MAIN STREET NEWS

2016 Best Fundraising Effort Cherryville, NC Cherryville puts on a successful fundraiser The Cherryville Main Street Program wanted to procure outdoor furniture for the Cherryville Mini-Park in order to improve its appearance and increase its use. The small, downtown park served as the primary site for festivals and events but it had otherwise been rarely used due to a lack of seating. The Cherryville Main Street Program proposed to raise half of the estimated $12,000 cost th

2016 Best Public-Private Partnership Spruce Pine, NC Spruce Pine, NC creates a wayfinding plan for growth Following construction of a local bypass highway, Spruce Pine Main Street found it necessary to develop a signage improvement program to direct people to Spruce Pine and to significant landmarks and destinations within its downtown district. In 2012, the Spruce Pine Main Street Design & Beautification Committee began developing a plan to create, construct and install deco

2016 Best Public-Private Partnership Concord, NC Adaptation of the historic Bell and Harris-Maxwell Brothers Furniture Store resulted in the construction of 26 market-rate apartments Lofts 29 is an adaptive reuse project of the historic Bell and Harris-Maxwell Brothers Furniture Store building which resulted in the construction of 26 market-rate apartments, the first of their kind, in Downtown Concord. The City of Concord had owned the vacant building, a contributing property