Public invited to Main Street groundbreaking
Main Street McMinnville and city officials invite the public to attend a groundbreaking ceremony for the downtown construction project at 10 a.m. tomorrow.
A stage with a variety of state and local dignitaries will be set up in the Main Street and Chancery Street intersection with Mayor Royce Davenport and others involved in the project to speak.
Officials are planning to break ground and have workers start construction immediately following the ceremony. Refreshments and cake are planned at the downtown gazebo.
Main Street McMinnville director Chris Wilson, who said he has talked to businesses in the first phase who told him they will stay open during construction, said he is excited to see the project have a beginning and noted the investment in the community.
“Building owners are renovating in anticipation of a new downtown. Businesses are relocating and opening here in anticipation to take advantage of opening date in a year,” Wilson said.
“In the face of the plant closings and Carrier, this just proves that McMinnville is not willing to sit and take it. We’re moving forward and taking matters into our own hands about our future,” he added.