North Carolina Main Street Program at 15 Years: Giving Communities Hope for Their Downtowns

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  • Swink, Rodney L.
    • Other Affiliation: Director, North Carolina Main Street Program
Abstract
  • In Main Street: Open For Business, the 1984 report on the initial three-year demonstration effort of the National Main Street Center, North Carolina Governor James B. Hunt, Jr., was quoted as saying "The North Carolina Main Street Program has been an unqualified success. The activities of the first five Main Street communities have clearly shown that no city or town needs to give up on its downtown business district" (Glisson 1984). In October of 1995, as he announced yet another round of new Main Street communities, Governor Hunt once again said, "the North Carolina Main Street Program is truly one of this state's greatest success stories. Communities are rallying around their downtown areas, creating jobs and preserving their community's heritage through this effort" (Press Release 1995). In an era when government-run programs are frequently under fire or in question, the Main Street program is one effort that continues to enjoy positive results and support and to give communities hope for their downtowns.
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  • Carolina Planning Journal
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  • 21
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  • 2
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  • 24
Page end
  • 29
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  • English
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  • Carolina Planning Journal

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