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2023 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Historic Rehabilitation Project The Bonanza Group Garanco, Inc. Architectural Design Associates, PLLC Watch The Award Video The Royall’s Building, located at 128 West Main Street in downtown Elkin, is the former Elkin Hospital and Turner Drug. It later became Royall’s Soda Shoppe and Drug Store, a beloved hangout for the community. But after almost one-hundred years, Royall’s closed its doors in January 2020. The Bonanza Group purchas

2023 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Outdoor Space Improvement Virgil and Mitzi Settle North State Design Group Wall Landscaping Watch The Award Video The Elkin RailYard, located at 203 West Depot Alley, was once a residential property, however, the house was removed in the 1990s, and the lot had been vacant and overgrown since that time. Virgil and Mitzi Settle purchased the lot with a vision to create an outdoor beer garden, reminiscent of the beer gardens found in Europ

2022 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Outdoor Space Improvement City of Salisbury Bell Tower Green, Inc. LandDesign Alfred C. Wilson and Company Watch The Award Video Jethro Rumple, author of the 1881 book “A History of Rowan County,” called for a “ place where inhabitants might refresh themselves by breathing the pure air that comes whispering through the rustling leaves of trees. ” One hundred forty years later, Rumple’s vision was realized in the creation of Bell Tower