Each year, Main Street Mount Pleasant submits projects and events to the statewide Main Street Awards competition. Awards are presented during the State's Annual Main Street Awards Dinner. Award winning projects for Mount Pleasant include:
2010
Best Fund Drive/Campaign/Project/Event
Honorable Mention: Annual Wine and Beer Tasting
Best of the Best 1986-2011
Winner: Exterior Improvement Grant Program
2009
Best Fund Drive/Campaign/Project/Event
Honorable Mention: Midwest Old Threshers Campground Store
Best Promotion Retail Event
Honorable Mention: Get Punched Holiday Promotion
2008
Best Promotion Holiday Event
Winner: Trick or Treat on Main
Best Promotion Special Event
Honorable Mention: The Great Gobble
2007
Best Design Committee Project-Education/Preservation
Winner: Exterior Improvement Grant
Best Promotion Utilizing a Partnership Effort
Honorable Mention: Good Ol' Summertime Festival/Gus Macker
2006
Best Total Building Rehabilitation-Over 5,000 square feet
Winner: Mount Pleasant Public Library & Civic Center
2005
Best Fa'ade Improvement-$10,000 and Under
Winner: Premier Prom & Bridal Boutique
Best Fund Drive/Campaign/Project/Event
Honorable Mention: Light Our Downtown
Community Design Excellence Award
Mount Pleasant Public Library