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Do you want Wake Forest’s historic
downtown area to thrive and prosper? Do
you support the Renaissance Plan’s
vision for downtown?
The Downtown Revitalization
Corporation is applying to the North
Carolina Main Street Program, which
fosters the community connection between
economic development and historic
preservation. If the DRC is successful,
it will get technical assistance for the
Renaissance Plan with a comprehensive
program of organization, promotion,
design, and economic restructuring.
Other communities who have been chosen
for the program have learned how to
recruit new businesses and rehabilitate
buildings, as two examples.
The evaluation of the
application includes visible community
support, based on letters from business
people, organizations and residents. The
DRC is asking that you write a letter
describing what downtown Wake Forest
means to you by July 15 and mail it to:
Wake Forest DRC, P.O. Box 78, Wake
Forest, N.C. 27588.
Go to
http://www.ncdca.org/mainst to learn
more about the Main Street program
If the DRC is named to the
Main Street program, it will be overseen
by the DRC’s first full-time executive
director, Connie A. Kincaid. She will
come to town with 20 years of
experience, most recently in Concord,
which saw substantial development in its
26-block commercial district under her
leadership.
Kincaid is now commuting,
working here part-time while concluding
some personal business in Hickory and
finding a permanent home in Wake Forest.
She will be here full-time no later than
Aug. 1. |
