The Ardmore Initiative is a business district authority created by Lower Merion Township in 1993 to represent and promote the interests of commercial property owners in downtown Ardmore. The Ardmore Initiative administers facade improvement grants, provides Streetscape amenities and marketing of the commercial district.  It also funds and coordinates a "Clean and Green" program to maintain a welcoming and pleasant downtown.  AI produces several community events to entertain residents and enhance the visibility of Ardmore and its businesses to visitors and shoppers. The Ardmore Initiative offers its businesses a variety of print and online marketing opportunities including newsletters, website and calendar listings and group advertising with local media. 

The Ardmore Initiative is a recognized National Trust for Historic Preservation Main Street program, and was named as one of the top ten performing programs in Pennsylvania in 2008-09. The Initiative was also instrumental in Ardmore being names a Classic Town by the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission in 2009.  These designations showcase Ardmore as an already vibrant, sustainable and livable small town, poised for growth. 

In 2009, The Ardmore Initiative created the Ardmore Community Development Fund, a 501-C-3 non-profit organization to provide programs and services that enhance the quality of life in our community, and to support not only the work of the Ardmore Initiative but that of other civic and community groups working to create and maintain a vibrant Ardmore.  Your tax-deductible contribution to the Ardmore Community Development Fund will help us keep Ardmore a wonderful town in which to live, work, shop or play!

For more information about the Ardmore Initiative, the Ardmore Community Development Fund, our programs or sponsorship and marketing opportunities please contact Exectutive Director Christine Vilardo by email or at 610-645-0540.

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