Nappanee Receives Main Street Award
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Lt. Gov. Kathy Davis recently announced that a Nappanee renovation site has received the Indiana Main Street award for the outstanding adaptive reuse project of 2003.
The award is given to a project that brings a historic downtown building back into use or adapts the building for a new use. Owen Weaver, Dave Pottinger and his wife, Faye Walters, along with Jeremy Stutsman and Maija Walters-Stutsman, undertook the rehabilitation of a former lumberyard that most thought would remain vacant until being bulldozed for redevelopment.
Against the advice of a financial adviser, the Weaver, Pottinger and Stutsman families purchased the property from Big C Lumber. Renovation took several years to complete, but the area is now being used by many businesses. Former lumber bins have been converted into various leasable spaces and the compound houses a farmers' market, bakery, floral arranger, jeweler and art gallery, among other things.
"These Nappanee families have created a terrific success story with this rehabilitation project," said Davis, who serves as director of the Indiana Department of Commerce, which oversees the Indiana Main Street program. "Their foresight and commitment to occupy the site proved to be a winning combination."
Established in 1986, The Indiana Main Street program provides Indiana's communities with technical assistance in downtown revitalization, focusing on economic redevelopment within the context of historic preservation. It is the largest program of its kind in the country, with more than 160 cities and towns participating. [[In-content Ad]]
INDIANAPOLIS - Indiana Lt. Gov. Kathy Davis recently announced that a Nappanee renovation site has received the Indiana Main Street award for the outstanding adaptive reuse project of 2003.
The award is given to a project that brings a historic downtown building back into use or adapts the building for a new use. Owen Weaver, Dave Pottinger and his wife, Faye Walters, along with Jeremy Stutsman and Maija Walters-Stutsman, undertook the rehabilitation of a former lumberyard that most thought would remain vacant until being bulldozed for redevelopment.
Against the advice of a financial adviser, the Weaver, Pottinger and Stutsman families purchased the property from Big C Lumber. Renovation took several years to complete, but the area is now being used by many businesses. Former lumber bins have been converted into various leasable spaces and the compound houses a farmers' market, bakery, floral arranger, jeweler and art gallery, among other things.
"These Nappanee families have created a terrific success story with this rehabilitation project," said Davis, who serves as director of the Indiana Department of Commerce, which oversees the Indiana Main Street program. "Their foresight and commitment to occupy the site proved to be a winning combination."
Established in 1986, The Indiana Main Street program provides Indiana's communities with technical assistance in downtown revitalization, focusing on economic redevelopment within the context of historic preservation. It is the largest program of its kind in the country, with more than 160 cities and towns participating. [[In-content Ad]]