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Downtown Campbellsville
The above picture of Campbellsville is circa 1949. Originally in black and white, the image was colorized using Photoshop.
It’s official. Campbellsville becomes Kentucky’s Next Great City™ - a branding initiative to promote revitalization efforts downtown. It’s not enough to simply renovate your product and expect people to come. You must include marketing and sales. And, if you’re going to market, you better know what your outcome will be. It must be clear. Kentucky’s Next Great City is trademark of Downtown Campbellsville.
The new year also brings a new decade. The decade 2010-2020 is all about revitalization in Campbellsville.
www.downtowncampbellsville.com
Tucker’s Jewelry Store (Diamonds and Gold) has completed an interior renovation. There are substantial updates to the decor and retail displays.
Happy Days Ole Time Soda Fountain and Grille opened in December 9, 2009. It’s one of several new restaurants opening downtown. The renovation project took 6 months which included exposing and refinishing a unique beach wood floor. The original soda fountain bar was found, restored, and placed in it’s original spot.
Renovations at the Bank of Campbellsville Building continue. This is number 2 for the building within the past year. This time, the first floor is being refinished as office space. Highlights of the renovation include exposing the original mosaic tile floors and new exposed brick. 3 hand painted mural were custom made to finish out the decor.
The streetscape renovation on Columbia Street (from Main Street to Broadway) is now complete. It includes new lighting, sidewalk-hardscapes, and landscaping. It’s also part of the larger renovation to Veterans War Memorial near Main Street.
Downtown Campbellsville Streetscape Project - Oct 2009
Downtown Campbellsville™ (A marketing alliance) secures the inside cover of the annual Discover Taylor County magazine. The 8×11 ad features a photo of downtown from the 1940′s that was colorized using Photoshop.
Discover Taylor County
The exterior renovation of the Merle Norman building is complete. Special soda blasting techniques were used to aid refinishing of the historic iron work on the east side. The east side of the building was repainted. A new awning was installed.
With the advent of new social media tools, downtown merchants are building better relationships and customer service. The popular tools in use include Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, YouTube, Constant Contact, eVite, blogs, and web sites. “It’s extremely effective marketing”, said one merchant at the Uptown/Downtown meeting.
