Main Street Vero Beach is a group of interested residents, property
owners, government, business, and professional people dedicated to
the promotion of civic pride and community involvement in the historic
downtown area. This association works to make downtown Vero Beach
an attractive, safe place to live, shop, work and play.
MSVB Membership
Join Main Street Vero Beach! We
offer a host of opportunities for you to network your business, meet
our members and be involved in our efforts. Tell the community about
your services or products by setting up a booth or table for a reduced
rate at our well attended events or join one of our fun & friendly
committees. Help us define and set
new goals for MSVB, the downtown merchants, service organizations,
property owners and residents.
Downtown Vero Beach
Take a tour of Historic
Downtown Vero Beach. We have a lot to offer including restaurants
& small cafes, retail shops, service businesses, recreation,
museums & galleries and entertainment & events.
About our Events
Main Street Vero Beach organizes and supports several events throughout
the year in Historic Downtown Vero Beach. Visit our News
& Upcoming Events to read about the next one & make
sure to treat the family to a day or night of fun!
If
you would like to participate as a vendor including businesses, crafters,
artists, community organizations or food & drink sales, visit
either the Downtown Friday page,
the Hibiscus
Festival page or the Green Market page
for more information.
For a vendor application
to participate in our next event, CLICK
HERE.
MAIN STREET NEWS
Main Street Vero Beach Appoints New Main Street Director
Terry T. Torres, President of Main Street Vero Beach (MSVB) has announced that Maria Kovachev has been appointed as the new Main Street Director. Ms. Kovachev is responsible to develop and support the economic development and beautification of historic downtown Vero Beach as well as promoting its awareness while interfacing with local businesses, government and local organizations.
“Maria has come to us with a wide spectrum of experience in the areas that will achieve the four-point Florida Main Street approach which consists of design, organization, promotion and economic restructuring of our downtown sector” states Torres. “We have been a Main Street city since the late 1990’s. Working with previous Main Street Directors, along with a solid Board of Directors and the assistance from the City of Vero Beach, we have made many strides and positive changes for downtown, “ adds Torres. “We are excited about our next phase for growth and are certain that Maria will help lead us in that direction.”
Vero Beach City Manager agrees with Torres. “I am very pleased the Main Street organization has hired a new Director,” says Gabbard. “I am personally meeting with Ms. Korvachev and will invite her to attend a City Council meeting. The City is looking forward to Main Street progressing in meeting their mission and working with Ms. Kovachev in doing so. This is a win-win for us all.”
Ms. Kovachev received her MBA in Marketing from Iona College in New Rochelle , NY . She has worked in all forms of marketing and fundraising for world-wide companies and local non profits for nearly thirty years and for the past five years, utilized her skills in the field of real estate. She is a member of the Realtors Association of Indian River County and the Indian River County Chamber of Commerce.
Ms. Kovachev is currently working from the Indian River County Cultural Council office in the historic Theatre Plaza located at 2036 14th Avenue in downtown and can be reached at 772-480-8353 or by email at maria@mainstreetverobeach.org.
2008
Hibiscus Festival a Huge Success
Sunshine,
throngs of people, happy faces, families playing in the park
and lots of colorful flowers bloomed at this year’s Hibiscus
Festival. An estimated five thousand or more people jammed
downtown Vero Beach to enjoy all the festivities, from the sold-out
Pancake Breakfast, to continuous street-wide live entertainment,
over 100 booths, 160 5K runners, the most delicious farmers market
ever, 300 children enjoying the kids activities, and 5 hours
of area children singing and dancing at the Rotary Club’s
Salute to Youth stage. The 2008 Festival witnessed the largest
crowds, sold the most booth space and had the most runners participating,
while introducing three new successful facets to the already
exciting line-up that included a Coin Show, Highwayman Art Show
and post festival community street party.
Organizers
are already planning for 2009 when they hope to introduce even
more expanded features to the popular and much anticipated city-wide
Festival of the year. To become a member of the planning
committee, or to participate in next year’s event, call
Chair Milt Thomas at 567-2897, or Beverly Paris at
234-4412.
