MAIN STREET NEWS

2020 NC Main Street Award: ORGANIZATION Best Economic Recovery Initiative City of Hendersonville Downtown Division Watch The Award Video In March 2020, the Downtown Hendersonville Covid-19 Response Plan shifted Downtown Hendersonville’s annual workplan to a swift response action plan addressing the immediate needs of downtown businesses. It led to ongoing programs being adapted or changed to meet the new reality. The plan had five components: 1. Develop a “Safe to Shop” ma

2020 NC Main Street Award: Organization Best Public-Private Partnership RAH Construction Consulting Redline Design Momentum Construction National Mills, LLC. Gaston County City of Belmont Alliance Bank Zander Guinn Millan Open Broadband Watch The Video TechWorks Gaston, located at Ervin Street in downtown Belmont, is the outcome of community-wide collaboration. TechWorks is one of seven key focus areas for Gaston County as identified in the Greater Gaston Development Corpor

2020 NC Main Street Award: PROMOTION Best Downtown Special Event or Event Series Cheerwine and the City of Salisbury Watch The Award Video The Cheerwine Festival, held in May, is a street festival that celebrates all things Cheerwine, a unique, fizzy, wild cherry-flavored soft drink created in Salisbury. The event is a collaborative effort between Cheerwine, owned by the Carolina Beverage Corporation, and the City of Salisbury. They work together to coordinate all festival

2020 NC Main Street Award: ECONOMIC VITALITY Best Adaptive Reuse Project: Town of Fuquay Varina Cline Design Associates Bass, Nixon and Kennedy Consulting Engineers H.M. Kern Corporation Watch the Video For more than 30 years, the Fuquay-Varina Town Hall was located outside of downtown. However, to show its commitment to downtown revitalization efforts, and to meet a need for additional space, the Town of Fuquay-Varina Board of Commissioners purchased, in 2017, the former B

2020 NC Main Street Award: ECONOMIC VITALITY Best Adaptive Reuse Project Belmont Sayre, LLC City of Hendersonville UNC Development Finance Initiative Land of Sky Regional Council MacRostie Historic Advisors LLC Tise-Kiester Architects Watch The Video The Grey Hosiery Mill located at 301 Fourth Avenue East is an iconic representation of early development in Hendersonville. The building was originally constructed between 1915 and 1918. Hosiery mill operations ceased in 1967,

2020 NC Main Street Award: PROMOTION Best Retail Promotion City of Belmont Belmont Main Street Creative Solutions Watch The Award Video The City of Belmont traded vehicle traffic for foot traffic last summer when it closed Main Street on weekend evenings to take dining out under the stars. Belmont is a culinary destination, and the Al Fresco Dining promotion was created to continue and bolster that status throughout the unprecedented challenges of the past year. The Belmont

2020 NC Main Street Award: ECONOMIC VITALITY Best Adaptive Reuse Project Jenni and Chris Jorgensen Brad and Lynn Wynn, Jeannie Jones Bobbitt Design Build Watch The Award Video The owner of an Italian restaurant, located at 203 Brooks Street in downtown Wake Forest, retired, closed the restaurant, and put the property up for sale. In early 2019, Jenni and Chris Jorgensen, and Brad and Lynn Wynn saw an opportunity! The couples purchased the building and renovated the ground l

2020 NC Main Street Award: Design Best Historic Rehabilitation Project Nick and Susanne Sanders Stocks & Taylor Construction Washington Harbor District Alliance City of Washington Watch The Award Video The Hackney in downtown Washington is a standout renovation project that transformed the 1922 former Bank of Washington building into a destination restaurant, distillery, and forthcoming boutique hotel. The restaurant opened in January 2019, the distillery launched in Decemb

A fantastic rehabilitation project for the City that demonstrates the infectious power of revitalizing older properties.

Forest City hosted the first annual Cherry Bounce Festival on their new downtown Pavilion on Park Square this past June.

The City of Belmont’s new downtown lighting fixture has become an attractive and innovative tool for promotion and community in the city.

The Spencer’s Loft Condominiums are located across several properties in the historic Spencer’s Mill complex in downtown Mount Airy

With the creation of the Explore Elkin program, people can no longer say that that there is “nothing” to do in Elkin.

Since 2010 the Town of Lenoir has partnered with the local Google Data Center and other tech and nonprofit partners across the state

The City of Marion embraced some hairy thinking when they launched the WNC Bigfoot Festival in September 2018.

Built in 1932, the Tryon Theatre has been restored into a modern destination cinema that embraces its historic tradition

Oxford’s first brewery, Tobacco Wood Brewing Company, opened its doors in May 2018 at 117 Wall Street in the heart of Downtown Oxford.

Revelry Barber & Shave Shop is a popular destination in Fuquay-Varina and more than 100 people visit the shop each day.

Located at 126 East Innes Street, the historic O.O. Rufty building in Downtown Salisbury has been recently transformed into a trifecta mixed

The “Follow the Dollar” commercial is a creative project by the Destination Downtown Edenton organization that illustrates the power of loca

Built in 1926, the Hotel Concord is the most prominent building in Downtown Concord.

Earlier this year, the Town of Fuquay-Varina asked residents and visitors to Tee Up for a day of competitive mini golf around their local

Built in the early twentieth century, is now the office for the Roxboro’s local paper

Gearworks, located at 120 E. Main Street in Garner, is a new and successful public-private experiment to turn underutilized town-owned space