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Downtown Fayetteville
Wows Others
Recently, the Rocky Mount
City Council and staff
came to Fayetteville for
their staff retreat touring
downtown as a part of
their two day schedule. They were looking to bring
back ideas to revamp their downtown area and a
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their tour included North Carolina Veterans Park,
the Airborne and Special Operations Museum,
300 Hay and the Hope VI development. A day
later, the front page headline read in the Rocky
Mount Telegram, "Downtown Fayetteville Tour
Wows City Council."
During the tour, they met with new City Manager
Ted Voorhees at NC Veterans Park and listened
as Craig Hampton, the project manager behind
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about the park. Next, we took them on a bus tour
of Downtown Fayetteville where they rode while
hearing the historic perspective and about some of
the development projects completed from the 2002
Renaissance Plan. With that the tours of downtown
residences is where we could see a visible awe
from the group. Touring the spacious and
beautifully decorated penthouses in 300 Hay to
local architect Eric Lindstrom's home with his
rooftop deck seemed to whet their appetite to see
similar types of available living spaces in their
downtown. The tour went on and it was a great day
to be able to showcase what we have in Downtown
Fayetteville that was just starting to revitalize a
decade prior. And what a decade is has been!
Here are a few projects that have been
completed since 2002:
Festival Park: Home of our award-winning
Dogwood Festival and International Folk
Festival as well as Fayetteville after Five, outdoor
movies and concerts and more.
Streetscape treatments: Our beautiful brick lined
sidewalks, underground power, overhead lamp lighting,
tree canopies and Hurley pots are by no accident. Hay,
Person, East Russell, Green, Gillespie, Old and a couple
of others have received attractive face-lifts as will a few
other streets in the coming years.
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dedicated to military veterans from all branches of the
Armed Services: Army, Navy Marines, Air Force and
Coast Guard and downtown was chosen as the grounds for
this all-important, world class park.
Airborne and Special Operations Museum: ASOM,
as it is affectionately known, attracts thousands of people
every year from all over the world to look at impressive
displays of military history.
Hope VI Revitalization: This project overhauled
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attractive apartment complexes in neighborhood settings.
Franklin Street Parking Deck: The Franklin Street
Parking Deck completed in 2012 has opened up 200
spaces for your convenience in an intelligently designed
space complete with retail spots that can be built in. The
parking deck features 19-foot ceilings, lighting 2.5 times
brighter than state standards, a glass elevator, security
cameras and emergency call boxes and electric car
charging stations.
Fayetteville Area Transportation and Local History
Museum and Annex: A wonderful restoration of the 1890
Cape Fear and Yadkin Valley Rail Road depot downtown
turned into a two story exhibit of transportation and local
history as well as a starting point for local history tours.
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of what has been done downtown. For more
information or for your own tour of Downtown
Fayetteville, visit www.visitdowntownfayetteville.com
for a calendar of historic bus tours or email
info@visitdowntownfayetteville.com to set up your own.
JAMI SHEPPARD McLAUGHLIN,
Downtown Development Manager
jmclaughlin@ci.fay.nc.us
www.visitdowntownfayetteville.com
www.facebook.com/downtownfayetteville
Business Spotlight
Prom season is coming up
soon and for all of the girls
out there who are looking
for that one-of-a-kind dress,
your answer is downtown
with Upscale Consignments
at 240 Hay Street. If you
have walked by, you have
seen the large array of
brightly colored dresses all
with a personality of their own from designer
labels and some custom made displayed on racks
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more dresses in every color from cocktail to
formal length along with furs, brooches, purses
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