Batesville, IN — Batesville Main Street has a new Executive Director.
Amy Pretzer is an Ohio native who has lived in Batesville for the past year.
She previously lived in Orlando, Florida where she worked in the student/youth travel industry, which she says involves dealing with vendors, restaurants, booking hotels, and other facets related to tourist attractions for students.
Pretzer has an accounting degree and is experienced in working with small businesses.
“When I was interviewing for this job, they wanted to know what I would do my first 100 days. It’s really just learning everybody, learning how all of the different foundations, organizations, the city, all work together…see what worked in the past, what hasn’t, try to make everything work together and just basically coming up with a plan in the first 100 days…what do we want to focus on?,” Pritzer said.
Pretzer started her duties on Tuesday and has spent a lot of time meeting local leaders and community members.
“I’m excited to be here,” Pritzer said. “I’m excited to jump in and get stuff done, learn about everybody, meet everybody. I’m just ready to go!”
Pretzer succeeds Tina Longstreth, who announced her resignation in July after three years as Main Street director.
Longstreth was the first paid Executive Director for the organization, thanks to a generous donation from the John A. Hillenbrand Foundation.
