1. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Business Owner of the Year Herman Todd, President Living Word Imprints

2. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

3. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

4. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Production Rooms

5. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Showroom

6. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Working with the students of the Micro- Business Incubator Program

7. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Flier and Brochure created by MBI Students

8. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Featured Articles of Living Word Imprints

9. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Community Involvement

10. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Connecticut Main Street Center Executive Director of the Year Marilyn Risi Upper Albany Main Street

11. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown

12. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Nadine Francis West, Metro Hartford Alliance meeting with business owners Mayor Eddie Perez, City of Hartford Visiting Albany Avenue Denise Best, Upper Albany Main Street Dollie McLean, Artist Collective Kwanza Celebration Building Partnerships National Regional City Local Mayor Eddie Perez, City of Hartford, visiting Albany Avenue Nadine Francis West, Metro Hartford Alliance, meeting with business owners Denise Best, Upper Albany Main Street Dollie McLean, Artists Collective, Kwanza Celebration Dick Moe, National Trust for Historic Preservation, visiting Hartford

13. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Community Safety Initiative Local Initiative Support Corporation, Chief of Police Daryl Roberts and Upper Albany Main Street CT Department of Transportation Planning Merchants Association Planning

14. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Deputy Chief John Horvath guest speaker at the 2008 MBI Kick-Off Public Safety Community Reception Community Policing Craig Francis CSO visiting Upper Albany

15. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown Activities Hartford Courant Insert Student Committee MBI Students with Rose Fret of Dream Travel and Escapes 2004 University of Hartford SIFE Team Marilyn with the 2007 MBI Class Opening Day for Mac the Vac Anti-litter campaign

16. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown 2008 National Main Street Program Awards and Recognitions Best Economic Development Program in CT 2004, Eddy Best Inner City Urban 2005, Eddy Neighborhood Builders Award 2004, Bank of America National Exposition 2005, SIFE Hartford Rising Star 2003, MetroHartford Alliance

17. Connecticut Main Street Center 2008 Awards Presentation Charting Your Course to a Vibrant Downtown She has worked tirelessly and effectively for eight years in creating and developing one of the finest community organizations I have ever worked with. That success has not only helped revitalize the community, but it has also enriched the University. Walter Harrison, President University of Hartford