The Main Street Volunteer of the Year Award is Ed Butch with Main Street Kent.
Meet Ed Butch, volunteer extraordinaire for Main Street Kent. Ed was recruited by a fellow Main Street Kent volunteer to help with decorations and props for our popular Wizardly Weekend event several years ago, and the rest is history.
Ed’s first contribution to Main Street Kent came in 2018, when he made plans to build a giant faux brick wall in the middle of the street for our main photo opportunity at the Wizardly World of Kent event. He was scheduled to be out of the country for work at the time of the actual event, so he developed a plan and managed to pull together the materials and construction of this massive spectacle without even being here.
From there, Ed’s role has evolved from decorations subcommittee chair to The Run That Shall Not Be Named 5 3/4 K race coordinator, to now the main event chair in 2022.
Where Ed sees a need, he steps in and makes things happen. In 2021, Ed was invited to complete a Main Street Kent Board Member application, as he had proven what a dedicated, hard-working Main Streeter he had become. He was brought onto the leadership team and continues his momentum through a variety of projects and events.