Seymour Main Street is thrilled to have been a part of an amazing renovation project in downtown Seymour. Be sure to drive through historic downtown Seymour and check out 212 E. 2^nd Street. The building is amazing inside and out, and it will be a great asset to the community. Vat and Barrel will serve Indiana beer, wine, spirits and food and will be opening  soon!

Be sure to follow us on Facebook, Instagram, and sign up for text alerts by texting 81010 and enter @seymainst  so that you don’t miss a thing!

#smalltownbigdreams #lovewhereyoulive #dinedowntown

As a Main Street America™ Accredited program, Seymour Main Street is a recognized leading program among the national network of more than 1,200 neighborhoods and communities who share both a commitment to creating high-quality places and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. All Main Street America™ Accredited programs meet a set of National Accreditation Standards of Performance as outlined by the National Main Street Center.

Head to downtown Seymour tomorrow morning (2/29) for the grand opening of 3’z Company.

3'z Company is located at 206 S. Chestnut Street.

3’z Company has children’s clothes, Women’s clothing, Shoes, and Accessories.

Join them tomorrow 9:00am till 3:00pm and welcome them to downtown Seymour!

#shoplocal #shopsmall #lovewhereyoulive

*Image courtesy of HGTV

Join us in historic downtown Seymour for the 4th annual Happy Glamper show the weekend of April 24-25th. Vintage Glampers will be set up for viewing on Friday night from 6-pm and Saturday from 10am till 5pm. There will be food trucks, live music and of course Glampers from all over Southern Indiana. Get your tickets now for $10.00 for the sip and stroll or the night of the event in the Walnut street parking lot at the Seymour Main Street table for $15.00. Wineries and Breweries will be set up in various downtown locations for the sip and stroll and we will have maps available at registration.

April 24th & 25th 2020

Crossroads Acoustic Fest is a boutique music festival bringing world-class musicians and intimate performances to downtown Seymour!

TWO FULL NIGHTS OF MUSIC.
WORLD CLASS MUSICIANS
MULTIPLE INDOOR LISTENING ROOMS

Crossroads Acoustic Fest brings internationally touring musicians and intimate performances to downtown Seymour. With a weekend wristband, you can create your own festival experience. Move freely from one listening room to another, and see the artists you want to see.

Visit crossroadsacousticfest.com now to get your special prices for Early Bird Tickets!

Join us this Saturday downtown Seymour for the Home for the Holidays event! Pancakes with Santa, Movies at the Library, Christmas Tree lighting and more!! Our shops will be doing a Santa Selfie Contest from 10am till 2pm, stop in a store, take a selfie, post it and be registered to win!!! The shop small basket of goodies is worth over $500!!!!!

Date night, Girls night out….early stocking stuffer gift??? We have amazing talent coming downtown Seymour and you need to get your tickets now before the sell out!

Be sure to grab the family and head to historic downtown Seymour tonight for some sweet treats at Lot Hill Dairy Farm! They will be opening tonight at 5pm at 222 W. 2^nd street in the bank drive thru. There will be picnic tables with outdoor seating and a drive thru to get your ice cream and hit the town. Delicious flavors including mint chocolate chip, butter pecan, rocky road, oreo, and more!! 15 flavors for you to enjoy!

There are  21 different scarecrows up downtown, so grab the family, dine downtown, see the scarecrows and then grab desert at Lot Hill Dairy Farms!! #lovewhereyoulive #familytime

It is located on the side of the Edward D. Jones building on the corner of Chestnut and Hwy 50. The project was completed in 2 weeks during downtown development week by Murals and More and is the first, in what we hope will be a series of murals downtown. It showcases local landmarks and history for the city and we are thrilled about art work in downtown Seymour.

One Chamber Square ground breaking will be held on October 8th at 10am. This project is a collaboration of the Office and Community and Rural Affairs, The Community Foundation, Seymour Main Street and the City of Seymour. The project will be completed in May 2020.

Seymour Main Street and the Boys and Girls Club of Seymour present our 7th Annual Dancing with the Seymour Stars Event

This years’ Dancers for Dancing with the Seymour Stars are:

• Curt and Summer Schleibaum
• Brandon Hunsley and Myka Wetzel
• Dr. Brandon Millick and Katrina Hardwick
• Janet Myers and Winnie
• Marykate Helmsing and Matt Nieman
• Chelsea Burrell and Scott Davis
• Matt and Lindsey Montgomery
• Drew Hunt and Sarah Arnold

Each couple will perform a dance routine and the audience will cast votes for their favorite dancers with their checkbooks, credit cards or cash. The pair who attracts the highest amount will be declared the winner. A runner up couple will also be determined. 

There will be two performances for this event on September 28th. 

Crossroads Community Park 101 East Tipton Street in historic downtown Seymour

Local Breweries, food vendors, and Lonesome Crow takes the stage at 12 with Cody Ikerd and the Sidewinders taking the stage at 3pm.

