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Main Street Alabama announces awards of excellence

MONTGOMERY, AL (WSFA) - Lt. Governor Kay Ivey and Mary Helmer, the president and State Coordinator of Main Street Alabama are announcing the winners of the Main Street Alabama Awards of Excellence Tuesday.

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Awards honor downtown development

A statewide program that was defunct for years because of budget cuts celebrated its new lease on life Tuesday by honoring efforts to revitalize Alabama's downtown areas.

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Athens and Florence Walk Away With Awards During Main Street Alabama Awards Of Excellence Conference

MONTGOMERY ─ Lt. Governor Kay Ivey and Mary Helmer, President and State Coordinator of Main Street Alabama announced the winners of the Main Street Alabama Awards of Excellence this afternoon during the aLABama Downtown Laboratory in Montgomery.

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What killed small town Alabama, and how we're bringing it back to life

For the most part, interstates and the Internet are useful, convenient tools, but over the last few decades, they helped decimate America's small downtowns. Alabama was no exception.

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Ideas for Oxford’s downtown flow at Wednesday meeting

OXFORD -- A chalkboard in the front of the meeting room inside the Oxford Civic Center Wednesday quickly filled with words attendees wrote denoting what they’d like downtown Oxford to become.

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