People and projects in thirteen Arkansas communities were honored January 11 with Main Street Arkansas awards, Main Street Arkansas Director Cary Tyson announced today. Main Street Arkansas is a program area of the Arkansas Historic Preservation Program, an agency of the Department of Arkansas Heritage.
The Main Street Arkansas awards are presented biannually to recognize outstanding achievements by individuals, organizations and communities in helping to revitalize their downtown areas. The Main Street Arkansas Advisory Board selects the winners. The awards were presented at the annual conference of the Arkansas Municipal League in Little Rock.
Those receiving Main Street Arkansas Awards were:
Best Special Event – Main Street Searcy’s “Get Down Downtown”
Best New Exterior Signage – Main Street Batesville and Gilbert and Melody Gomez’s Impulse/Body Fit
Main Street Hero – Shelly Simmons of Main Street Siloam Springs and Dina Mason of Main Street Paragould
Best Façade Renovation over $10,000 – Ellington/Holifield Building, Main Street Paragould
Best Façade Renovation under $10,000 – Stotts Drugstore, Main Street Searcy
Best New Downtown Business – Pour Jon’s Coffee & Tea, Main Street Siloam Springs
Best Upper Floor Development – JKJ Architects and Main Street Rogers, and Iron Mountain Lofts and Main Street Paragould
Best Main Street Merchant – Hoffman’s, Main Street Ozark
Best Adaptive Reuse – Masonic Hall/Russellville City Hall and Main Street Russellville, and Greyhound Bus Station and Main Street Blytheville
Best Interior Design Project – Old National Bank of Commerce Building, Main Street Paragould
Best Downtown Public Improvement Project – Intersection/Lighting and Walnut Street Awning Removal Projects, City of Rogers and Main Street Rogers
Best Web Presence and Use of Social Media –Main Street El Dorado
Best Public/Private Partnership – Citizens for Downtown Batesville, Citizens Bank of Batesville and Main Street Batesville
Bootstrap Award – SoMa (Little Rock)
Outstanding Executive Director – Kerry Jensen, Main Street Rogers
Back from the Brink Award – Landers Theater/Fellowship Bible Church, Main Street Batesville
Heritage Preservation Award – Main Street DumasAward of Merit – Main Street Texarkana Revolving Loan Fund and Main Street West Memphis CDBG Façade Grant Program.
To see more photos from the event, click https://www.facebook.com/#!/MainStreetArkansas.
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