Author: Guy Lucas, News-Topic At lunch on Thursday, my wife and I ordered hot dogs at Shake-N-Dog and ate on a bench in front of the Caldwell County Courthouse. The sun shone down, a gentle breeze pushed its heat away, and I looked around at the beautiful architecture. Days like that normally calm my soul. [...]
By Garrett Stell, gstell@newstopicnews.com Mar 12, 2020 4:36 PM Lenoir again has won awards at an annual state conference of downtown development officials. The North Carolina Gravity Games was chosen in the category of Best Downtown Event or Series, and the reconstruction project of 122 Boundary St. was chosen in Best Endangered Properties Rescue Effort [...]
Hello Downtown Community, Please find attached information we’ve received from the NC Department of Commerce regarding Economic Injury Disaster Loans being made available through the U.S. Small Business Administration. You can find more information and online applications here: https://disasterloan.sba.gov/ela All applications for this program need to go directly through the SBA – we do not administer [...]
Deadline March 31, 2020 Small businesses are vital to thriving communities. They help strengthen and diversify neighborhoods and provide pathways for innovation and entrepreneurship. But the current and future retail landscape is changing. That’s why American Express® is teaming up with Main Street America to give 10 small business owners $10,000 each to help [...]
Dear Downtown Lenoir friends and neighbors, The safety of the residents, workers, and visitors in Downtown Lenoir is of the utmost importance to us here at the City of Lenoir Main Street Program. We want you to know that we are monitoring all recommendations and updates from government officials surrounding COVID-19 (the novel coronavirus). You [...]
Competition and festivities celebrate STEM education, offer family fun courtesy of sponsors Google, ASU, NC Science Fest & City of Lenoir Registration closes on March 13 (LENOIR, NC) - February 13, 2020 - The checkered flag waves again at the tenth annual NC Gravity Games & Street Fest, a landmark STEM-education festival and [...]
Spring baseball begins in Downtown Lenoir on February 5, 2020 with the Caldwell Cobras first home game at Historic Walker Stadium. Just blocks from downtown shops and restaurants, Walker Stadium is conveniently located behind Davenport Elementary School on College Ave. For the full spring schedule, visit the CCC&TI website.
If you're looking for a great investment in Downtown Lenoir, join us for an open house at 126 Mulberry St on Wednesday, January 15 from 4:30-6:30pm! This historic property was once known as the Henkel Opera House and later the W.E. Shaw Furniture Building. Historic Tax Credits are available. Please RSVP to 828.234.0490 or 828.320.5182
Join the Taste of Havana team as they celebrate their beautiful location in Downtown Lenoir with an official Ribbon Cutting hosted by the Caldwell County Chamber of Commerce! When: 4-5pm, Thursday, January 9, 2020 Where: Taste of Havana Restaurant, 104 Main St NW, Lenoir, NC 28645 Read more on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1715570728577434/
Join us a we celebrate the completion of renovations to the historic property at 818 Harper Avenue in Downtown Lenoir! Constructed in 1936, this property was originally home to Stine's Ice Cream Parlor and later occupied by the Lenoir Flower Shop and Parker's Drug Store among other tenants. In 2019, David Maurer of Maurer Architecture [...]
