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Design

Supports a community’s transformation by enhancing the physical and visual assets that set the commercial district apart.

Design Resources

Structure
Available Resources​

Buildings

Disaster and Resilience Planning

Health

Historic Resilience Project 

Maps

NC State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO)

Preservation NC

Rehabilitation of Historic Buildings

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Streets

Designated Community Design Services

Design Service

Design Services

Since March of 2016, the North Carolina Main Street Program has partnered with UNCG’s Interior Architecture Department and its Center for Community-Engaged Design to provide design assistance to designated Main Street and Small Town Main Street communities across the state.

 

Undergraduate and graduate students are selected to become Main Street Fellows.  The Main Street Fellows work with UNCG Interior Architecture Department Professors to complete facade rehabilitation designs and upper story apartment conversions in designated Main Street communities.

Eligibility Requirements:

  • Available only to designated NC Main Street and Small Town Main Street communities

  • Not available to Downtown Associate Communities

  • Speculative projects are not eligible

  • Property owners must demonstrate intent to implement the design

​Contact

Amy Suggs, NCCED

Main Street Program Specialist

Email:  amy.suggs@commerce.nc.gov

Community Design Examples

Design Award Winning Projects

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