Monticello Main Street, Inc. is a nonprofit organization founded in 1996 by concerned local volunteers dedicated to historic preservation and to strengthening our community's economic growth. The main area of concentration is in the downtown business district and the extended fringe area of Monticello's downtown.
Monticello Main Street also plans several events throughout the year to highlight our unique downtown. While this year's events have been curtailed due to COVID-19, in a typical year we would host Chocolate Fantasy, Whites of Spring, Monticellobration, and Reds of Christmas. In 2020, we hosted several "Music on Main" events to provide music for our community and the dining areas within the newly created parklets. We also host a "Fall into Local" event on October 3rd as well as a modified Reds of Christmas. Each year we also host the Monticello Farmers' Market on Thursday afternoon's May-October!
This year we digitally promoted willing businesses in celebration of what normally would have been the Chocolate Fantasy. Whites of Spring is on hold due to issues obtaining a liquor license from the State of Illinois, but we hope to run the event with slight modifications once Illinois enters into the Bridge to Phase 5! Currently, our promotions committee is in the planning phases for 2021 and we hope to offer multiple events in our downtown!!
175 Surveys and counting!! We'd still love to have your thoughts included!! If you have ever visited our downtown, even if you don't live in Monticello...we'd love to have your thoughts!!
Progress can be messy and a nuisance for a bit, but this removal will allow much more to happen over the next few years!
Thank you to Christy and Matt Swing for their continued investment in their buildings and their willingness to proceed down a path of historically accurate restoration!
Thank you to City of Monticello, for offering the Building Improvement Grant, which gives our building owners some relief from the costs of maintaining our beautiful, historic buildings!
Our community is lucky enough to be an affiliate community of Main Street America and Illinois Main Street. Their support and education continue to serve our community well and it shows!
Community support of these efforts is important...so thank you to those who have, and continue, to support these initiatives!
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So many great projects lately!! It is great to see the fronts of these buildings start to look more historically accurate!! Progress takes time and we are so lucky to have building owners that care enough to do the work and a city grant program to help them along!!
Be mindful of construction and be patient with the businesses within buildings where it is taking place…the end results are worth it!!!