About Us

 Introduction

The Bellevue Renaissance Committee was established in 2003, and is significantly impacting the Fairfield Avenue Historic District. The Committee is associated with the National Trust for Historic Preservation’s Main Street Center , Kentucky Heritage Council, and the Kentucky Renaissance on Main Program. The Main Street Four-Point Approach to Commercial Revitalization has been a successful tool for downtowns in more then a thousand towns and cities throughout the country.   
 

 Purpose

The purpose of the Bellevue Renaissance Committee is to promote and assist with the development and revitalization activities in the designated Bellevue renaissance area, which is located on Fairfield Avenue .  This would include targeting vacant and dilapidated structures for redevelopment, building and improving streetscape, targeting retail businesses / retail service recruitment, and the promotion of the downtown area.  This is to be done through the National Main Street Center’s four-point approach: design, organization, promotion, and economic restructuring. The four points described below are the keys to the success of the Main Street approach:  

1)   Organization means getting everyone working toward the same goal.  The tough work of building consensus and cooperation among the groups that have an important stake in the district can be eased by using the common-sense formula of a volunteer-driven program, and an organizational structure of boards and committees. 

2)    Promotion means selling the image and promise of Main Street to all prospects.  By marketing the district’s unique characteristics to shoppers, investors, new businesses, and visitors, an effective promotion strategy forges a positive image through advertising, retail promotional activity, special events, and marketing campaigns carried out by local volunteers.

3)    Design means getting Main Street into top physical shape.  Capitalizing on its best assets- such as historic buildings and traditional downtown layout- is just part of the story.  An inviting atmosphere created through window displays, parking areas, signs, sidewalks, street lights, and landscaping conveys a visual message about what Main Street is and what it has to offer.

4)    Economic Restructuring means finding a new purpose for Main Street ’s enterprises.  By helping existing downtown businesses expand and recruiting new ones to respond to today’s market, Main Street Programs help convert unused space into productive property and sharpen the competitiveness of business enterprises. 

The Mission of the Bellevue Renaissance Committee is to serve the Northern Kentucky community of Bellevue by stimulating the vitality of the designated Bellevue renaissance area by fostering proactive community efforts and public-private partnerships concentrating on organization, promotion, design, and economic restructuring.

 Vision Statement

The designated Bellevue Renaissance area will be a resurgent, beautiful, vivacious, and opportunistic community where individuals and families work, reside, and find entertainment.

 Membership

Any individual or business is welcome to become a member of the Bellevue Renaissance Committee.  One does not need to be a member to attend meetings and participate in events and activities sponsored by the Committee.  Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month at 7pm at the Callahan Community Center, located behind the City Building at 616 Poplar Street, Bellevue, KY.  Please call (859) 431-8866 for more information. 

 Bellevue Renaissance Committee Board Members

Charlie Cleves -- Cleves & Lonnemann Jewelers -- Chair  
Beverly Nelson -- Bella on the Avenue -- Vice Chair  
Joe Shuff -- National City Bank -- Secretary

Jody Robinson -- City of Bellevue -- Treasurer 
Laura Popham -- Fusion Gallery

Barb Wiedeman -- Cozy Cottage
Jack Schneider -- Schneider's Sweet Shop

Jerry Freeman -- Alcraft/Vespa Bellevue 

    Alternates:

    Terry Hatton -- VSP, Veterans Security, Andy Frain Security 
    Jim Knight -- Mrs. Teapots

    Beth McGrath -- Crone Cottage