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2016 Best Image Building Campaign Rutherfordton, NC Rutherfordton showcases its new "A Minted Original" brand A concerted effort to revitalize Rutherfordton began in 2013 with citizens involved in the town's NC STEP Committee. Arnett Muldrow & Associates helped Rutherfordton develop its new brand, "A Minted Original," which plays off the town's history as the home of the former Bechtler Mint which produced America's first $1 gold coin. The new brand has been used for signage,

2016 Small Town Main Street – Best Promotion Mayodan, NC Hay bale sculptures pepper the town of Mayodan during the annual Hayodan fall festival Hayodan, the Mayodan Hay Bale Sculpture Project, is an annual fall event sponsored jointly by the Town of Mayodan and the Mayodan Downtown Merchants Association. Businesses, non-profits, school groups, citizens and others, sponsor and decorate large, round hay bales, transforming them into works of art that are displayed at sponsor si