century. we re about two miles off the interstate, so bedford has always been a great place to stop, but about a decade ago, main street was in trouble. as one generation of small business owners retired or left, nobody was coming in to take their places. now the result was a lot of empty storefronts, and that did nothing to bring in customers, so today we have a story of revival, a story of a group of business owners who came together with a vision to make main street once again a popular destination. my name is julie dul, i ve been the main street manager 16 years for bedford incorporated, and this is my sign. what is the main street managers mission? we re here to revitalize downtown bedford, economically, socially. why was it created? i actually was one of the retail merchants in our downtown, and we had some successful merchants, but we kind of all did our own thing. i felt we were disorganized as a