Danville’s Main Street program – the River District Association – is a FINALIST for the 2018 Partners in Preservation: Main Street campaign! You are invited to #VoteYourMainStreet from NOW until Oct. 26 to decide which historic sites along 20 of America’s favorite Main Streets should receive $2 million in preservation funding from American Express.

Partners in Preservation is an initiative created by the National Trust for Historic Preservation and American Express to engage the public in preserving and increasing awareness of America’s historic places and their role in sustaining local communities. Since its inception in 2006, Partners in Preservation has committed over $22 million in support of more than 200 sites.

From the early 1900s through the civil rights movement and beyond, Union Street was first a thriving tobacco warehouse district, and then a mecca for black businesses and entrepreneurship. This project will restore two storefronts to foster continued entrepreneurship and create space for celebrating the area’s civil rights history.

 

 

 

The River District and the city of Danville have made North Union Street an area of particular focus for investment in 2018 and 2019. The city is matching funds received through a Virginia Main Street Downtown Investment Grant to provide grant funding for facade improvements along this corridor. In addition, the organization and the city have also partnered on a Community Business Launch grant through DHCD that will target business recruitment efforts in this area. The Partners in Preservation: Main Street would provide additional resources to not only preserve, but to revitalize this district!

Help Danville to win – Vote Early, Vote Often!