hi there everyone. i m jj ramberg and welcome to your business. today s story started with an e-mail. we were invited to stewart, florida to see what life is like there on main street usa. as it turned out there s actually two main streets. this is a tale of two main streets that call stewart home. while the business districts are in different stages of development, the local community is dedicated to seeing them both succeed. they may be known as two business districts but i think they are still one. the owner of the stewart coffee company knows his city on the treasure coast is unique. years ago i think those districts were a little different but now the lines are crossed. unlike most places, this community of about 16,000 residents has more than one main street. it actually has two. and they are not even a mile apart. when you give people more to come to, it expands that customer base which is good for all of us. both historic downtown stuart and the east stu
hi there, everyone. i m j.j. ramberg and welcome to your business. today s story started with an e-mail. we were invited to stuart, florida, to see what life is like there on main street usa. but as it turned out, there s actually two main streets. this is a tale of two main streets that call stuart home. and while the business districts are in different stages of development, the local community is dedicated to seeing them both succeed. they may be known as two business districts but i think they re still one. phil moore, the owner of the stuart coffee company in stuart, florida, knows his city on the treasure coast is unique. years ago i think those districts were a little different. but now, the lines are crossed. unlike most places, this community of about 16,000 residents has more than one main street. it actually has two. and they re not even a mile apart. when you give people more to come to, it expands that customer base, which is good for all of us. bot
collaboration between our downtown business groups, our main street program and the city and cra. competition from malls has been an issue. once customers go downtown they don t forget it. this has natural feeling of community and inherent sense of closeness and familiarity. it s friendly, it s welcoming. we re finding all over the country that people crave that kind of environment. the appreciation for the importance of shopping local and people remember that. in east stuart the story is a bit different. there s talk of the past in hopes of creating a brighter future. we had halls, dance halls, we had more clothing stores, several restaurants, you name it was here. we had abundance of places. phillip harvey, the owner of harvey plaza is one of the driving forces behind making a positive change in the neighborhood. we want to bring all that back. and showing and educating and teaching our young people this is how a community works.
quickly. you see strong, strong collaboration between our downtown business groups, our main street program, and the city and cra. competition from local malls has been an issue. but once customers go downtown, they don t forget it. this has a natural feeling of community, an inherent sense of closeness, and familiarity. it s friendly. it s welcoming. we re finding all over the country that people crave that kind of environment. the appreciation for the importance of shopping local roads and people remember that. ear in east stuart the story is a bit different. there s talk of the past and hopes of creating a brighter future. we had halls, dance halls. we had more clothing stores. we had several restaurants. you name it, it was here. we had an abundance of places to go. philip mar very, the owner of harvey plaza is one of the driving forces behind making a positive change in the neighborhood. and we want to bring all that back. and showing and educating and