Foley Main Street Wins Award, Gives Updates

Community foundation Foley Main Street, Inc. has won a Main Street Alabama Award of Excellence for municipal planning. Darrelyn Dunmore, executive director of Foley Main Street, said the award recognizes city projects, including the addition to the Perry Wilbourne Antique Rose Trail, that have improved the downtown area. Foley Main Street members presented the award to the City of Foley because of the project’s recent completion and the lead role the city played. “It’s the businesses’ and the owners’ downtown. They are as important a partner as the city is,” Mayor Ralph Hellmich told Foley Main Street. ”Our City Council fully supports Main Street, but I think that we need to make sure that you get credit for being the driving force behind a lot of it.” Dunmore said Foley has received 11 awards in the last five years for downtown improvements. She added that Foley Main Street has begun its Third Thursday event, which will include music, special offers and treats taking place downtown between 5 p.m. and 7 p.m., and that it has received new grants to continue improvements to the Cat Alley art and entertainment space.