Our board members represent diverse fields of expertise and experience, while sharing the same goal:
Invigorate the downtown Dayton businesses and local community.
The mission of MainStreet Dayton is to provide a cohesive vision and action plan for sustainability and future growth of businesses and preserve the historic heritage of Dayton.
MainStreet Dayton has been a Tennessee Main Street and Main Street America accredited program since 2006. The goal of MainStreet Dayton is to make downtown Dayton a destination through façade and building improvements, downtown events, and fantastic shops and restaurants. We strive to make downtown a thriving place for retail and commerce.
It is an honor to serve as the Executive Director of MainStreet Dayton. I have the opportunity to work with so many individuals whose enthusiasm for revitalizing downtown Dayton is contagious!
Thank you for your support of MainStreet Dayton!

Rachel Marshall
Executive Director


We’re on a continuous mission looking for ways to improve MainStreet Dayton.
Rachel Marshall – Executive Director
Randy Wells – Chairman
Kerry Nabors – Vice Chairman, Design Committee Chair
April Curtis – Secretary/Treasurer
Jim Barth, Economic Vitality Committee Chair
Dorothy Anderson, Organization Committee Chair
Richard DeArk, PumpkinFest Chair
Jamie Ridley – Imagination Library
Pat Guffey – Rhea Historical Society
Molli Tallent – Current Dayton Chamber of Commerce President
Allan Johnson – Black Ridge Realty
Julie York – Keener Marketing, Promotion Committee Chair
Alan Garrison – MonkeyTown Brewing
Alex Green – Rhea ECD
Hurley Marsh – City of Dayton Mayor
Jim Vincent – Rhea County Mayor