You have to get up pretty early to keep up with the folks at Main Street Wayne. The All Hands Committee, the governing body of the organization in this northeast Nebraska college town, meets every Tuesday at 8 a. m. It adjourns at 9 a.m. and whatever is left on the agenda generally rolls over to the next week. And, the committee votes every so often to decide if they want to keep meeting every week at the early hour ... and the answer is always the same. Yes. As one member put it, the group has been so successful and has such great momentum they are afraid NOT to meet weekly. The schedule is invaluable in the days and weeks prior to a promotion or other planned activity. Rather than having to put a special meeting together to talk about the annual Christmas parade of lights, the event just naturally comes up on the weekly agenda. That avoids any last minute surprises and makes for a smooth flow of assigned tasks.
Main Street Wayne has established a strong working relationship with Wayne State College. Members of the faculty and student body serve on the All Hands Committee. Main Street has also added a downtown element to the nationally recognized Chicken Show. It’s called Henoween and it happens the night before the annual Chicken Show when several blocks of downtown are cordoned off for games such as frozen chicken bowling, a talent show, a free live stage show and food vendors, carnival rides and the ever popular painted concrete chicken art auction. For the All Hands Committee, it’s all about downtown.
Main Street Wayne has established a strong working relationship with Wayne State College. Members of the faculty and student body serve on the All Hands Committee. Main Street has also added a downtown element to the nationally recognized Chicken Show. It’s called Henoween and it happens the night before the annual Chicken Show when several blocks of downtown are cordoned off for games such as frozen chicken bowling, a talent show, a free live stage show and food vendors, carnival rides and the ever popular painted concrete chicken art auction. For the All Hands Committee, it’s all about downtown.
