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City of Hartsville’sDowntown Revitalization

Partnerships and Collaboration

Hartsville is home to Sonoco

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New IPS Studios

And home to Coker College

And SCGSSM

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Community Engagement

Leadership

Good Bones

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People who “got it”

Jessie Avant: The Midnight Rooster

People who “wouldn’t let go of their downtown”

• Hartsville Furniture, since 1934• Rambos’ Shoes, since 1950• Burry Bookstore, since 1972• Minnie’s, since 1984

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Like you, we have concerts…

And Farmers Markets…

Never underestimate the power of a farmers’ market

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We have merchant meetings…

And Treats On The Streets

And performances at historic Center Theatre

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As well as the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Performing Arts Center

And Black Creek Arts Council resides in a historic building in our downtown..

Programs: StartUp Hartsville 2015

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Programs: StartUp Hartsville 2016

Programs: Business Builder Program

Real estate: The Bank of Hartsville on the corner of 5th & Carolina Avenue

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The Bank of Hartsville on the corner of 5th & Carolina Avenue

Hartsville City Hallon the corner of 5th & Carolina Avenue

Since joining Main Street in 2014

• 41 new businesses have opened in our downtown.

• With 4 more slated to open soon.

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Once upon a time, like every small Southern town, there was a Kimbrell’s with an outdated facade

So some kind developers gave it a facelift

And a corridor

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Their view

The wall

“Public art on a temporary structure.”

The City brought the love.

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Artists at Hart

Building a bumpout

For months

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Local news teams show up about now

Signage & branding and blade sign ordinances

The Mantissa Executive Suites & Spa

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Streetscape

That rooftop bar I mentioned

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Hampton Inn & Suites site

Infrastructure

Hampton Inn & Suites construction, where to begin?

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This is easier.

Hampton Inn & Suites interior

It stays booked!

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Ribbon Cutting: Burry Bookstore

New interior of Burry Bookstore, Walls Of Books & Tin Can: a paper boutique

Ribbon Cutting: Blush:a Merle Norman Studio

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Ribbon Cutting: Colours: an elite salon

Colours Salon: interior

Rooftop Bar? Let’s look again:

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Ribbon Cutting: Crema Coffee

Crema Coffee: the daily grind inside

Ribbon Cutting: De Baz

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Ribbon Cutting: DeVanes FashionsStartUp Hartsville Winner!

DeVanes Façade Improvements

Are you ready for this?

SM1

DeVanes Façade Now

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SM1 Suzy Moyd, 5/10/2016

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Ribbon Cutting: FME Nuclear Solutions

Key: The first graduate of the Duke Energy Center for Innovation, now StartsVille.And of course they need a storefront downtown!

Ribbon Cutting: Frame Moxie

Frame Moxie: exterior

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Ribbon Cutting: The Grooming Lounge

Ribbon Cutting: Groucho’s

Ribbon Cutting: Hampton Inn & Suites

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Ribbon Cutting: Hazel’s Delights

Ribbon Cutting: Indigo Salon & Day Spa

Indigo Salon: interior shots

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Indigo: inside the vault

Indigo Salon: everyone puts their best foot forward!

Ribbon Cutting: The Mantissa Executive Suites & Spa

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Ribbon Cutting: North Industrial Machine

Key: This was the old City Hall location.Now we have industry moving in!

Interior: North Industrial Machine

Ribbon Cutting: Pita Pit

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Pita Pit: Interior

Ribbon Cutting: Raised Down South

Exterior before (ask me about upstairs)

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Exterior afters

Ribbon Cutting: RetroFit Sip-N-Seat

StartUp Hartsville 2015 Winner!

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Retrofit Exterior: before and after

Retrofit construction and parking lot paving collide.

Retrofit Interior: before & after

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Ribbon Cutting: Seersuckergypsy

StartUp Hartsville 2015 Winner!

Seersuckergypsy interior

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Lighter Side: before & afteropening soon!

Ribbon Cutting: The Key To Your Hartsville

Meetings: this won’t hurt a bit

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Okay, it may hurt a little bit…

College Avenue Parking Lot Paving

The roads less travelled. Part 1.

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Paved with good intentions jokes getting old about now.

Street and Parking Lot Improvements

More improving!

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And even more improving.

So much improved!

“Parking problems are good problems.”

Mantissa Alley

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So long, alley.

Hello, Mantissa Row

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Or something like this

Creative people make this happen.

Creative people make this happen.

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Creative people make bumper stickers.

Creative people make this happen.

Creative people make this happen.

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Creative people make this happen.

Creative people build corridors and increase walkability and connect the great people

and great businesses that we have created together. This has been our multi-faceted approach to collaboration.

#ShakeItOffHartsville