Limited VIP tickets are available for special tasting from 12-1 for 40 dollars

General admission is at 1pm for 30 dollars

Designated driver tickets are 10 dollars

Tickets will be sold at the door from 1 till 5 for 35 dollars

Seymour, IN April 24, 2019 - Seymour Main Street has been designated as an accredited Main Street America™ program for meeting rigorous performance standards set by the National Main Street Center. Each year, the National Main Street Center and its partners announce the list of accredited Main Street America programs to recognize their exemplary commitment to preservation-based economic development and community revitalization through the Main Street Approach™

“We are proud to acknowledge this year’s 840 nationally accredited Main Street America programs that have worked tirelessly to strengthen their communities. said Patrice Frey, President & CEO of the National Main Street Center. “These programs deserve recognition for generating impressive economic returns, preserving community character, and celebrating local history. Main Street America Accredited communities are part of a powerful movement of changemakers, and their dedication to improving quality of life in the places they call home is inspiring.

In 2018 alone, Main Street America programs generated $4.93 billion in local reinvestment, helped open 5,310 net new businesses, generated 25,301 net new jobs, catalyzed the rehabilitation of 8,146historic buildings, and clocked 2.2 million volunteer hours.

The Seymour Main Street’s performance is annually evaluated by Indiana Main Street, which works in partnership with the National Main Street Center to identify the local programs that meet ten national performance standards. Evaluation criteria determines the communities that are building comprehensive and sustainable revitalization efforts and include standards such as fostering strong public-private partnerships, documenting programmatic progress, and actively preserving historic buildings.

ABOUT MAIN STREET AMERICA

Main Street America has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts for more than 35 years. Today, it is a network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program have leveraged more than $79.12 billion in new public and private investment, generated640,017 net new jobs and 143,613 net new businesses, and rehabilitated more than 284,936 buildings. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Seymour Main Street welcomes JR’s Tires to downtown Seymour. Anthony Walker our Economic Vitality Committee Chair and Executive Director Becky Schepman stopped by to drop off a check to help out with the new signage on the building.

Remember if you are interested in learning more about our economic incentives for businesses in the downtown check out our website at www.seymourmainstreet.org and click on the business assistance tab.  

JR’s Tires is located at 100 N. Ewing St. Suite C in historic downtown Seymour and they are open daily from 7:30am till 5:00pm.

Join us for the Downtown Shop Around tomorrow (March 9th) from 9:00am till 3:00pm, and check out the great deals on new spring merchandise in our stores.

Get registered to win great prizes, and check out the relaxation station at Edward Jones: Financial Advisor Andrea Hall’s office.

If you get your card punched and turn it in you can be registered to win 1 - $100 gift card, 2 - $50 gift cards, or 4 - $25 gift cards to the participating store of your choice! #lovewhereyoulive #shopsmall #shoplocal

Special Thanks to Jackson County Bank  for their support of our special "Love where you Live" shopping bags we will be giving away for this event. Supplies are limited.

We are thrilled to announce that we were awarded the Community Development Block Grant through OCRA for the revitalization of One Chamber square in historic downtown Seymour. We would like to thank the City of Seymour and Craig Luedeman and the Community Foundation of Seymour for their support of this project. We looking forward to a kids  play area, improved streetscape, handicap accessibility, and many more improvements in downtown Seymour with this project.

INDIANAPOLIS (Nov. 19, 2019) – Today, Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch, the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs and the Indiana U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development announced that nine Main Street organizations will be a part of a new program focused on retaining existing businesses and expanding new business and entrepreneurial opportunities.

“Collaboration between local, state and federal partners allows for these communities to create a stronger environment in their core commercial centers,” Crouch said. “Rural Indiana is the next great economic frontier, and we will continue to do what we can to support them and help them thrive.”

The Office of Community and Rural Affairs was awarded a $100,000 grant from the USDA Rural Development to create the IMPACT Main Street program.

“OCRA is a great partner and when it comes to their connections to the needs of rural communities around local community economic development, they are the go-to agency in Indiana for help with funding and technical assistance,” said Michael Dora, Indiana USDA State Director. “Therefore, it was only natural that USDA and OCRA expand on their partnership. We are a proud to leverage our assets and extend to OCRA a grant to be used to promote rural prosperity.”

The nine Main Street organizations selected for this pilot are in the following communities: Seymour, Fairmount, Tell City, Tipton, Rockville, Sullivan, Dillsboro, Elwood and LaPorte, and they will be working with Ball State University’s Indiana Communities Institute to design and implement business investment strategies for their downtowns.

“This type of innovative programming directly impacts local business development and spurs further private investment," said Jodi Golden, OCRA Executive Director. “IMPACT Main Street will help us continue our mission to catalyze economic growth in our rural communities.” 

Once the pilot is complete, OCRA intends to extend the program to other Main Street organizations.  

(Pictured Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch and Becky Schepman from Seymour Main Street)

The Jingle all the 5k will be December 15^th  in downtown Seymour, the run will start and stop in the downtown and each participant will get set of jingle bells for their shoes, and then at the end of the run, they will receive a Jingle all the 5k sock hat with logo, and a lanyard with a Downtown Discount card. We will also have Santa and his elves there to greet you at the finish line.

