Proud Helped Pontiac Forge a New Way Forward

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When Pontiac's Main Street Organization P.R.O.U.D. was formed in 1988, we immediately concentrated our efforts on the downtown business district which, at the time, had a 14.5 percent vacancy rate.

In response, PROUD created a mission of forming great working relationships with downtown business owners. (Today, we have decreased the vacancy rate to less than 2 percent). PROUD made it a priority to always listen to business owners' concerns, offer practical and creative ideas, and work with them one-on-one to help them achieve their goals.

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Proud Helped Pontiac Forge a New Way Forward

In addition to relationship-building, PROUD worked vigorously on implementing the Main Street Four-Point Approach that immediately caught the atte...

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