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STATION SQUARE FOOD TRUCK RODEO
Welcome Carolina’s Gateway Partnership

The Carolinas Gateway Partnership a few weeks ago moved into space on the second floor of a building abutting the south to southeast side of the Station Square business and professional complex.
“This office sends a very serious business message,” Carolinas Gateway President and CEO Norris Tolson said in an interview on Wednesday. “We’re serious about the business.”
Tolson also said the landlord of the new location, Ben Braddock, knew Carolinas Gateway had to move.
“And he suggested to me one day: ‘Why don’t you consider my space?’” Tolson said, noting that space was unused.
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Shoe Shine Stand comes to Station Square

Louis Nettles, proprietor of Mr. Quick Shine, has been shining shoes since 1959.
Nettles offers services in two locations in Rocky Mount: Shell Rapid Lube on Sunset Avenue and Station Square.
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Carolinas Gateway Partnership to relocate headquarters to Station Square
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The area’s business and industrial recruiter is shifting from a building just northwest of downtown to a location in downtown.
Carolinas Gateway Partnership President and CEO Norris Tolson told the Telegram the plan is to bid farewell to what has been the public-private agency’s home at 427 Falls Road across from Braswell Memorial Library.
Tolson said the plan is for the agency to begin anew on the second floor of a building abutting the south to southeast side of the Station Square business and professional complex.
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New Owners Take Over Trax Coffee Bar

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A popular downtown business has a jazz musician and his business manager as new owners and operators.
Artist Marcus Anderson and artist manager Allohn Willis are partners at Trax Coffee Bar in the Station Square business and professional complex.
He said Willis had been researching coffee shops and that he and Willis have friends in the coffee business who told them about Trax being available.
“I love everything about Trax Coffee. I just kind of want to take the brand and make it a little bit more well known, use my brand as an artist and a musician to bring a little bit more attention to not just Trax Coffee, but also Rocky Mount because it’s a great place to be,” Anderson said.
Anderson said he wants to have musicians play in Trax and plans on performing there himself.
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Tutoring Service Relocates to Station Square

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A tutoring service has relocated from the Douglas Block to the Station Square business and professional complex.
Lucas said the tenants at Station Square were warm and welcoming and said the leaders of Station Square helped make the transition an easy one.
Lucas said the tenants at Station Square were warm and welcoming and said the leaders of Station Square helped make the transition an easy one.
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Furniture Store to Move to Station Square

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Little and Luther are preparing to relocate the business to a permanent place in a storefront at Station Square in downtown Rocky Mount. The plan is to have the location at 322 S.W. Main St. ready at the start of next month, with the official opening set for 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on July 13.
Little and Luther take old but unique antique furniture and re-purpose it. The two also do custom painting and home decor.
As for why Little and Luther chose to relocate the business to Station Square, the mother said she loves downtown.
Little said she and her husband, David, moved to Rocky Mount approximately 5½ years ago and she remembers seeing the city center.
“And it was just such a vision that I saw for the downtown, just flourishing and just blooming,” Donna Little said, noting she saw restaurants and shops.
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North South Trading Company Coming soon to Station Square

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A native of Canada with a can-do spirit is planning to open a woodworking designs and arts and crafts business in downtown Rocky Mount.
Kim Dayus, 38, has been setting up the future North South Trading Co., in space by the courtyard of the Station Square business and professional complex at South Church and Nash streets. Dayus said she hopes to have the business open within the next week or so.
The North South name is a play on Dayus being from Calgary, Alberta, and her husband, Mike, 38, a U.S. Army veteran, being from southern California. The couple has relocated from southern California, where they operated a business called North South Wood Works.
How the couple ended up in the Twin Counties is an interesting story….
Station Square Throws 2nd Annual Food Truck Rodeo

As featured in the Rocky Mount Telegram
The event — set for Saturday at Station Square in downtown Rocky Mount — will host 16 food trucks, four craft breweries and a variety of activities such as face painting and bounce houses, said Anne Craig, director of operations at Station Square.
The food and fun will take place from 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday on the Nash Street side of Station Square. Station Square is a microcosm of downtown, Braddock said. His general theory is that his little corner of downtown can be a pilot for Main Street.
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Owner of Station Square Receives Award

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Rocky Mount real estate investor Ben Braddock has been named an N.C. Main Street Champion.
Braddock is sharing his recognition with Station Square, the downtown shopping center he developed. Braddock received the award at the 2019 Main Street Conference.
Station Square Records, Trax Coffee Bar and Bin & Barrel Wine Bar and Bottles are just a few of the new businesses to open at Station Square in the past 16 months.
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