The National Main Street Center designated 47 N.C. Communities as Main Street America programs Release: IMMEDIATE Date: 5/2/2018 Contact: Hannah Harrill Phone: 919 814-4612 Raleigh, N.C. – The National Main Street Center has designated 47 North Carolina communities as accredited Main Street America™ programs, the North Carolina Department of Commerce announced today. Each year, the National [...]
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 The North Carolina Gravity Games will once again converge in downtown Lenoir Saturday, April 28, 2018, bringing racers and visitors from across the state to our beautiful city. The Gravity Games and the City's first ever Feet Off The Street Fun Fest will require closing a few streets downtown. Ashe Avenue from Ridge Street to [...]
Thursday, April 12, 2018 Want to fly into the air on a carnival bungee jump? Or bounce around in a bouncy house? Gravitate downtown Saturday, April 28, and enjoy the first annual “Feet Off The Street Fun Fest” and 2018 North Carolina Gravity Games! The festival and games will be held from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm [...]
Monday, March 26, 2018 Want to know how to grow a lot of fresh food in a really small space? Stop by Unity Park and Community Gardens and check out the Square Foot Gardening Demonstration Bed. Ellen Roberts and Lynda Campbell, two Master Gardener NC Cooperative Extension Volunteers, started planting a Square Foot Gardening bed [...]
Tuesday, March 20, 2018 If you’ve driven around lately, you may have noticed a problem – litter. It seems that some folks think it’s OK to throw trash in our communities and on our beautiful streets. Well, it’s not OK. In fact, littering is a crime in North Carolina. Litterbugs can be fined up to [...]
Main Street America is partnering with Greenworks Lending to make the Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE) program more accessible to Main Street communities across the country. Greenworks Lending’s C-PACE can help small businesses save energy and money through energy efficient building upgrades. Greenworks Lending funds 100% of the hard and soft costs of commercial building upgrades and new construction [...]
Thursday, February 8, 2018 The City of Lenoir has hired Jared Wright to serve as the next Public Works Director. Wright has 17 years of experience in the construction industry; he has managed public and private projects; and he previously worked as the Stormwater Administrator for the City of Lenoir. City Manager Scott Hildebran said [...]
Monday, February 5, 2018 The City of Lenoir has hired Ken Hair to serve as the next Chief of the Lenoir Fire Department. Hair has served with the Lenoir Fire Department for 27 years, and has served as Deputy Chief since 2008. Hair officially will become Chief March 1, 2018. Ken Hair will serve [...]
Friday, February 2, 2018 The City Sanitation Division will stop collecting loose leaves Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. Residents who have leaves that still need to be collected should call 757-2154 or 757-2173. Leaves should be piled close to the road, but should not block the road or sidewalk if possible. After Friday, leaves will need [...]
