Downtown Main Street Program

At a glance

• What: Thomasville's North Carolina Main Street community (17 blocks, 146 parcels, nine downtown restaurants, $855,000 of city investment in the first report, volunteer hours valued at $108,000).
• Where it stands: ongoing. On October 6 Tammy Joyce asked to add the Carolina underwear building and the Big Chair Lofts parcels (about 134 apartments) to the map.
• Next: none pending. On October 19 council adopted the map amendment 7-0, and the loading zone ordinance passed on the consent agenda.

Map change

• Moved to briefing October 6; adopted 7-0 on October 19, adding 14 East Guilford Street (Big Chair Lofts) and 110 West Guilford Street (former Carolina Underwear building).
• The city manager explained it is separate from the municipal service district and the social district; neither changes.

Loading zone ordinance

• Approved on the October 19 consent agenda: removes a loading zone near Salem Street, adds a larger one on J.W. Thomas Way at Salem Street and shrinks one near the former police station.

Other topics discussed

• Pace Park phase one: parallel parking but not all angled parking; wayfinding signs approved by DOT and going up.
• A new candy store.
• Downtown buildings under long-term construction wrap: the city says it cannot regulate appearance while permits stay active; council asked to put a policy on the retreat agenda.
• A loading zone removal ordinance heard at the Public Safety Committee.

Status

• Ongoing; map update and loading zone ordinance headed to briefing.

Discussion time

About 35 minutes across 2 meetings (from transcript timestamps; approximate).

Log

• 2026-10-19 - City Council - Main Street map amendment adopted 7-0; loading zone ordinance approved on consent.
• 2026-10-06 - City Council - Main Street annual report and map change moved to briefing; downtown wrapped buildings and Pace Park phase one discussed; loading zone ordinance presented at Public Safety Committee.