Overview Saco Main Street is the nonprofit that keeps downtown Saco, Maine busy. It runs the city's signature community events, markets the historic Main Street district and supports the small businesses along it, and it is a nationally accredited Main Street America program. The Community Champion program is its year-round partnership: one annual commitment that funds the whole operation rather than a single event. On site Champions show up everywhere Saco Main Street does. The top levels put a logo on every event poster, give the partner booth space at the events with vendor areas (Pride in the Park, the Saco Arts Festival, Bark in the Park, the Pumpkin Harvest Festival and the Main Street Market), and add a monthly feature in the newsletter and on social media. The Platinum Champion also picks one event to present, with presenting-level naming and benefits, and gets first right of refusal to renew. Audience Deeply local. Saco Main Street's audience lives in, works in or regularly visits downtown Saco and the neighboring city of Biddeford, and it spans generations, from young families at the fall festival to longtime residents at the holiday parade. These are people who make a point of shopping local and who remember which businesses put on the events they love. Talent and Influencers Each season brings local bands to the Music on Main summer series, juried artists to the Saco Arts Festival, a K-9 demonstration and trick trainers at Bark in the Park, and Santa himself, who closes the Parade of Lights riding the city fire boat. Executive Director Angie Presby and a board of local business owners lead the program, and volunteers staff every event. Track record Saco Main Street recently marked its 25th anniversary. Its events draw thousands of people across the year, with the Pumpkin Harvest Festival alone bringing thousands of visitors downtown each fall, and its Saco Bucks Saturday shopping day has been covered live on WMTW. The Saco Arts Festival is more than half a century old. Brand presence Current Community Champions include Saco & Biddeford Savings, Town & Country Federal Credit Union, Tekto Knives, Saco House of Pizza, PM Construction and Sweets & Co, and event sponsors have included Bangor Savings Bank, Renewal by Andersen, PeoplesChoice Credit Union and Jack Chevrolet. Levels run from Bronze to a single, exclusive Platinum Champion, and the organization will build multi-year or in-kind packages on request.