In Ayden, “Que marks the spot” for the first stop on the BBQ Trail. Known for its whole hog, wood-fired, Eastern NC style BBQ, Ayden is the third largest municipality in ever-growing Pitt County, nestled between the capitol and the coast. Our community is the place where people choose to eat, live, work and play. The downtown area offers a walkable, picturesque, inclusive atmosphere bursting with unique destinations and growth opportunities.
Ayden Main Street Program
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Downtown Ayden, Inc. is a local, community driven organization that is striving to make our historic downtown the center of social, economic, and cultural life in Ayden. Through annual events, infrastructure projects, and economic opportunities, Downtown Ayden, Inc. brings the community together to make Ayden a "Hallmark town" welcome to everyone.
The Town of Ayden is a North Carolina Main Street Community, designated by the NC Department of Commerce and Main Street & Rural Planning Center. Downtown Ayden is charged with administering the program at the local level and building a public-private partnership to spur economic development in partnership that achieves measurable results such as investments, business growth and job creation.
The Town of Ayden is a North Carolina Main Street Community, designated by the NC Department of Commerce and Main Street & Rural Planning Center. Downtown Ayden is charged with administering the program at the local level and building a public-private partnership to spur economic development in partnership that achieves measurable results such as investments, business growth and job creation.
Main Street America Affiliate
Main Street America™ has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts since 1980. Today it is a network of neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, that share both commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Main Street America™ is a movement. It is the leading voice for preservation-based economic development and community revitalization across the country. Made up of small towns, mid-sized communities, and urban commercial districts, Main Street America represents the broad diversity that makes this country so unique. Working together, the programs that make up the
Main Street America network help to breathe new life into the places people call home.
Main Street America™ is a movement. It is the leading voice for preservation-based economic development and community revitalization across the country. Made up of small towns, mid-sized communities, and urban commercial districts, Main Street America represents the broad diversity that makes this country so unique. Working together, the programs that make up the
Main Street America network help to breathe new life into the places people call home.
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.
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.
The NC Main Street & Rural Planning Center is a Main Street America™ Coordinating Program. Main Street America™ is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. As one of the first Main Street America™ Coordinating Programs designated in 1980, NC Main Street inspires placemaking through building asset-based economic development strategies. The NC Main Street staff is charged by the NC Department of Commerce to facilitate downtown economic development using the Main Street America Four-Point Approach. The Main Street Approach™ focuses on economic development strategies to transform downtown. These strategies articulate a focused path to revitalizing or strengthening a downtown economy. Designated NC Main Street community's work is organized around the Four-Point Approach: Economic Vitality, Design, Promotion, and Organization.
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.
The NC Main Street & Rural Planning Center is a Main Street America™ Coordinating Program. Main Street America™ is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. As one of the first Main Street America™ Coordinating Programs designated in 1980, NC Main Street inspires placemaking through building asset-based economic development strategies. The NC Main Street staff is charged by the NC Department of Commerce to facilitate downtown economic development using the Main Street America Four-Point Approach. The Main Street Approach™ focuses on economic development strategies to transform downtown. These strategies articulate a focused path to revitalizing or strengthening a downtown economy. Designated NC Main Street community's work is organized around the Four-Point Approach: Economic Vitality, Design, Promotion, and Organization.
