| staff spotlight | executive director dan butner named elkin’s 2022 ‘main street champion’
| elkin’s newest ‘main street champion’ |
During the 2023 NC Main Street Conference held in Statesville in March, Foothills Arts Council Executive Director Dan Butner was recognized as Elkin’s 2022 Main Street Champion, a prestigious award presented by the N.C. Department of Commerce.
| about the award |
“North Carolina’s most important asset is the people that live and work in their communities, and our Main Street program teaches our communities how to leverage this invaluable resource into positive economic change,” said N.C. Commerce Secretary Machelle Baker Sanders.
“Champions are the heartbeat of rural North Carolina,” said Kenny Flowers, Assistant Secretary of Rural Economic Development at the N.C. Department of Commerce. “They don’t give up on their communities and keep fighting for new businesses, new jobs, and new investment.”
“Main Street Champions are passionate about their community and their downtown districts,” said Liz Parham, Director of the NC Main Street & Rural Planning Center at Commerce. “They are public officials, volunteers, community leaders and concerned citizens that are all working collaboratively for common goals within the context of their community’s economic development strategies.”
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