Board of Directors

If you are interested in becoming a Board Member, please review the following information about Board Member responsibilities and complete our brief application. Alberta Main Street considers applications on a rolling basis depending on current vacancies and expiring terms.

Our Mission: Alberta Main Street advances efforts to develop Alberta Street as a vibrant, creative, equitable, and sustainable commercial district serving residents and visitors to our community.

About Us

• We believe that our business district is distinctive

• We believe that a community can only be as healthy, vibrant, and active as its members are willing to make it

• We believe that we can make an impact on the preservation of that which makes us unique

Board Member Requirements

Each Board member should have or provide one or more of the following:

1. A demonstrated interest in our mission and goals

2. Specific experience in and/or knowledge of administration, finance, program development, advertising, public relations, district business activity, communications, design, or economic development

3. Representation of a public or private sector organization in or active in the district

4. A significant time commitment of 8-10 hours per month

Term: Two years

Board Member Responsibilities

Collectively, the Alberta Main Street Board assumes legal and philosophical responsibility for all program activities. The Board is solely responsible for establishing program policy, approving the annual budget, and determining the program's goals. Members are expected to serve on one or more of these committees.

All Board Members have responsibility for governance, fundraising, and being an ambassador of the program within the community.

Board Members:

1. Support Board decisions, even when he or she may disagree personally with the majority decision.

2. Understand the mission of Alberta Main Street and promote the goals and activities of the program to his or her own constituent groups and to the district as a whole.

3. Attend and participate in monthly Board Meetings on the first Monday of every month from 6:30 – 7:30 PM.

4. Actively participate in Board work groups, specific activities, or projects promoted by the Board, which may include: committees, fundraising, outreach, and representation on behalf of the program at meetings and/or events.

5. Attend the training programs and workshops held annually by Portland and National Main Street programs.

6. Contribute knowledge, financial resources, and labor to the Main Street program.

7. Offer opinions honestly, without reservation, and in a constructive way. Encourage staff and other Board members to express their opinions openly in Board meetings.

8. Does not commit more time to the Main Street program than he or she can realistically contribute.

9. Promote unity within the organization and seek to resolve internal conflicts.

10. Encourage orderly, systematic, and incremental implementations of our work plan, discouraging the Board from being distracted by secondary issues or projects not included in our annual work plan.

11. They are loyal to the program and honor their commitment to it.

Representation

Alberta Main Street must look at the future of Alberta Street from a holistic perspective. It is critical that Board Members can actively and effectively represent one or more constituencies in our community.