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Since 1980, a $2 billion explosion of high-rise construction has reshaped the Tar Heel skyline, transforming major cities and pumping new life into their once moribund central business districts.
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4832
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North Carolina's Main Street Program assists towns and cities in revitalizing and preserving their central business districts. Since 1980, forty-five communities have participated in the program, gaining over 8,300 jobs, renovating over 1,900 buildings, and attracting 4,300 new businesses. Officials of towns, including Waynesville, Sylva, and Shelby, discuss what having a revitalized downtown means to their city or town.
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5558
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Main Street is one of the most successful community-based programs to focus on downtown decline. The first cities chosen for the program in 1981 were New Bern, Salisbury, Shelby, Tarboro, and Washington.
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6384
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Since 1980, North Carolina's Main Street Program has assisted a number of towns and cities in revitalizing and preserving their central business districts. In 2003, a pilot program, Small Town Development, was set up for four communities in eastern North Carolina. Lail discusses the program and the four communities - Chadbourn, Mount Olive, Weldon, and Williamston.
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7163
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Begun in 1980 as a project for the National Trust for Historic Preservation, the North Carolina Main Street program has assisted cities in revitalizing and preserving their central business districts. In the past twenty-five years Main Street Program towns have created over 10,000 new jobs and rehabilitated over 2,500 buildings.
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7464
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The North Carolina Main Street Program, a part of the Department of Commerce's Division of Community Assistance, is celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary in 2005. North Carolina was one of the six original states to participate in the program. Since 1980, fifty-three towns across the state have signed up. The program promotes preservation and economic development in downtown areas. Caldwell profiles several program participants, Edenton, New Bern, Salisbury, Shelby, and Waynesville.
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