for MSG. The importance of this project impacts not only the Baltimore Street property owners, organizations and businesses, but the entire town and beyond in many ways.


A Master Plan defines a community project and is the first step toward achieving a major community improvement project. It assesses the community’s needs, defines the improvements to be made and then documents the scope of improvements, work and financial requirements necessary to achieve these improvements. Preliminary community discussions about Baltimore Street have already outlined better lighting, parking, safe sidewalks, updated infrastructure, and new ways to promote the Baltimore Street District as primary goals.


There are four primary phases in creating a master plan: collection of data and study area determination; vision casting and stakeholder input; development of a preliminary master plan; and finalization of the master plan.


C.S. Davidson will produce the plan and provide direction and research from a physical improvement standpoint. To keep costs down, MSG will work with CS Davidson to coordinate and facilitate both the physical and economic improvement portions of the plan. MSG’s role includes identifying the many individuals involved and creating the groups and committees. Topics such as marketing and promotion, design and culture, business recruitment, incentives for new businesses and support for existing businesses and district residents will be covered.


The geographic scope of the plan includes the southern borough line at the Gettysburg National Cemetery to the Gettysburg Train Station on Carlisle, encompassing the designated Historic Pathway.


A Steering Committee of property owners who will gather information from the rest of the corridor and make decisions about the plan. They will meet every other month and review the design of the plan as it evolves. In addition, MSG will facilitate meetings of the Baltimore Street Committee and add the economic development aspect of the discussion. This committee will include additional partners from outside of the Baltimore Street district interested in the economic aspects.


This Master Plan requires a lot of work, but without it, it would be impossible to seek the funds to make this community’s dreams come true. Main Street Gettysburg has proven in the past that by engaging a wide spectrum of community focused people that great things can be done.


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Nominations open for Jim Getty Award


Destination Gettysburg has opened nominations for its annual Jim Getty Award - an honor bestowed upon an individual in the tourism community of Adams County who exemplifies leadership, dedication and contribution to the tourism industry.


The award is in honor of well-known Abraham Lincoln presenter, Jim Getty, who passed away in 2015.


“Jim Getty will always be remembered in Gettysburg as the man that made the 16th


President of the United States


come alive,” said Norris Flowers, President and CEO of Destination Gettysburg. “He amazed everyone with his knowledge, presentation and likeness of President Abraham Lincoln. But Jim was also a great ambassador for the destination and encouraged everyone to visit this town he called home for 40 years.”


This annual award will be presented to an individual, who - like Jim - displays qualities of leadership, dedication, contribution to our tourism community as well as being a true champion for Adams County’s tourism industry.


The public is encouraged to nominate someone within the tourism community of Adams County. The deadline to submit nominations is February 7. Email carl@ destinationgettysburg.com for an application.


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