This is a family fun event, so sign up today!

Seymour Main Street entered the #bringthelgtomydowntown contest and won!

The Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs (OCRA) celebrated Indiana downtowns during the inaugural Downtown Development Week from October 8 - 12.Lt. Governor Suzanne Crouch came to visit downtown Seymour on Friday for the final day of downtown development week. She visited our downtown business owners and was able to see our 26 scarecrows that have been decorated by our downtown business owners. It was truly an honor and a pleasure to have her for this visit and a great grand finale for downtown development week!

Join us for a showing of Monsters Inc. to get you and your family in the Halloween spirit.

Free Flick Friday is brought to you by Schuler Bauer. The show will be held on Friday the 19th at 7:30pm at the Crossroads Community Park.

Make a cardboard car for your kiddos to watch the movie in and we will have a few prizes for the winners of the best car!

So here is the plan……

  1.) Head downtown and stroll though the adorable 26 scarecrows,

  2.) Grab dinner at one of our tasty downtown restaurants

  3.) Hit the free movie with the family.. #perfectnight

Seymour Main Street is submitting an application next month for a revitalization grant of One Chamber Square. If we receive the grant we will receive notice of the funds on January 17th of 2019.

Your feedback is needed today to assist the City of Seymour and Seymour Main Street in demonstrating to the Indiana Office of Community and Rural Affairs, the need and community support for the community project below.

The 11 question survey will evaluate the residential impact of streetscape improvements in the area of One Chamber Square and St. Louis Avenue continuing into Jeffersonville Avenue. The plan includes the creation of an accessible, interactive gathering area in Downtown Seymour to the north of Highway 50.

Be sure to share this project and survey with your friends!

Project PDF - http://www.seymourmainstreet.org/images/pdf/StLouisAveStreetscape-Schematic.pdf

Project Survey - https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/Seymour_Streetscape

If you have additional questions please contact Seymour Main Street.

Seymour Main Street celebrated a successful 2018 Dancing with the Seymour Stars Event. The event raised more than $100,000 this year for the Boys & Girls Club of Seymour and Seymour Main Street. 

This 2018 Dancing with the Seymour Stars Event winners were:

• First Place - Bri Roll and Alex Cazares
• Second Place - Katrina Hardwick and Shawn Charlton
• Third Place - Ashley and Dr. Andrew Dec

Other dancers this year included Kelley Gillaspy and Matt Nieman, Alexa Ulrey and Brandon Joray, Theresa and Rob Schwartz, Ana De Gante and Frankie Galicia and Sarah Arnold and Shintaro Takeuchi.

Thanks to everyone that participated and/or made a donation to support this wonderful event. 

*Photos Courtesy of The Seymour Tribune

We are celebrating our 6th Year! This years’ Dancers for Dancing with the Seymour Stars are:

• Ana DeGante and Frankie Galicia
• Alexa Ulrey and Brandon Joray
• Ashley Dec and Dr. Andrew
• Bri Roll and Alex Cazares
• Katrina Hardwick and Shawn Charlton
• Kelley Gillaspy and Matt Nieman
• Sarah Arnold and Shintaro Takeuchi
• Theresa and Rob Schwartz

Each couple will perform a dance routine and the audience will cast votes for their favorite dancers with their checkbooks, credit cards or cash. The pair who attracts the highest amount will be declared the winner. A runner up couple will also be determined. This year we are pleased to announce you will also to vote for your favorite couple at www.seymourmainstreet.org. 

There will be two performances on Saturday September 22^nd. The matinee will begin at 2pm and the doors will open at 1pm. This be a family friendly event with soft drinks, wine and snacks. Tickets for the matinee are $20 in advance and $25.00 at the door.

Doors open for the evening performance at 6:00pm and the show starts at 7:00pm. The evening performance is sold out.

Tickets purchased online will be held at Will Call.

Place a Vote for Your Favorite

Ana DeGante and Frankie Galicia

A new Fitness Court will be opening very soon in downtown Seymour. The Fitness Court is sponsored by Seymour Rotary, Healthy Jackson County, and Schneck Medical Foundation.

This Fitness Court will feature all kinds of different body weight training stations that are appropriate for ALL fitness levels and age groups!

Another exciting feature of this court is there is a Fitness Court App. If you download the Fitness Court App. to your mobile device you will have access to free ready made workouts, information about how to do the different exercises, and music to go along with all of the workout!

All of this is free and open to the community! Download the App and get familiar with the format and be ready for opening day of the new Fitness Court in the Crossroads Community Park!

Starting this weekend Koverner’s Korner Ice Cream will be available at Bullwinkle's Family Restaurant downtown Seymour.

Bullwinkle's already carries a wide variety of options including pizza, taco salad, wraps, and homemade lattice chips and now they will be collaborating with one of our local favorite ice cream shops to bring you a yummy desert after your lunch or dinner.

Stop in Bullwinkle's located at 107 N. Chestnut Street and eat in or carry out daily. Business hours are 11:00am till 8:00pm Monday through Saturday or visit www.bullwinklesfamilyrestaurant.com for more information.