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The Downtown Hendersonville Opportunity Fund exemplifies innovation, collaboration, and a deep commitment to small business resilience.

The restoration of the Harvey has not only restored a beloved landmark but redefined what’s possible for downtown revitalization in New Bern.

“Buck Wild” is a creative, high-impact retail promotion energized downtown Morganton and delivered real results for local businesses.

Osage Mill in Bessemer City is a shining example of historic preservation, community revitalization, and economic innovation.

The Downtown Pittsboro Pop-Up Park has redefined what’s possible for public space in a small town.

The Pine-Nash Redevelopment is a partnership that exemplifies the power of collaboration.

The rehabilitation of the Sanford Savings and Loan Building exemplifies the powerful intersection of historic preservation and economic innovation.

2023 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Outdoor Space Improvement City of Reidsville Reidsville Kiwanis Reidsville Rotary Reidsville Area Foundation Carolina Park & Play ToyMakerz Smith Carolina Corporation Elizabeth Hester Ward Watch The Award Video Sky’s the Limit All-Inclusive Park is located at 119 North Main Street in downtown Reidsville. It began with a citizen who contacted the city’s marketing director and offered to give the city an Aircoupe airplane. Soon after tha

2023 NC Main Street Award: Economic Vitality Best Endangered Properties Rescue Effort Rehab Development Level 2 Development Rehab Builders Rehab Engineering Dunn & Dalton Architects Downtown Goldsboro Development Corporation City of Goldsboro Wayne County Watch The Award Video This project began in 2015 with six unused, underutilized, and vacant buildings, located at two 100% corners in downtown Goldsboro. 200, 204, and 206 East Walnut Street, 102 South John Street, 135 and 1

2023 NC Main Street Award: Promotion Best Downtown Special Event or Event Series NC Freedom Fest, Inc. City of Goldsboro Seymour Johnson Air Force Base Downtown Goldsboro Development Corporation United Way of Wayne County Goldsboro Elks Watch The Award Video North Carolina Freedom Fest is a military and first-responders’ appreciation festival designed to bring those groups together with the community to thank those who serve, in a family-friendly setting in Downtown Goldsbor

2023 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Outdoor Space Improvement Greg and Paula Stafford Town of Pittsboro Chatham County NC Department of Transportation Hobbs Architects, PA Emerson Land Planning, PLLC Lynch Mykins Structural Engineers, PC Barton Associates Consulting Engineers Barringer Construction SOLUTIONS Watch The Award Video The SoCo Patio, located at 39 West Street, is a new event, dining, and nightlife destination across the street from the historic Chatham Courtho

2023 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Historic Rehabilitation Project REF Properties West Depot Architecture Moore & Associates Engineering & Consulting, Inc. Kilian Engineering, Inc. A La Carla by Carla Timmons Design Watch The Award Video The former Coca-Cola bottling plant, located at 134 Moore Avenue in downtown Mount Airy, was constructed in 1925, and operated as a bottling facility until the early 1960’s. The 8,000 sq. ft Colonial Revival style building was partially

2023 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Facade Rehabilitation for More Than $15,000 Michael Basnight and Jamie Hatchell, Owners of the Pioneer Theater Melissa Dickerson, Town Manager, Town of Manteo Watch The Award Video The Pioneer Theater opened its doors in 1918 in downtown Manteo, and the theater was operated continuously by the Creef family until November 2022, making it the oldest family-owned small theater in the country. The owners made the difficult decision to close

2023 NC Main Street Award: Promotion Best Downtown Special Event or Event Series The Parenting PATH White Elephant Beer Company Pilot Mountain Main Street Coordinating Committee Town of Pilot Mountain Watch The Award Video The Pilot Mountain Outdoor Adventure Festival & Expo is a multi-day, multi-location event meant to highlight vendors and small-scale manufacturers from the outdoor recreation industry in a street festival setting, while highlighting the unique characteristi

2023 NC Main Street Award: Organization Best Healthy Communities Initiative Manteo Main Street Town of Manteo Watch The Award Video The Manteo Downtown Market, located along the waterfront and boardwalk on George Washington Creef Park, is the longest-running farmers market in Dare County, with up to 65 participating vendors each year. What the market was missing was an opportunity to engage the youth of the community, connecting young entrepreneurs with a more mature generati

