Main Street Award Winners In The Spotlight

Goldsboro, N.C.North Carolinians will receive top honors tonight for their focus on downtowns across the state during the N.C. Main Street Awards Ceremony in Goldsboro. Fourteen award winners will be recognized for excellence in downtown revitalization efforts in categories that include design, economic vitality, organization and promotion.


Commerce Secretary John E. Skvarla, III and Assistant Secretary Dr. Patricia Mitchell, CeCD, will present the awards to Main Street recipients tonight at 6 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre in downtown Goldsboro at 139 S. Center Street.


“This year’s winners represent some of North Carolina’s best ambassadors promoting business friendly downtowns, historic preservation, and artistic streetscapes,” said Commerce Secretary Skvarla. “We want to shine a spotlight on their hard work of revitalizing downtowns all across our state and providing job opportunities in our local communities.


The North Carolina Main Street program helps small towns preserve their historic fabric and, using local resources, build on their unique characteristics to create vibrant central business districts. A panel of independent judges selected this year’s winners from dozens of applications submitted by Main Street participants throughout the state.

2015 N.C. MAIN STREET AWARDS


DESIGN


Best Façade Rehabilitation Project for More than $15,000


• Person County             Award of Merit – Kirby Rebirth and Uptown Renewal Project


Best Outdoor Space Improvement


• Goldsboro                   Award of Merit – Center Street Streetscape Project


• Spruce Pine                Award of Merit -   Spruce Pine Main Street Central Park Project


ECONOMIC VITALITY


Best Adaptive Reuse Project


• Wilson                         Award of Merit- Wilson Furniture Lofts Mixed-Use


                                       Rehabilitation Project 


Best Infill Building Project


• Goldsboro                    Award of Merit -  GWTA Bus Transfer Center


Best Endangered Properties Rescue Effort 


• Salisbury                      Award of Merit – 1820 Fulton-Mock-Blackmer House


                                        Rehabilitation


ORGANIZATION


Best Public-Private Partnership in Downtown Revitalization


• Salisbury                     Award of Merit – Lee Street Theater and Performing Arts Center


                                      and Streetscape Improvements


Best Innovation


• Kings Mountain          Award of Merit –The Small Business                                 


                                   


Best Public Relations Effort


• Cherryville                 Award of Merit – The Cherryville Communications Campaign


PROMOTION


Best Downtown Special Event or Event Series


• Mt. Airy                       Award of Merit -The First Annual Public Art Fiddle Crawl


• Hendersonville            Award of Merit –Downtown Hendersonville Designer Showcase


                                       Best Image-Building Campaign


• Clinton                        Award of Merit – Clinton Main Street Program Branding  


• Concord                       Award of Merit – Downtown Concord Rebranding.


• Goldsboro                   Award of Merit – Whatever You Do – Do It Downtown!