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2018 Best Public-Private Partnership in Downtown Revitalization Goldsboro, NC Watch Video HERE! In partnership with the National Main Street Center, OneMain Financial created a grant program and awarded six $25,000 Action Grants for innovative community transformation projects across the country. Goldsboro, the first grant recipient, developed a project that would further enhance its economic development strategy as the center for arts and cultural development in Wayne Cou

2017 Best Innovation Clayton, NC The Paper Company co-working space in Clayton, NC 114 West Main Street began as a car dealership in the 1920's and in 1986, became the North Carolina Paper Company, a wholesale paper goods distributor. The Paper Company mostly used the building as storage, occupying less than 2,000 square feet. In 2016, Reid and Jaclyn Smith and Brad and Stephanie Carrol purchased the building with plans to convert it to office space, utilizing 10,000 square f

2017 Best Innovation Goldsboro, NC One of many "Cool Projects" in downtown Goldsboro, NC This project is a culmination of cool, fun, artful amenities in downtown Goldsboro that are intended to add interest to the district. The $16,000 in "Cool Projects" incorporates nine quote boards, a "We love Downtown" photo contest with over 7,000 impressions, public art sculptures on three blocks of Center Street, a public piano, three alley enhancements, "Do It Downtown" sidewalk signs,