The N.C. Department of Commerce announced today that the City of Morganton, North Carolina has been awarded up to $25,000 from the Main Street Solutions Fund.
“The North Carolina Main Street Center continues to help in revitalizing communities throughout the state,” said Secretary of Commerce John Skvarla. “We are pleased to revive urban historic buildings and to assist in the creation of at least ten new jobs in downtown Morganton.”
“We are excited about this project,” said Liz Parham, director of the North Carolina Main Street Center. “The project in Morganton rehabilitates an abandoned building on the edge of downtown Morganton and will renovate it to become a grocery store. The new grocery store “Food Matters” will feature locally sourced foods, will add to the walkability of downtown and should assist in attracting urban housing development.”
Morganton, along with other Main Street and Small Town Main Street communities in North Carolina, is successfully following the principles of the National Main Street Center’s Four-Point Approach to downtown revitalization. North Carolina Main Street and Small Town Main Street have experienced 2.2 billion in public and private investment and a net gain of more than 19,000 jobs since the inception of the program in 1980.
The N.C. Main Street program, utilizes the Four-Point Approach methodology, a comprehensive downtown revitalization process focused on organization, design, promotion and economic restructuring that was developed by the National Main Street Center.
For additional information about the Main Street Solutions Fund, visit nccommerce.com/MainStreet, or contact Ed Davis, Grants Administrator at (919) 715-0531.