MSPT Opens Application For Grant Funding For Façade & Interiors For 2021
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MSPT Opens Application For Grant Funding For Façade & Interiors For 2021

The Main Street Preservation Trust has opened applications for 2021 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 program is now in its 11th year for awarding façade grants and in its 9th year for awarding interior and merchandising assistance grants.

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January GMSA Board Member Spotlight
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January GMSA Board Member Spotlight

The Gloucester Main Street Association Board of Directors do so much behind the scenes that we’d like to shine a spotlight on each one! Each are passionate, dedicated and committed individuals that care about their community and dream big! They lead the way by guiding programs, increasing awareness, supporting fundraising efforts, serving on committees, volunteering at events and problem solving, all while celebrating our wins!

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TC Walker Mural Dedication And Celebration
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TC Walker Mural Dedication And Celebration

Join The Cook Foundation Sunday, October 25, 2020 from 3 to 5 p.m. on Gloucester Main Street for a dedication and celebration of the recently completed mural honoring the life and legacy of TC Walker.

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Arts On Main Exceeds 4th Cook Foundation Challenge Grant
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Arts On Main Exceeds 4th Cook Foundation Challenge Grant

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.

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Iconic Main Street Launches Downtown Dollards Program, Infuses $40,000 Into The Gloucester Villages Thanks To Donors
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Iconic Main Street Launches Downtown Dollards Program, Infuses $40,000 Into The Gloucester Villages Thanks To Donors

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.

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Trading Main Streets Raffle
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Trading Main Streets Raffle

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!

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Gloucester Arts Festival 2020 Cancelled Amid Novel Coronavirus COVID-19
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Gloucester Arts Festival 2020 Cancelled Amid Novel Coronavirus COVID-19

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.

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Holiday Shopping At Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Gift Shop
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Holiday Shopping At Riverside Walter Reed Hospital Gift Shop

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. …

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Gloucester Main Street Businesses Take Home 2019 Retail Alliance Honors
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Gloucester Main Street Businesses Take Home 2019 Retail Alliance Honors

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

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