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2018 Best Downtown Special Event or Event Series Lenoir, NC Lenoir’s Carolina Tattoo and Arts Gathering is special event that is designed to attract the creative class in an authentic and overwhelmingly creative way. The furniture industry initially brought the creative class to Lenoir, and now it is done through data centers such as Google. Lenoir’s new brand, “TOGETHER WE CREATE,” and the Tattoo and Arts Gathering illustrate Lenoir’s “WE CREATE” spirit. The Gathering

2017 Small Town Main Street Awards – Promotion Warrenton and Edenton, NC The stamped passport qualifies tourists to register online for prizes and drawings. Discover History Worth Repeating was conceived as a collaboration project between the towns of Edenton, Halifax and Warrenton to promote tourism in some of North Carolina’s most historic communities. The promotion highlights seminal moments in state and national history such as the Halifax Resolves that predates the Dec

2017 Best Image-Building Campaign Garner, NC New website and branding for Garner, NC Downtown Garner's branding refresh began with a long-planned redesign of the downtown Garner website, www.downtowngarner.com , and morphed into a comprehensive, three-pronged approach to brand identity development and mobilization. Phase 1 of the project began with a mobile-responsive website built on a WordPress platform for easy updating and customization, plus a refreshed brand with a stan