<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>FRIENDS OF HARDY ARKANSAS &#187; Business Support</title>
	<atom:link href="http://www.mainstreethardy.com/category/city-hall/business-support/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com</link>
	<description>&#34;Hardy Arkansas&#039; Online News &#38; Resource Site&#34;</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Fri, 03 Feb 2012 18:05:19 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Shop Hardy Arkansas &#8211; Online!</title>
		<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/move-over-e-bay-etsy-here-comes-hardy-main-street-store-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/move-over-e-bay-etsy-here-comes-hardy-main-street-store-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 18:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Spotlight]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Support]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainstreethardy.com/?p=3523</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[In today&#8217;s tough economy small town business owners are constantly looking for creative and affordable ways to find buyers for their products and services. With Hardy, Ar. having a population just under 800 it is that much more difficult to run a profitable business. Many of the Main Street area merchants are geared toward our tourist [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/move-over-e-bay-etsy-here-comes-hardy-main-street-store-online/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>FOHA Request Starting To Happen!</title>
		<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/foha-request-starting-to-happen/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/foha-request-starting-to-happen/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 16:48:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainstreethardy.com/?p=3540</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When you wish for something long enough and hard enough they sometimes really do come true! When you stand strong and persist even when you feel alone, things still can come true too! With that said, Friends Of Hardy Arkansas (FOHA) is excited and happy to report that  our Mayor and the City appear to actually [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/foha-request-starting-to-happen/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Hardy Merchants Must Come Together</title>
		<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/hardy-merchants-must-come-together/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/hardy-merchants-must-come-together/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jan 2011 17:45:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street Hardy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainstreethardy.com/?p=3272</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[It is time to finally realize that the business community in Hardy is in desperate times. With this said, it is important that the businesses COME TOGETHER as a group and become a united organization, if not - then you may continue to see a decline in business and tourism in our area. The Mayor in an email over a [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/hardy-merchants-must-come-together/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>5</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Main Street Of Hardy, Inc &#8211; Goes Online</title>
		<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/main-street-of-hardy-inc-goes-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/main-street-of-hardy-inc-goes-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 16 Dec 2010 04:16:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Main Street Hardy]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainstreethardy.com/?p=3210</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We are excited and happy to announce that the official Main Street Organization -  Main Street Of Hardy, Inc which is part of the Main Street Arkansas program has announced that they are now officially online at their new website address located at www.mainstreethardyarkansas.org. This is the one and only official website address for the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/main-street-of-hardy-inc-goes-online/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Merchants On Main Street</title>
		<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/merchants-on-main-street/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/merchants-on-main-street/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Dec 2010 15:51:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Around Town]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Support]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainstreethardy.com/?p=3202</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[The merchants on Main Street wish to invite every local citizen  to remember that we are all part of your  neighborhood and just like any neighbor we enjoy your company too! So, if you haven&#8217;t recently taken the time to walk on Main Street and just browse the stores then we happily invite you to come [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/merchants-on-main-street/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>2</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>City Hall Please Support The  Main Street Program</title>
		<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/city-hall-please-support-the-main-street-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/city-hall-please-support-the-main-street-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Dec 2010 23:28:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[City Hall]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Viewpoint]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainstreethardy.com/?p=3169</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Times are hard on business and especially on budgets, but sometimes certain cost must be a priority for a city, especially for a city that much of it&#8217;s history is based on it&#8217;s tourism. In a memorandum put out on Monday Nov 29, just one day prior to the city budget meeting it was announced [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/city-hall-please-support-the-main-street-program/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Business Pointers For Newbies</title>
		<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/business-pointers-for-newbies/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/business-pointers-for-newbies/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Jun 2010 15:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainstreethardy.com/?p=1723</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Hi, I&#8217;m Steve Hunnicutt.  My wife and I have been business owners in Hardy for over thirty years.  We have seen many folks come and go who have tried to get a business going in Hardy.  Here are some pointers for anyone trying to open and run a successful business anywhere, especially in such a small [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/business-pointers-for-newbies/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>1</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Scale and the Public Sector in Tourism and Economic Development</title>
		<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/scale-and-the-public-sector-in-tourism-and-economic-development/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/scale-and-the-public-sector-in-tourism-and-economic-development/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainstreethardy.com/?p=427</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Many individual tourism-related businesses and attractions fail because they begin at the wrong scale. While finding a local entrepreneur often is an essential piece to building and tourism and economic development program you want, make sure that local person is supported in the same ways that I hope you support all local entrepreneurs. In particular, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/scale-and-the-public-sector-in-tourism-and-economic-development/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>The Experience-Based Society</title>
		<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/the-experience-based-society/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/the-experience-based-society/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:35:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainstreethardy.com/?p=424</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Now, more than in previous decades, people respond well to quality and taste. The trip is about the experience. People with more money to spend in your town are particularly apt to be sensitive to incongruous elements that seem to ruin the atmosphere. The most appealing towns and cities demonstrate that not every single building [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/the-experience-based-society/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>From One Tourist Attraction to More</title>
		<link>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/from-one-tourist-attraction-to-more/</link>
		<comments>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/from-one-tourist-attraction-to-more/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:34:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Business Support]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[training]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.mainstreethardy.com/?p=422</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Then you need a technique for converting one tourist attraction, which most locations already have, or can uncover or create, into more than one attraction. If you have one of something, attempt first to develop more attractions that people with similar interests would enjoy. Sometimes in smaller communities the additional attractions need to take the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://www.mainstreethardy.com/from-one-tourist-attraction-to-more/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>

