Treme, Pops among Main Street award winners

Salisbury Symphony at the Pops at the Post concert. File photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post

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Salisbury’s retired city manager and several local organizations have been recognized by the N.C. Main Street Program.

Commerce Secretary J. Keith Crisco presented 21 awards to participants in the program. Award winners were recognized for excellence in downtown revitalization efforts in categories such as promotion, organization, design and economic restructuring.

Among the winners in Salisbury are Pops at the Post for Best Downtown Special Event and Norvell Theater Inaugural Youth Season for Best Downtown Event Series.

The Pops at the Post and the Norvell Theatre season won for promotion.

Fine Frame Gallery in Salisbury won for Best Facade Rehabilitation Project for $15,000 or Less.

David Treme, who retired last year after more than 25 years as Salisbury city manager, was named a 2011 N.C. Main Street Champion. About 30 of those awards were given to individuals and organizations across the state.

“Our successful Main Street programs have proven that revitalizing our downtown areas can help grow local small businesses, attract new investments and create jobs,” Crisco said. “Congratulations to this year’s winners for their efforts to improve communities across North Carolina.”

The N.C. 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. This year’s award winners were chosen by a panel of independent judges from dozens of applications submitted by Main Street participants throughout the state.

2011 N.C. Main Street Awards:

Organization

• Best Public-Private Partnership in Downtown Revitalization: Company Shops Market Co-op, Burlington

• Best Innovation: Greenway Transit Center, Hickory

Economic Restructuring

• Best Infill Building Project: Wake Forest Town Hall, Wake Forest

• Best Business Retention, Expansion or Recruitment Effort: Development Incentive Grant (DIG) Challenge, Morganton

Promotion

• Best Downtown Special Event: Wedding Belles Promotion, Edenton; Pops at the Post, Salisbury; Downtown Hickory Art Crawls, Hickory

• Best Downtown Event Series: Norvell Theater Inaugural Youth Season, Salisbury (Special Recognition to Paramount Theatre Performing Arts Series, Goldsboro)

• Best Downtown Branding and Image-Building Campaign: Come and Discover Downtown Elkin, Elkin

Design

• Best Façade Rehabilitation Project for $15,000 or Less: 109 E. Broad Street, Statesville (Special Recognition to 126 E. Main Street, Clayton; 110 E. Main Street, Garner; Fine Frame Gallery, Salisbury)

• Best Outdoor Space Improvement: Home Square, Clayton; Kaleidoscope, Morganton

Main Street Champions are nominated by their local N.C. Main Street programs for the contributions they have made to the downtown revitalization process in their communities. Thirty-one were honored for their contributions in 2011.

“Whether volunteers, business or property owners, corporate citizens, civic leaders, municipal employees or public officials, Main Street Champions are the stewards of downtown, who go the extra mile to restore vibrancy and vitality to the hearts of the communities they love,” said Liz Parham, Director of the Urban Development Division.

For more information about the N.C. Department of Commerce’s Main Street program, visit www.nccommerce.com.