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Pam Coleman
18 Green Street
Souderton, PA 18964
215.723.6627
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P.O. Box 314
Telford, PA 18969
Events
Jun. 7, 8:00 am
E-R Committee Meeting
Jun. 12, 7:00 pm
Design Committee
Jun. 26, 7:00 pm
Promotion Committee
Jul. 5, 8:00 am
E-R Committee Meeting
Jul. 10, 7:00 pm
Design Committee
Souderton-Telford Main Streets - 215-723-6627
Imagine a vacation that enables you to tour through artists studios, visit galleries and explore the local specialties in various small communities along country byways in Montgomery and Bucks County. Return home with original art that moves you everytime you see it.
The PA Arts Experience is all about giving tourists who are looking for the hidden arts and cultural expereince a red carpet memory of Pennsylvania. With easy access from the major metropolitan corridor along the East Coast, the Route 30/113 Corridor is filled with so much to experience, to explore and to purchase.
The Pennsylvania Arts Experience is committed to estalishing this region as an Internationally recognized arts destination by marketing a membership of creative artists and venues through the Artist Trail, their website and regional Arts Orientation Centers.
Souderton Telford Main Streets is proud to facilitate the initial development of the Route 113 corridor through Upper Montgomery and Upper Bucks. A meeting was held recently to see if there was interest in the boroughs and beyond. The response was enthusiastic.
Rob Evans, a York area artist, made a presentation on behalf of the PA Arts Experience. He explained how the corridor has developed in York and Lancaster to accommodate the needs and opportunites offered by those cities. He was accompanied by two Board members from the PA Arts Experience who shared their own experiences.
The people in attendance were excited about the possibilities. Watch this website for updates on the next meeting(s). Send us an email if you want to be notified of the date and time for the next meetings or if you want to help organize those meetings.
In the meantime, peruse through the handouts they left us about how arts, galleries and businesses can join, about the program itself and the map of the Pa Arts Experience trail. We need to fill the gap between the Berman Museum in Collegeville and the Michener Museum in Doylestown!
| File | Description | File size |
|---|---|---|
 PAE map 2010 | PA Arts Experience Trail Map | 1064 Kb |
 PAE Description | Description of the PAE program. | 1221 Kb |
 PAE Artist Contract | PAE Artist Contract to participate | 723 Kb |
 PAE Roster Artist Required Material | PAE Roster Artist Required Material | 641 Kb |
 PAE Gallery Contract | Contract for Galleries to participate | 792 Kb |
 PAE Business Roster Contract | Contract for Businesses to join PAE | 617 Kb |
| PAE Slide Show 2-2012 | PDF of the power point presentation about PA Arts Experience ~ large file | 2771 Kb |
Food for thought
I don't know who started this but it has been making the rounds with my colleugues in the Main Street field. It is a forcast for retailers on trends for 2012. Doing business the way it has always been done is not an option for businesses who want to stay open, let alone thrive, in 2012. Read through it and see what you think. Are there ideas that you can adapt to your store or business?
2012, A Year of Change -- Top Ten Changes
1. Weekday Convenience and Weekend Experience
These will be the major drivers in 2012 in retailing. The consumer will expect you to provide convenience during the week which may mean you will need to offer different services and possibly longer hours. During the weekend customers want your store to WOW them and therefore more theatrical events will need to be organized on weekends to catch the consumer's attention.
2. Avoid the Big Ticket Items
Consumers will be more frugal this year. This reduction in spending will not affect all retailers, in fact sharp retailers in the food and garden sector could see an increase in sales as families stay at home, cooking and gardening become more of a pastime. But, it will be the small ticket items that will prosper. The big ticket items are the ones that you will find difficult to sell. Furniture, carpet retailers, etc. will especially find it more difficult to survive while food and garden retailers whether the storm.
Team Members who would come to meetings to help plan and execute events, projects and programs. Commitment is continuous and 4-5 hours per month.
- Assist in maintenance of websites
- Assist in the planning of fundraising events
- Assist in the planning of a Buy Local / Buy Souderton-Telford Campaign
- Assist in the planning of one or more of our major events
- Indian Valley Farmers Market; Souderton Holiday Parade, Telford Tree lighting
- Assist in the landscape projects for Main Street
The S
ouderton Historic District has been approved by the Pennsylvania Historic and Museum Commission and it was referred to the National Park Service for final approval for listing on the National Register for Historic Places.
Souderton Hisoric District was designated by the National Park Service on June 6, 2011.
You can read through the paperwork and the maps at the bottom of this article. It is broken into smaller portions but they are still hefty PDF files.
| File | Description | File size |
|---|---|---|
 NR Form | Basic form with initial information | 58 Kb |
| NR Significance | Narrative explain the significance of the district. | 99 Kb |
| NR Description | This narrative describes the architecture in the Souderton District | 74 Kb |
| NR Additional Documentation | Maps and historic and current photos make this interesting browsing. | 26387 Kb |
| NR Photos | Descriptions for the submitted photos | 59 Kb |
| Photo Location key map | Photo Location map that shows where photos were taken | 613 Kb |
| NR Geo Data | Geographic description of district | 71 Kb |
| NR Bibliography | Bibliography of source material. | 31 Kb |
| Souderton HD | Full map of district | 178 Kb |
| Souderton HD Detail 1 | Souderton HD Detail 1 | 110 Kb |
| Souderton HD Detail 2 | Souderton HD Detail 2 | 137 Kb |
| Souderton HD Detail 3 | Souderton HD Detail 3 | 103 Kb |
| Souderton HD Detail 4 | Souderton HD Detail 4 | 106 Kb |
| Souderton HD Detail 5 | Souderton HD Detail 5 | 103 Kb |
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