Can your current data-management system be sung to the tune of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”*?
*Sample verses:
12 scary Access files ~ 10 Excel spreadsheets ~ 8 outdated Word files ~ 6 random business cards ~ 4 scraps of paper ~ and 1 very frazzled director
Whistle a happier tune with the Main Streets Database Template, one easy-to-use database** for all your needs!
**Partridge in pear tree not included.
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New release features unlimited events and memberships, detailed job tracking, more convenient features built in and comprehensive documentation! Only $395!
(Upgrades $75; city- and state-wide programs, call for bulk pricing)
Developed by a Main Street manager and volunteer and used by dozens of downtown organizations across the country, the Main Streets Database Template is designed to track the information you need, with layouts and reports that make sense for the way downtown programs work.
“As a technophobe, I can say that using this template has made
it possible for me to have a functional, accessible database—
which I use constantly!”
Maggie Cohn, Mission Hill Main Streets, Boston
The Main Streets Database Template tracks all your contacts, businesses and properties in layouts that make sense for the way downtown organizations work. The template, based on many years of actual use in a Main Street program and discussions with numerous managers, can be used for many tasks, from very simple tasks (generating a contact list of board members) to extremely complicated ones (devising a fair assessment formula for a Business Improvement District). It can generate many helpful reports (from vacancies to volunteer hours), make zip-sorted mailing labels, and many other routine tasks—all from one easy-to-use database.
“This template has saved me so much time with its user-friendly design.
And even better. . . it was designed by a Main Street manager.”
Kelly Tynan, West Roxbury Main Streets, West Roxbury, Massachusetts
The template uses FileMaker Pro software, available from www.filemaker.com. You must own FileMaker Pro in order to use this template. (You must own a FileMaker license for each networked computer from which you are accessing the template.) We built the template using FileMaker Pro because we think it’s great, user-friendly, affordable software. FileMaker Pro is available for both PC and Mac. It’s easy to import your existing data into FileMaker Pro and it’s also easy to export from FileMaker Pro for mail-merges or other uses.
“The MAIN STREETS DATABASE TEMPLATE was a breeze to install and begin using. Leave it to a fellow Main Street manager to have already addressed our most pressing needs. The first project we undertook was preparing our annual BID assessments, an always tedious task, made simpler by using this wonderful product.”
Jeane Meyers, Burleigh Street BID, Milwaukee
City- or state-wide programs wishing to use multiple copies should contact us about free customization with bulk purchase. The template includes helpful documentation and comes with one year of free technical support. Downtown Diva can also provide data preparation and importation and training for a fee.
“Although I was unfamiliar with FileMaker Pro, I was immediately able to use the MAIN STREETS DATABASE TEMPLATE. I’ve received tremendous customer service whenever I’ve needed assistance in maximizing the features of the program.”
Darlene Drapkin, Urban Transformation, Oakland, California
We welcome questions, comments and, of course, purchases. Please contact us.
“This database is incredible! I had been working off an Excel spreadsheet for years.
The amount of time and thought you've put into this just amazes me.
I thought that I'd have to spend $5,000 or more for a database of this value.”
Brian Morris, Downtown Action Team, Albuquerque, New Mexico