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2016 Best Historic Rehabilitation Project Hickory, NC Rehabilitation of the Lyerly Full Fashioned Mill in Hickory, NC The Lyerly Full Fashioned Mill, located on Main Avenue Way SE in Downtown Hickory, was constructed in 1930. It is Hickory's only remaining two-story hosiery mill from this era and was named to the National Register of Historic Places in August 2007. The mill closed in the mid-1990s and sat empty until 2014 when Transportation Insight, a national logistics comp

2016 Best Business Recruitment or Expansion Effort Morganton, NC Food Matters Market in downtown Morganton, NC Food Matters Market is a community-oriented grocery store and cafe that was started in Brevard, North Carolina. The market, which supports local producers and sells healthy food grown in the region, was an ideal fit for a vacant building located in downtown Morganton. Through the support of downtown partners, including the Morganton community, the property owner, the

2016 Best Upper Floor Redevelopment Belmont, NC The Revival - 35 North Main project, Belmont, NC The Revival - 35 North Main project combined the individual visions of the property owner and the business owners. For the past 19 years, the building, which was constructed in 1971, had been owned by the same family and housed its business. While the Main Street storefront was continuously occupied, the property owner wanted to maximize the building's income potential by fully le

2016 Best Infill Building Project Concord, NC A $19.2 million project that created jobs in Concord, NC The City of Concord completed the construction of a new City Hall in Downtown Concord in December of 2015. The building consolidated, under one roof, all city offices and employees that were previously housed in three separate downtown buildings. A $19.2 million project, the investment renewed the City of Concord's commitment to keep its workforce and services in the Downtow

2016 Best Adaptive Reuse Project Shelby, NC The Newgrass Brewing Company adaptive reuse project in Uptown Shelby The Newgrass Brewing Company adaptive reuse project in Uptown Shelby involved rehabilitating the former Hudson's Department Store into a brewery and tasting room. The 8,600 square foot building, constructed in 1909, stood vacant on a busy block for more than ten years. The Uptown Shelby Association facilitated the marketing and sale of the property to Hudson Phoeni

2016 Best Adaptive Reuse Project Sanford, NC Rehabilitation of the historic Sanford Buggy Company building From the early 1900s to 2001, a building at 115 Chatham Street in Sanford was home to several industries including The Sanford Buggy Company, Brown Buick, Sanford Furniture Company and Cascade Fibers. In 2001, Progressive Contracting Company purchased the multi-story, 30,000 square foot, contributing historic building from Cascade Fibers. It remained unoccupied, yet full

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 Best Volunteer Recruitment Hendersonville, NC Hendersonville, NC develops a volunteer network of over 200 By 2012, the Historic Downtown Advisory Committee, particularly its Events Team, recognized the need for a broader pool of volunteers to consistently produce effective and successful events. What began as an effort to recruit friends and family members to help with the award-winning Rhythm & Brews Concert Series, has grown into the "Friends of Downtown" program with

2016 Best Fundraising Effort Cherryville, NC Cherryville puts on a successful fundraiser The Cherryville Main Street Program wanted to procure outdoor furniture for the Cherryville Mini-Park in order to improve its appearance and increase its use. The small, downtown park served as the primary site for festivals and events but it had otherwise been rarely used due to a lack of seating. The Cherryville Main Street Program proposed to raise half of the estimated $12,000 cost th

2016 Best Public-Private Partnership Spruce Pine, NC Spruce Pine, NC creates a wayfinding plan for growth Following construction of a local bypass highway, Spruce Pine Main Street found it necessary to develop a signage improvement program to direct people to Spruce Pine and to significant landmarks and destinations within its downtown district. In 2012, the Spruce Pine Main Street Design & Beautification Committee began developing a plan to create, construct and install deco

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

2016 Best Public-Private Partnership Concord, NC Adaptation of the historic Bell and Harris-Maxwell Brothers Furniture Store resulted in the construction of 26 market-rate apartments Lofts 29 is an adaptive reuse project of the historic Bell and Harris-Maxwell Brothers Furniture Store building which resulted in the construction of 26 market-rate apartments, the first of their kind, in Downtown Concord. The City of Concord had owned the vacant building, a contributing property