From a satisfied customer:

Katy-Did Antiques on Main have been a business for awhile. This past weekend Amy and I needed to shop for various items for her new home.
WOW!!! I was taken through a maze of hallways and rooms filled with wonderful things. We found everything we needed.
If you haven’t been down, go for a visit. Our neighbors Kathy & Dennis own this store and live in the “hood”. Super nice folks.
c

The Voltage Brothers will be performing Thursday, 24 August 2007 at the Rotary Centennial Pavilion, 6-9 p.m. Come out and enjoy a great mix of music, R&B to beach. Concert is free, food and beverage vendors on site. NO COOLERS PLEASE!

Tabatha Wardle, VP of Piedmont Claims Processing, LLC & Practice Management has relocated to Downtown Gastonia. The company is leasing upper floor office space at 251 W. Main Avenue. The office adds approximately 6-8 employees to the Downtown daytime population.

Also, Robert and Sandra McAlister have purchased Isaac Simpsons property at 356 W. Franklin Boulevard and have opened a Cricket cell phone store at this location. The property has undergone some renovation prior to Cricket occupying the space. Reid James, Attorney has purcahsed 125 E. Main Avenue and now has his law practice at this location.

In updating stats on property sales, to date 2007 has realized eight properties sold with a value totaling approximately $1.469 million of Downtown property, all to the private sector. This does not include the Bits & Pieces building since this property has yet to close.

Hope to see everyone at Downtown Alive tomorrow featuring the Fantastic Shakers, sponsored by the United Way, kicking off their fund drive.

Brian J. Borne, CMSM, Executive Director of Gastonia Downtown Development Corporation, has been named Vice President, Technical Assistance of the board for the North Carolina Downtown Development Association (NCDDA). Borne has been Executive Director of GDDC for almost six years. Prior to his appointment as GDDC’s executive director Borne served as director to Main Street revitalization organizations in Paragould, AR and Houma, LA. Borne is a graduate of the National Main Street Certification Institute and holds an MBA from Nichols State University and a Bachelor of Landscape Architecture from LSU with a focus on urban and recreation planning. Borne and his wife Tory reside downtown in the historic York-Chester neighborhood.