While The Dalles was not picked to be featured on the “Small Business Revolution” program, civic leaders are enthused about the amount of community involvement it generated, and believe it can lead to great things in the future. Don Warren of The Dalles Main Street program, which helped lead the effort to get the community to campaign, says a lot of the business owners in The Dalles are now younger people bringing a new energy to move forward. Warren says while the Main Street group is focused on downtown, they’ve been working with other groups in the community to better work together to advance economic development and continue to build civic pride.