Come see why Downtown Burlington is
The Next Great Place!

Congratulations to Sara-Anne Photography!

The BDC has just announced the winner of our Next Great Place business competition. The new grant program was structured in the form of a contest, gave our grand prize winner a year of free rent, business up-fit assitance, and much more.

Sara-Anne Photography was named the winner of the contest at The Big Event held on April 28th in conjunction with the first weekend of the Burlington Downtown Farmers Market. To learn more about this exciting program, and to meet our three winners, visit www.TheNextGr8Place.com!

There have been alot of exciting changes in the works in Downtown Burlington over the last year or two.

Highlights include:

• 21 New Businesses
  
• NC Main Street Solutions Grant of $298,460
  
• Opening of Company Shops Market
  
• NC Energy Office Grant of $101,794
  
• Completion of streetscaping project
  
• Development of a new brand mark
  
• Friday's on Front concert series
  
• Movies on the Move series

To read more, download our September 2011 Report of Progress

Read our Market Research Report!

2011-2012 Small Grants Program

Make plans to apply for the Small Grants Program now! The next deadline is The grant program accepts applications on a quarterly basis.

Interested applicants are required to schedule a pre-application interview with BDC staff to discuss their plans. Contact Anne K. Morris at (336)222-5002 or email her to set up a meeting.

Small Grants Brochure

Download the complete
information packet and application.

Get Email Updates From the Burlington Downtown Corp.

In the News

Downtown To Get Active On May 5th (Times-News 5/3/2012)

Next Great Place Contest Winner Announced (Video - News 14)

Sara-Anne Photography Wins Next Great Place Contest (Times - News 4/30/2012)

Musical Chairs Lineup Announced! (Times-News 4/26/2012)

Elon Students Interested in Starting Artists Co-op In Downtown (Times-News 4/12/2012)

Next Great Place Finalists Announced! (Times-News 4/3/2012)

Downtown To Have History Walk on Saturdays (Times-News 4/2/2012)

Update on Front Street Renovation Project (Times-News 3/15/2012)

City Ok's Downtown Farmers Marekt (Times-News 3/8/2012)

Downtown Corp. Announces Semi-Finalits in Next Great Place Contest (Times-News 2/17/2012)

Downtown Burlington wins award for Best Public-Private Partnership from the NC Main Street Center (Times-News 1/27/2012)

Next Great Place To Move Forward To Next Stage (Times-News 1/21/2012)

Burlington Seeks to Grow Businesses With Contest (Video: News 14 1/6/2012)

Downtown Group to Launch Business Plan Competition (Triad Business Journal 1/3/2012)

From the BDC

Next BDC Board Meeting: March 22, City Manager's Conference Room, City Hall

Weekly Update Archive
View the BDC's archive of emailed weekly updates.

We invite you to visit, explore, stay awhile.
Downtown is a great place to get a sense of Burlington's history, people and culture. Visit the Historic Depot, enjoy the excellent May Memorial Library, spend some quality time in our locally-owned shops and eateries and don't miss an opportunity to take in a show at the beautifully restored Paramount Theater.

We think you'll feel right at home.
A great place for your next adventure, we are strategically located between the Triad and Triangle regions of North Carolina. Downtown Burlington is one of Alamance County's largest employment centers and home to Laboratory Corporation of America (LabCorp), one of the world's largest biomedical testing firms. Come find out why Burlington is the downtown that works!

This page was updated 3/5/2012