selmer, tn downtown (1) compressed
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The Selmer Business Alliance is applying for a grant to help beautify our downtown. I can in to help create this slide show to include with the grant application.TRANSCRIPT
Selmer TennesseeSTATE OF TENNESSEE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT TENNESSEE MAIN STREET PROGRAM – TENNESSEE DOWNTOWNS 2010 TENNESSEE DOWNTOWNS
Submitted By:SELMER BUSINESS ALLIANCE
Date:February 5,2010
Courthouse
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Main Street
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Latta Building
Proposed future home of the McNairy County visitors and culture center, this circa 1930 building was once used as a public gathering space and soon will be again; corner of Fourth Street and Court Avenue just across from the courthouse.
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Pat’s Cafe
Pat's Cafe is a landmark business and purveyor of everyone's favorite "slug burger."
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Museum
The old Ritz Theatre houses the McNairy County Historical Museum
at the corner of Third Street and Warren
Avenue.
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Rockabilly Mural
Commissioned in 2008 and finished in 2009, the Rockabilly Highway Mural at the Corner of Court Avenue and Second Street
celebrates Selmer's Rockabilly Music roots.
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Chamber of Commerce
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Selmer Chiropractic Center
Several medical professionals practice in the downtown area including two General Practitioners, a Dentist, an Optometrist and a Chiropractor shown here.
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Village Coffee House
Thoroughly refurbished and recently opened, Village Coffee House on Court Ave. is one of the most attractive additions to downtown in many years.
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Thrift Store
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First Christian Church
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Feeney Law Firm
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4th Street Church of Christ
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Train Station
Turn of the century passenger depot on the Mobile and Ohio railroad (looking north).
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Shelter Insurance
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Streets
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Street Lighting
Decorative lighting (foreground)
installed in the 1990s is functional
and adequate.
Three of the older buildings in
downtown (background)
date to the late19th century.
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China King
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City Hall
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Drug Store
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Arts in McNairy
Glass artist's studio on Warren Ave. (left) with Selmer's first municipal fire station next door (right).
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Community Center
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Post Office
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Paper
Corner of Second Street and Warren Avenue, the Independent Appeal (Weekly Newspaper) is the oldest continuously operating business in McNairy County.
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Historic Homes
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Funeral Home
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Future Green Space/Farmer’s Market to the Right
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Future Parking for Famer’s Market
(looking south) Railroad tracks on the far left; old depot with green roof in the distance; typical downtown building in the middle; future public green space on the far right.
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Cypress CreekCypress Creek a tributary of the Tuscumbia River was once an important waterway into the interior of the county. It runs near the downtown district.