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IGH, NC -- Mount Airy has recently been redesignated as an active Main Street community, part of the national Main Street Program that is administered by the NC Department of Commerce’s Office of Urban Development. 

The North Carolina Department of Commerce presented 18 awards to participants in the N.C. Main Street and Small Town Main Street programs at the N.C. Main Street Awards Ceremony Thursday evening in Salisbury.

The N.C. Department of Commerce announced Thursday that Asheboro has been designated as a N.C. Certified Retirement Community.  The N.C. General Assembly established the program in 2008 to designate communities that offer unprecedented quality of living that is desirable to retirees.

Gov. Bev Perdue announced today that seven communities will receive more than $969,000 through the state’s Main Street Solutions Fund.

East Carolina University and the N.C. Department of Commerce are collaborating on an innovative Community Development Block Grant program designed to strengthen less-prosperous communities in Eastern North Carolina.

The North Carolina Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NC Neighborhood) has awarded a total of $7.5 million in grants to 10 localities.

The National Main Street Center has designated 47 North Carolina communities as accredited Main Street America™ programs, the North Carolina Department of Commerce announced today. Each year, the National Main Street Center and N.C.