one. very first meetings we had, somebody brought a picture that a local elementary student drew of our downtown. it was a picture of walmart with a walmart parking lot. we just said we have to do something now. what turned this town from a place where people didn t really come to the little town that could? well, i think a lot had to do with getting a main street manager. somebody that their sole purpose was to make this downtown area thrive. the town needed a visionary. it needed a leader. people were okay to follow. i think we needed an organizer, which i love to organize. so that was fine with me. hi, my name is tammy wily. i ve owned bedford candies for three years. what changed here? it s a combination of everything. a lot of the buildings have done a lot of work. you hear customers say how nice the town is and they enjoy
in the revitalization here? one of the very first meetings we had, someone brought a picture that a local elementary student drew of our downtown, and it was a picture of walmart with the walmart parking lot. we just said we have to do something now. so what turned this town from a place where people didn t really come, to the little town that could? well, i think a lot had to do with getting a main street manager, somebody that their sole purpose was to make this downtown area thrive. the town needed a visionary, it needed a leader. people were okay to follow. i think we needed an organizer, which i love to organize, so that was fine with me. hi, my name s tammie wiley, i ve owned bedford candies for three years. what s changed? everything, street scape, facade, people come in and say