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Stone Mountain earns National Main Street accreditation

By Mark Niesse
July 22, 2014

The Stone Mountain Downtown Development Authority has been recognized for meeting commercial revitalization performance standards set by the National Main Street Center.

The city’s accreditation as a National Main Street Program acknowledges its commitment to historic preservation and community revitalization.

Downtown Development Authority Executive Director Mechel McKinley said already this year, the city has celebrated two new business openings, started a facade improvement grant and opened the Stone Mountain Farmers Market.

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Mark Niesse is an enterprise reporter and covers elections and Georgia government for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and is considered an expert on elections and voting. Before joining the AJC, he worked for The Associated Press in Atlanta, Honolulu and Montgomery, Alabama. He also reported for The Daily Report and The Santiago Times in Chile.

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