MOORESVILLE Downtown Mooresville features buildings which are more than 100 years old and a variety of small businesses. The town hopes to give them a boost by changing Main Street itself.

Main In Motion is an $8 million initiative paid for with tax increment financing funds. The project plans to widen sidewalks on Main Street so residents and visitors can easily stop and explore shops.

"We're re-imagining the street where it's not just for cars," said Erin Pipkin of the Mooresville Redevelopment Commission. "We're aware that people like Mooresville as a small town and we're trying to make infrastructure improvements that support that, not override that. For a long time, we've wanted to do Main Street, and we finally have the money to do it."

The redvelopment commission will present the

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