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TUESDAY. JANUARY 10. 1995 BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED that anemergency exists and this Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon adoption. Council considered adoption of a Resolution authorizing participation in the Virginia Main Street Program. Jennifer Dalla Vecchia, Executive Director' of the Martinsville Uptown Revitalization Association, reviewed the success of the Main Street Program in other localities and stated that the State would be accepting four additional communities into the program during the upcoming year, the first time since 1992 that additional communities have been accepted. Ms. Dalla Vecchia noted the program offers technical and design assistance to Uptown property owners, but does not provide actual funding for programs or improvements to the physical structures of the Main Street Communities. The program also offers training for the Board and Program Manager and emphasizes the long-term nature of downtown revitalization. In response to a question by Mayor Adams, Ms. Dalla Vecchia stated that the members of the Uptown Board were committed to devoting the necessary time required of them by the program. Upon motion, duly seconded and by unanimous vote, Council adopted the following Resolution, pending approval of the program by the Uptown Board: WHEREAS, the Virginia Main Street Program has been established in the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development (DHCD) to assist cities, towns, and rural areas in developing public/private efforts to revitalize their inner-city/downtown commercial areas; and WHEREAS, up to four Virginia cities, towns, and counties will be selected to participate in the on-going program, and receive intensive technical assistance from DHCD for a minimum of five years; and WHEREAS, the City of Martinsville desires to participate in the Virginia Main Street Program; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular session assembled January 10, 1995, that: Section 1. The City of Martinsville wishes to apply for selection to participate in the 1995 Virginia Main Street Program with the specific goal of economically revitalizing the designated Main Street downtown management area within the context of historic preservation;