Town of Roann is now a member of Main Street

By Joseph Slacian

jslacian@thepaperofwabash.com

ROANN – The Town of Roann is now part of the Main Street Indiana program.



Town officials received a letter of the acceptance into the program, overseen by the Office of Community and Rural Affairs, on Tuesday, Feb. 19.



Indiana Main Street encourages community driven revitalization of downtown areas in Indiana cities and towns, according to the OCRA web page.



The community has been working about three years on the Main Street Indiana application process, according to Jo Ellen Nelson, who headed up the Roann Community Heritage Committee.



“We’re really excited,” she told The Paper of Wabash County. “It’s taken a lot of time to get everything together. We’re all very excited to read that mail.”



Roann Clerk-Treasurer Bob Ferguson also was happy to hear the news.



“I am so excited about having a Main Street organization in the Town of Roann,” he said. “This is an integrate part as we push together to the next level of improving our community and making Roann a great place for workers to live, and grow.

