Category: Economic Development in Rocky Mount NC

If Responsible City Leadership Welcomes Private Development – You’ve Got A Hit Song On Your Hands

Where responsible city leadership welcomes private development, the results have been fantastic. By working together for ‘a yes solution’ in their dealings with private investors, downtowns are saved and economic growth is stimulated.  Elizabeth City and New Bern are examples of this kind of success; revitalization at its finest. Here in Rocky Mount, it cannot … Continue reading If Responsible City Leadership Welcomes Private Development – You’ve Got A Hit Song On Your Hands →

Do You Want to Buy An $18 Million Parking Garage Available On The Rocky Mount Monopoly Board?

For the fun of it, let's play Monopoly!  On the Board, one of the things we can buy is a parking deck. A deck we are told that will be great for Edgecombe County. Consider a few of the following things before plunking your Monopoly money down. This parking deck has 700 spaces. You currently have 328 … Continue reading Do You Want to Buy An $18 Million Parking Garage Available On The Rocky Mount Monopoly Board? →

The City Government Shifts Attention in Word and Deed – Downtown Incentives and Ordiances

“Persistence can change failure into extraordinary achievement.” Marv Levy   I've told you the story of being taken to the Shubert Theater in Chicago as a little girl to see the stage play, Peter Pan. In one scene Tinker Bell's light is fading and Jean Arthur, who plays Peter, steps to the edge of the … Continue reading The City Government Shifts Attention in Word and Deed – Downtown Incentives and Ordiances →

If Historic Tax Credits Don’t Turn You On – What About Unbreathable Paint?

However, you spent this past Tuesday, it wasn't as much fun as what I got up to. I attended a Historic Tax Credit and Main Street Seminar at the Booker T. Theater. If that doesn't make you weak in the knees, I don't know what else to suggest. I mean a discussion about breathable and … Continue reading If Historic Tax Credits Don’t Turn You On – What About Unbreathable Paint? →

We Celebrate a New Downtown Business – NABS – May 20th, 2019

On Friday I attended the soft opening of the new Deli and Coffee Shop, NABS - (Never A Better Sandwich). I walked into the dream of Yalem Kiros. I had a wonderful experience and so will you. Yalem is a native of Ethiopia, one of the world's leading coffee producing countries. We know this lovely … Continue reading We Celebrate a New Downtown Business – NABS – May 20th, 2019 →

Celebrating A New Investor – 131 and 135 SE Main Street – A New Life

Easter Week: Rocky Mount, NC - Beautiful Day on Main Street. Gorgeous pink Iris blooming in my garden. The gift of Lent this year; to realize that I need to stip away things, that in the end, do not matter. Monday night's Council meeting (4-22-19) threatened to reel me in with the "How dare you" … Continue reading Celebrating A New Investor – 131 and 135 SE Main Street – A New Life →