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Why face issues alone? Over the years Better Hometown Communities have been extremely successful in numerous projects. Sharing these success stories provides others with "tried and true" results. One of the greatest assets of the Better Hometown Program is the network of people, the "success stories" section allows us to take advantage of the network through the World Wide Web.
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| Archived Stories |
| Downtown Gainesville is Reborn |
| City Council Passed an Ordinance Last Week That Will Force Almost Every Business in Marietta to Replace Its Sign Within the Next Nine Years |
| Lyons Better Hometown Receives Two Awards at 2002 Annual Georgia Downtown Association Conference |
| Coffeehouse Opens In Lavonia: Residents Have Another Dining Option Downtown |
| Flowery Branch Waking Up and (ah!) Smelling the Coffee |
| Cities Chosen for 2003 "Heart & Soul" Bus Tour |
| Downtown Uses Flower Power |
| City of Washington Tax Base Study Download the pdf. |
| Eating Spots Increase In Downtown Gainesville Move over Dawsonville Highway and Jesse Jewell Parkway. There's a new "restaurant row" emerging in and around Gainesville's downtown central business district. |
| Lyons' Pride The Lyons Better Homtown Program recently purchased two building which are scheduled for renovation. The old Brice (Pal) Theatre has been restored back to its grandeur and the Robert Toombs Hotel will soon house several shops and downtown apartments. |
| Lyons DDA Receives Loan for Renovation of Downtown Building The Lyons Downtown Development Authority received a low-interest loan to assist in the renovation of the historic Pal Theater located at 121 N. State Street in downtown Lyons from the Georgia Cities Foundation, a non-profit subsidiary of the Georgia Municipal Association (GMA). |
| Gas Station Puts Pumps In Back Davidson, a north Mecklenburg town known for its strict controls on commercial development, will soon have a two-story convenience store with no gasoline pumps in front. |
| A Wal-Mart Like No Other Jacoby Development Inc. has worked on 30 Wal-Mart stores throughout the Southeast, but none like the one opening next week in Suwanee. |
| Great Idea on Welcoming New Business Owners to the City The City of Greeley, a Colorado Main Street designated city, shares a brilliant and inexpensive way to showcase new businesses. |
| The States Youngest Better Hometown Board Member Social Circle's Better Hometown Board's youngest board member in the state. |
| Not Just a Faade Faade Grant Program aids Forsyth's historic district. |
| Hometown Heroes Lyons' Better Hometown Manager rewards BHT volunteers in a special way. |
| Better Hometown Eatonton Hosts City and County Elected Officials Luncheon educated elected city and county officials about the Better Hometown program and the benefits it has brought to Eatonton. |
| Cleghorn Spring Park Is Becoming A Reality Work Well Underway For Historic Site |
| Cuthberts Faade Project A Success: Next Comes the Muse House Cuthbert Better Hometown, Inc. has raised over $10,000 for a matching faade grant program to help businesses and property owners restore the fronts of downtown buildings. |
| Old Woodbine School: A Community Renovation Project The Old School Renovation Committee has organized several successful fund raising projects to attract public support for the preservation of the old school. |
| Lavonia Takes Advantage of Joint Marketing Opportunity In an effort to capture Northeast Georgia tourists and Lake Hartwell visitors the Lavonia Better Hometown program, Hartwell Main Street Program and Toccoa Main Street Program have joined together to create a display that is located in the Georgia Welcome Center off I-85 in Franklin County. |
| Lavonia Police Become Center of Attention Lavonia preserves an historic downtown building and utilizes it as a police station. |
| Downtown Greensboro's Tax Base Continues to Rise Downtown Greensboro was a model city in a study conducted by DCA indicating that cities with an organized, systematic approach to downtown development experience the greatest levels of economic redevelopment and success with their downtowns. |