2023 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Facade Rehabilitation for Less Than $15,000 Laurie Milligan Watch The Award Video The Frazier Building, located at 209 West Main Street in Elkin, North Carolina, was purchased by Laurie Milligan in the fall of 2021 for $165,000. The building had some exterior decay around the doors and windows, and a patchwork of paint that had been randomly added over the years. The Elkin Main Street program, on behalf of Ms. Milligan, requested a faca

2023 NC Main Street Award: Economic Vitality Best Adaptive Reuse Project LMY, Inc. The Bogle Firm Architecture Farmers and Merchants Bank Downtown Statesville Development Corporation Watch The Award Video The Jenkins Building, located at 212 South Center Street, is a three-story, 10,500 square-foot building in downtown Statesville, built in 1922. The large open floor plan was ideal for retail, and it was originally the home to Nichols Furniture Company. The Downtown Statesvi

2023 NC Main Street Award: Economic Vitality Best Adaptive Reuse Project Landmark Development Randolph Senior Adults Association City of Asheboro Dunn & Dalton Architects Rehab Engineering KMW Builders Fearnbach History Services, Inc. Watch The Award Video In 2017 Landmark Development embarked on a project to rehabilitate the former Parks Hosiery Mill-McCrary Hosiery Mill Number Two, located at 170 North Church Street in downtown Asheboro, into apartments to serve the senior

2023 NC Main Street Award: Organization Best Healthy Communities Initiative Town of Waxhaw Downtown Waxhaw Association Nassiri Development Volkert, Inc. Gresham Smith & Partners NC Department of Transportation Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization Union County Water Watch The Award Video A key to having a healthy community is to provide better connectivity through sidewalks that are accessible for all. Connecting neighborhoods to commercial districts makes f

2023 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Historic Rehabilitation Project The Bonanza Group Garanco, Inc. Architectural Design Associates, PLLC Watch The Award Video The Royall’s Building, located at 128 West Main Street in downtown Elkin, is the former Elkin Hospital and Turner Drug. It later became Royall’s Soda Shoppe and Drug Store, a beloved hangout for the community. But after almost one-hundred years, Royall’s closed its doors in January 2020. The Bonanza Group purchas

2023 NC Main Street Award: Economic Vitality Best Adaptive Reuse Project Josh Barnhardt The Bogle Firm Architecture Vertex Construction Watch The Award Video The Salisbury Building, located at 121 West Council Street in downtown Salisbury, is a 1928 Art Deco office building that was rehabilitated into twelve apartments. The building was built to house the Southern Bell telecommunication center and had most recently been used as office space. The three-story building is 18,000

2023 NC Main Street Award: Economic Vitality Best Upper Floor Redevelopment Dee and Scott Spruce Down East Preservation Jennifer Harriss Consultation Watch The Award Video In March 2020, Dee and Scott Spruce purchased 415 South Broad Street in downtown Edenton. The previous owner had used the first floor for her hair salon and the second floor was used for storage. The underutilized property offered an opportunity. On behalf of the Spruce’s, Destination Downtown Edenton, re

2023 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Outdoor Space Improvement Virgil and Mitzi Settle North State Design Group Wall Landscaping Watch The Award Video The Elkin RailYard, located at 203 West Depot Alley, was once a residential property, however, the house was removed in the 1990s, and the lot had been vacant and overgrown since that time. Virgil and Mitzi Settle purchased the lot with a vision to create an outdoor beer garden, reminiscent of the beer gardens found in Europ

2022 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Outdoor Space Improvement City of Salisbury Bell Tower Green, Inc. LandDesign Alfred C. Wilson and Company Watch The Award Video Jethro Rumple, author of the 1881 book “A History of Rowan County,” called for a “ place where inhabitants might refresh themselves by breathing the pure air that comes whispering through the rustling leaves of trees. ” One hundred forty years later, Rumple’s vision was realized in the creation of Bell Tower