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2022 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Outdoor Space Improvement Mount Airy Downtown, Inc. Mount Airy Tourism Development Authority City of Mount Airy Mount Airy Public Works Department Surrey Bank & Trust JEKS Watch The Award Video Andy Griffith was a North Carolina icon, actor, musician, writer, and a lifelong advocate for the arts. The Andy Griffith Plaza Project was led by Mount Airy Downtown, Incorporated, in partnership with the Mount Airy Tourism Development Authorit

2022 NC Main Street Award: Economic Vitality Best Adaptive Reuse Project American Bank of the Carolinas Steve Buxbaum Union County Entrepreneurs Town of Waxhaw Watch The Award Video Downtown Waxhaw is well known for its restaurants and entertainment but is often not the first thought for local shopping. Waxhaw’s Main Street Program has a list of more than forty businesses that wish to locate in downtown, but there has been limited available space. That changed when Mark He

2022 NC Main Street Award: Economic Vitality Best Infill Building Project InStep Properties, LLC Belmont Main Street Program City of Belmont Watch The Award Video The original Belmont train station was constructed in 1910 as a water stop for trains along the Norfolk Southern railway. The station is now a popular restaurant and bar, with a cycle shop in the rear. Realizing the need for additional retail and restaurant space in Downtown Belmont, the owners of the train stati