At the Cook Foundation office on Main Street, Adrianne Joseph, Cook Foundation President, and Mollie Stewart, Cook Board member, presented Lynne Manning and Hugh Bryan, MD of Arts on Main with a $15,000 check for securing matching contributions from “never-before” friends and donors during this last fiscal year ending June 30, 2020.

Construction of a project to reduce driver delay at the intersection of Route 3/Route 14 (John Clayton Memorial Highway) and Route 17 Business (Main Street) in Gloucester County will begin after the Labor Day holiday, on Wednesday, Sept. 9.

Gloucester Main Street businesses will see an infusion of $40,000, and over 400 health care workers from Riverside Walter Reed Hospital will receive $100 gift certificates to shop in the Gloucester Village, thanks to the recently launched Downtown Dollars program, an innovative economic recovery program spearheaded by the Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust and made possible thanks to a substantial gift from Dr. Ron Haggerty, his wife, Katherine Haggerty, FNP, and an anonymous donor.

Governor Ralph Northam today announced a diverse group of leaders participating in the Commonwealth’s COVID-19 Business Task Force, which will continue to provide advice and guidance to the Cabinet on a safe, responsible strategy for easing restrictions on businesses and individuals

Trading Main Streets Raffle Tickets are NOW AVAILABLE!

Gloucester Main Street Association (GMSA) hopes that you and your family are well. We know that these uncertain times are stressful on all.

Your local non-profit organization, GMSA is looking ahead to better times.

What better way to celebrate the end of the COVID-19 than to get out and enjoy a weekend getaway for two in the Fall!

The Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust and the Gloucester Revolving Loan Fund jointly announced today the launch of a zero-interest emergency loan program for restaurant, retail, hospitality and personal service businesses along Gloucester’s Main Street.

Following guidance from federal, state and local officials, including the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Virginia Department of Health, the 2020 Gloucester Arts Festival will be cancelled for June 2020 and will return in 2021, steering committee leadership of the annual event announced today.

The Main Street Preservation Trust has opened applications for 2020 for business and property owners along Main Street in Gloucester who wish to improve their facades or interiors of their buildings in the commercial area of Main Street.

The Riverside Walter Reed Hospital team of volunteers are delighted to announce that the community can kick off its holiday shopping Monday, Dec. 2 and Tuesday, Dec. 3, 2019 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Daffodil Gift Shop at the hospital just off of Main Street, located at 7519 Hospital Drive, Gloucester, Virginia 23061. …

The 2019 Annual VersAbility Resources Gala, presented by Old Point National Bank, raised $92,800, a record for the organization’s signature fundraiser.

The Gloucester Main Street Association is pleased to announce it will host “Dinner and a Drive-In Holiday Movie” in the Gloucester Village!

Kelsick Specialty Market Awarded 2019 Retailer of the Year and Smith’s Florist and Gift Shoppe Earned Peninsula Top Award GLOUCESTER, Va. – Two staple businesses from Gloucester Main Street took home the Retail Alliance’s top 2019 honor and the Peninsula region’s highest award. The Retail Alliance, a non-profit trade association that represents businesses across Hampton

Connecting community through fitness. That’s the mission of the popular Downtown Fit program, which returns to Gloucester Main Street for the 2019 season on June 10 with the first in a series of group fitness classes, collaborations with a local brewpub and other special events for the community that run through the fall.

Familiar faces, as part of a famous familiar series, are set to return to Main Street in Gloucester this summer, the Gloucester Arts Festival committee announced this week.

Gloucester Main Street. The Downtown. The Gloucester Village. Gloucester Courthouse.

Whatever you call this historic retail corridor in the heart of the Middle Peninsula, one thing is for certain – there is a lot of support for local business here.

It very much is the definition of businesses supporting businesses.

That’s why YOU ARE INVITED to the latest business education session presented by the Gloucester Main Street Preservation Trust.

The Middle Peninsula Alliance announced today it is accepting nominations from the community for private-sector leaders in business or non-profit organizations to serve on its Advisory Board.

Residents on the Middle Peninsula can now earn rewards for carpooling, vanpooling and telecommuting, as well as build stronger connections with others also looking to ride share to work, thanks to the recent launch of the enhanced MidPenRideShare online platform.

Do you love our Main Street community and craft beer? Live music and food trucks? Good times?

Well, we have good news!

As we gear up for the 2019 Beer Garden, happening Saturday, April 6 at the Daffodil Festival from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m., we NEED YOUR HELP!

This past week, while attending the Virginia Economic Developers Association Spring 2019 Conference in Harrisonburg, I was reminded yet again just how powerful LOVING WHERE YOU LIVE can be on cultivating a community and growing the opportunities available here for all.

You’re invited! Please join us on Gloucester Main Street for the Puller Center Open House on April 11, 2019 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

6632 Main Street, Gloucester, Virginia 23061