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Main Street Matters: Reflecting on A Nine-Year ‘Overnight Success’

Since 2014, New Castle Main Street has been helping revitalize downtown New Castle. In 2022 alone, 11 new businesses opened in the Main Street district, which is from 11th Street…

1 year ago

Henry County Creates: Business Builders Series Begins in January

First Financial Foundation Helps New Castle Main Street Support Local Entrepreneurs For the fourth year in a row, Henry County Creates will host a series of workshops and a pitch…

1 year ago

Shop Small Saturday Comes To Downtown New Castle

New Castle Main Street is hosting Shop Small Saturday in downtown New Castle on Saturday, November 26. During this event, New Castle Transit will offer free transportation between downtown merchants.…

2 years ago

New Castle Main Street Leads Downtown Investment Efforts

New Castle Main Street recently facilitated a new grant opportunity for building owners in New Castle’s Downtown Historic Preservation Area. The Building Renovation Assistance Program (BRAP) is designed to help…

2 years ago

Fridays are Festive in Downtown New Castle

New Castle’s whirlwind summer continues with fun events for the entire community. Start the weekend off right with New Castle Main Street’s Fourth Friday Festivals. Join New Castle from 6…

2 years ago

Henry County Creates Begins Latest Business Builders Session

Henry County Creates recently began its third round of Business Builders with a kick-off event. Interested entrepreneurs gathered to learn about the series of workshops that ends with Launch Night,…

2 years ago

The Courier-Times Building Sells to Local Owners, Retail and Office Suites Available

News is still happening in Henry County and the surrounding area, and The Courier-Times is still reporting it from the corner of 14th and Race Streets in New Castle. The…

2 years ago

A New Castle Christmas!

Are you ready for Christmas? Follow New Castle’s own Santa as he shops for Mrs. Claus in downtown New Castle.

3 years ago

We LOVE Entrepreneurs

To show our love we are launching Business Builders in April 2021. Business Builders is a part of Henry County Creates and is a workshop series created to encourage area…

3 years ago

What’s a Scaffy and Why is it Important?

New Castle Main Street Receives Funding for Downtown Ambassador and Signage from OCRA’s Taking Care of Main Street Grant Lt. Gov. Suzanne Crouch and the Indiana Office of Community and…

3 years ago

New Castle, New Year, New Strategy!

New Castle Main Street is reimagining downtown in 2021 and beyond Okay, I think we can agree that 2021 isn’t quite shaping up to be the year we expected and…

3 years ago

New Castle Downtown Shines Bright

It might be tough to get in the holiday spirit this year. But New Castle Main Street has a way to bring you cheer! Take a cruise down Broad Street –…

New Castle Main Street Hosts Educational Series Beginning March 6, 2024

As part of the $2 million PreservINg Main Street grant, New Castle Main Street will host educational workshops. The first workshop, “Anatomy of a Main Street Building” will be presented on Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 6:00 pm at the Blue River Taphouse, 1120 Broad Street, New Castle, Indiana. This event is free and open to the public.

We are excited to welcome Abby Huff, Senior Program Manager for Indiana Main Street. Abby holds a Master of Fine Arts in historic preservation from the Savannah College of Art and Design. For Abby’s slides from the program click here.

Future workshops will focus on: Historic Tax Credits, Historic Preservation as an Economic Development Tool, Communicating with Decision Makers, Architecture of New Castle, etc. For more details about these workshops, follow New Castle Main Street on Facebook and Instagram and sign up for their email newsletter at newcastledowntown.com