TIFFIN, OHIO – October 13, 2023 – Heritage Ohio held its 2nd annual film festival on Wednesday evening, October 11th in Dayton, Ohio during an annual conference. Downtown Tiffin was featured in a film short about its successes and involvement in the Ohio Main Street Program. The film shows the transformation of Downtown Tiffin and the positive revitalization it has undergone since joining the Main Street Program in 2015. The film was produced with additional footage from Bodart Productions, Tiffin, OH.
Mayor Dawn Iannantuono stated, "I am so proud of the work our Downtown Development team has done to help our city grow and welcome new opportunities while preserving our rich history for those who call Tiffin home. Seeing the continued progress is truly a gift we all get to share in." To view the film, go to: https://youtu.be/f2pabZGic1I?feature=shared
About Downtown Tiffin
The revitalization of downtown Tiffin began in 2011, when a group of community members came together to form “Tiffin Tomorrow”, with the goal of promoting and encouraging economic development in Downtown Tiffin, and creating plans, programs and actions to ensure long-term vitality and prosperity. In 2014, the City of Tiffin contracted with SIEDC to act as the downtown organization and “Tiffin Tomorrow” came under the SIEDC (now TSEP) umbrella as the “Downtown Development Board,” which serves as the governing board of the downtown organization. In 2015, Tiffin joined Heritage Ohio’s Main Street Program. For more information, click here.
About Heritage Ohio
Heritage Ohio promotes economic growth through the preservation and revitalization of downtowns and neighborhoods across Ohio. Heritage Ohio is the coordinating agency for the Ohio Main Street Program and is the designated statewide Ohio preservation partner with the National Trust for Historic Preservation. Through saving the places that matter we can all build a community and live better. Learn more about how to become involved by visiting www.heritageohio.org.
About Main Street America
Main Street America leads a movement committed to strengthening communities through preservation-based economic development in older and historic downtowns and neighborhood commercial districts. For more than 40 years, Main Street America has provided a practical, adaptable, and impactful framework for community-driven, comprehensive revitalization through the Main Street Approach™. Our network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Since 1980, communities participating in the program have generated more than $101.58 billion in new public and private investment, generated 168,693 net new businesses and 746,897 net new jobs, rehabilitated more than 325,119 buildings, and levered over 33.7 million volunteer hours. Main Street America is a nonprofit subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. For more information, visit mainstreet.org.
