“Wait a minute, isn’t that …?
Commerce Lexington members were in Washington, D.C., recently for briefings on urban issues by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
Lots of brochures and other materials were handed out.
On the front of one brochure was a photo of a familiar place: A row of colorfully painted buildings in downtown Danville.
“Don’t know where or how the Chamber picked this picture,” wrote Phil Osborne of Preston-Osborne Marketing Communications and Research, “but it’s nice to know that the representation of Main Street America is right down the road.”
Danville is now the symbol of great downtowns everywhere.
The photo was taken by Clay Jackson of The Advocate-Messenger newspaper after The Heart of Danville Main Street Program won the National Main Street Award in 2001, said Julie Wagner, the group’s executive director.
“The National Trust for Historic Preservation has used the picture a lot, and I’m sure they (the Chamber) got it from them,” Wagner said. “It really speaks about downtown revitalization and … what we do here.”
