Allen Castelloe Presents Main Street Center Program

The Windsor Rotary was pleased to hear from the Windsor Town Manager, Allen Castelloe, about Windsor's participation in the North Carolina Main Street Center program called Small Town Main Street. The meeting was called to order by Sharon Davis (shown below), Director of the Chamber of Commerce and President of the Windsor Rotary.




Collins Cooper then introduced Allen Castelloe to the gathering. Allen told us that Windsor was selected as one of 14 small towns (under 7500 in population) in North Carolina for the current effort by the State. The purpose of the State program is to provide technical assistance in revitalization for Windsor and other small towns, to recognize and preserve the town's historic character.




The original Main Street program was started by the National Trust for Historic Preservation. The program Windsor is participating in was started in 2003 as an expansion of the Main Street concept to small towns in North Carolina. Selected communities receive on-site technical assistance from the Small Town Main Street staff provided by the State including: Organizational development, Market analysis, Business assistance, Promotions and Design.




Windsor Small Town Main Street is holding public meetings at 6:30 PM, the first Thursday in each month, in the Community Center across from the Board of Elections. Tonight is their next meeting and Allen invited everyone to attend.

At the end of his presentation, Collins Cooper (shown above on left) presented Allen Castelloe with the traditional cobalt blue coffee cup as a thank you.

Windsor has created three committees which meet at their monthly meetings to assist in organizing the efforts. If you would like to help, please call Allen Castelloe at (252) 794-2331, or email him at windsor.admin@mchsi.com