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THE MAIN PAGE
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PROJECTS
Main
Street's Projects
consist of the
--- Golf Tournament at Roman Nose State Park
--- "Pioneer Days"
--- "Black Dog
Night"
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TOUR MAIN
STREET
Learn the history behind these
beautiful buildings.
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MAIN STREET NEWS
News and Information about
Watonga's Main Street
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PROPERTY
AVAILABLE
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Main Street's mission is to serve as a base for design improvements of
historic buildings
Design
Services on
Watonga's Main Street
Design assistance provides property owners and tenants with no-cost, professional
recommendations on how to improve the exterior of their properties.
It provides an excellent way to strengthen and enhance the appearance and and functioning of downtown Watonga.
Design builds on the past and looks to the future.
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The
Importance of Design
The Main Street
approach to design is quite simple; to enhance the
visual quality of the downtown. Attention must be paid
to not only storefronts, but all elements of the
downtown environment, including signs, window displays,
and public improvements. Certainly quality design
improvements are one of the most visual aspects of the
Main Street program.
Owners restore their buildings for various reasons;
however, potential financial gain is often the driving
force behind building restoration. Financial gain can be
seen as:
Protecting an investment
Increasing the value of an investment
Attracting more business
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Watonga Main Street encourages quality
design improvements.
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The scope of work completed is
determined by the owner and
his/her financial budget, time
schedule and the building's
physical condition.
It is the goal of Main Street to
assist property owners in
determining the scope of work to
be completed in a manner that is
both architecturally sound and
economically feasible.
Design Assistance
Design Assistance
is a no-cost assistance program
for property owners and tenants
sponsored by Watonga Main
Street.
It is a
program to aid property owners
and tenants who wish to consider
improvements to the exterior of
their historic buildings.
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Each building in downtown Watonga is unique
and because of that special architectural character, requires
individual attention. The Watonga Main Street Design Committee
will provide color suggestions for building trim, awnings and
signage including a color sketch of the building. For more
in-depth assistance, Todd Scott, the preservation architect with
the Oklahoma State Main Street Program, is available. Scott is
well versed in rehabilitation of older structures and federal
investment tax credits. Both the service of the local design
committee and the architect are free of charge to property and
business owners in Watonga's historic district.
Incentive funds are obtained by special fund
raisers through the Watonga Main Street Program.
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