The next Ayden Main Street Meeting is on March 8, 2016 at 6:30 PM - Ayden Community Building
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Ayden Main Street Program
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We are pleased to announce that the Town of Ayden has achieved Main Street status - effective July 2015, joining 56 other active Main Street communities in North Carolina.
The Town of Ayden's Main Street Program began by adopting the Small Town Main Street Program in 2006 - with the purpose to revitalize the downtown area - in hopes to bring more commerce back to the area that was once the focal point of the community. Our committee of business & property owners, and volunteers, meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM in the Ayden Community Building - located at 548 Second Street.
Ayden's Main Street Program is supported by the North Carolina Main Street Program, which assists selected communities across the state in restoring economic vitality to their historic downtowns. Using a comprehensive downtown revitalization process developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Main Street encourages economic development within the context of historic preservation.
Main Street staff provide technical assistance, guidance, and training to participating communities. While grant funds for specific projects occasionally become available, Main Street is a self-help program, and it is up to local communities like Ayden to provide the human and financial resources necessary to operate their downtown programs. The Town of Ayden and its committee of volunteers are dedicated to this self-help philosophy, and encourage our downtown businesses to participate and take advantage of the events and grants that we have created.
In 1980, the National Trust created the National Trust Main Street Center to share lessons learned in a pilot program based on their downtown revitalization process called the Main Street Four-Point Approach®. This program has a four-step process for participating communities to use as a guideline. The four steps are organization, promotion, design, and economic restructuring.
For the next three years, the National Trust Main Street Center conducted a national demonstration in six states, including North Carolina, encouraging the creative use of business and government resources to support local revitalization initiatives. Since completing the demonstration, the National Trust Main Street Center has seen the Main Street network grow to include 46 states and more than 1,400 active communities nationally. Having “graduated” from the demonstration program, North Carolina has continued to offer the Main Street program to cities and towns throughout the state and now provides direct assistance to 65 Main Street communities and indirect assistance to countless others.
We invite you to join us at our next meeting as we continue to make Ayden "one of America's best small communities to raise a family".
The Town of Ayden's Main Street Program began by adopting the Small Town Main Street Program in 2006 - with the purpose to revitalize the downtown area - in hopes to bring more commerce back to the area that was once the focal point of the community. Our committee of business & property owners, and volunteers, meet on the second Tuesday of the month at 6:30 PM in the Ayden Community Building - located at 548 Second Street.
Ayden's Main Street Program is supported by the North Carolina Main Street Program, which assists selected communities across the state in restoring economic vitality to their historic downtowns. Using a comprehensive downtown revitalization process developed by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Main Street encourages economic development within the context of historic preservation.
Main Street staff provide technical assistance, guidance, and training to participating communities. While grant funds for specific projects occasionally become available, Main Street is a self-help program, and it is up to local communities like Ayden to provide the human and financial resources necessary to operate their downtown programs. The Town of Ayden and its committee of volunteers are dedicated to this self-help philosophy, and encourage our downtown businesses to participate and take advantage of the events and grants that we have created.
In 1980, the National Trust created the National Trust Main Street Center to share lessons learned in a pilot program based on their downtown revitalization process called the Main Street Four-Point Approach®. This program has a four-step process for participating communities to use as a guideline. The four steps are organization, promotion, design, and economic restructuring.
For the next three years, the National Trust Main Street Center conducted a national demonstration in six states, including North Carolina, encouraging the creative use of business and government resources to support local revitalization initiatives. Since completing the demonstration, the National Trust Main Street Center has seen the Main Street network grow to include 46 states and more than 1,400 active communities nationally. Having “graduated” from the demonstration program, North Carolina has continued to offer the Main Street program to cities and towns throughout the state and now provides direct assistance to 65 Main Street communities and indirect assistance to countless others.
We invite you to join us at our next meeting as we continue to make Ayden "one of America's best small communities to raise a family".