MAIN STREET NEWS

Carol Maxwell, Ron McCollum, and Celeste Burkhardt are the Foothills Farmers Market staff. They work tirelessly throughout the year to...

Willard is one of those volunteers who brings energy, knowledge, and positivity to every committee he serves on. Since moving to...

With roots in the field of horticulture, Jessica Smith is an invaluable asset to Uptown Roxboro. In 2015, Jessica approached the City...

Ed Wiley III and Yalem Kiros believed if they opened a restaurant in Downtown Rocky Mount, ensuring the food was absolutely delicious,...

Cindy Pardue is the Executive Director of the Wilkes Art Gallery, a non-profit arts-based organization located in downtown North...

The Downtown Newton Development Association is honored to name Summer Jenkins as our North Carolina Main Street Champion. Summer is...

Downtown Morehead City, Inc., proudly acknowledges Captain Steve Miller as our North Carolina Main Street Champion. Captain Steve not...

“Cotton” and Vickie Ketchie are the epitomes of Main Street Champions.  With a successful business on Main Street in Mooresville for over...

Rachel Withrow purchased Crooked Door Coffee House in Downtown Marion in 2013, at the age 22, and has grown the business exponentially....

The staff of the City of Lexington’s Business and Community Development office has been instrumental in assisting Uptown Lexington in...

Pete Bogle is the "go to" person in our downtown for architectural design, creative re-use ideas, and advocacy for historic buildings and...

Wendy Moore puts her heart and soul into where she lives and works …. downtown. Professionally, Wendy co-owns Purple Porch Properties,...

Steve Owen started growing his business in downtown Brevard in 2000, and now, nearly 20 years later, the business has grown into a...

Downtown runs in the blood of John and Jennifer Church, owners of the Historic Chronicle Mill. From holding positions on the Belmont Main...

Nancy Lipe shows what it means to be a Main Street Champion on a day to day basis. Almost everything she does in her personal and...

Kasey Zumalt is an ambitious business owner in the heart of downtown Aberdeen who goes above and beyond the general requirements to...

2017 Small Town Main Street Awards – Promotion Warrenton and Edenton, NC Discover History Worth Repeating was conceived as a...

2017 Best Outdoor Space Improvement Sanford, NC Nine of the seventeen municipal service district blocks in downtown Sanford were...

2017 Best Historic Rehabilitation Project Wilson, NC The 1892 Rountree-Roney-Brett House, located at 206 Nash Street, was acquired by...

2017 Best Historic Rehabilitation Project Tryon, NC The Missildines, Bank and Jackson buildings, located at 13-17 South Trade Street,...

2017 Best Facade Rehabilitation Project for More Than $15,000 Boone, NC The Appalachian Theatre, located at 555 West King Street, was...

2017 Best Facade Rehabilitation Project for Less Than $15,000 Smithfield, NC In 2017, the former Capital Department Store, located at...

2017 Best Historic Rehabilitation Project Goldsboro, NC The Goldsboro Drug Company building, c. 1885, located at 101 North Center Street,...