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City of Gastonia Receives Downtown Development Grant from ElectriCities

January 19, 2023

ElectriCities of North Carolina, Inc., the membership organization for municipally owned electric utilities, has awarded the City of Gastonia one of four $10,000 Downtown Revitalization Grants to help achieve the city’s downtown revitalization goals. Gastonia’s […]

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Groundbreaking Ceremony for Six Story Multi-Family Community

March 29, 2022

The City of Gastonia will host a groundbreaking ceremony to mark the start of a 90-unit luxury apartment complex. The public is encouraged to attend the groundbreaking ceremony, which will be held on Tuesday, April […]

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Gastonia Closes the Books on a Stellar Fiscal Year

July 21, 2021

Cover photo: BaseballParks.com By Mary Elliott, Director of Communications and Marketing The City of Gastonia closed the 2020-21 fiscal year with a bang, accomplishing major projects that will move the City forward, support healthy communities […]

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City of Gastonia Receives $200,000 Grant From The Gaston Community Foundation

March 25, 2021

The City of Gastonia has received a $200,000 grant from the Gaston Community Foundation to support the City’s Franklin Urban Sports and Entertainment (FUSE) District, as part of its Community Partnerships program. “We are proud […]

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Dirt is Turning at GATEWAY85 Project Site

February 4, 2021

So much is going on in Gastonia right now that it’s hard to keep up on the projects and what it means for the future. Recently, we attended a groundbreaking ceremony for GATEWAY85 to kick-off […]

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City of Gastonia Hosts Two Groundbreaking Ceremonies

November 4, 2020

Two groundbreaking ceremonies were held on October 30 at sites in the Franklin Urban Sports and Entertainment District in west Gastonia, marking major progress for the City’s economic development plans along West Franklin Boulevard. The […]

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Gastonia City Council Approves Three Milestone Economic Development Projects

October 15, 2020

The Gastonia City Council approved three economic development agreements at its October 6 meeting with a potential for private investment worth $96 million. “These projects have been in the making for many years and are […]

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City of Gastonia and Atlantic League of Professional Baseball Announce Franchise Agreement and Ballpark Management Team

July 28, 2020

The City of Gastonia announced today it has entered into an agreement with the Atlantic League of Professional Baseball (ALPB) and an ownership group led by Brandon Bellamy, CEO of Velocity Companies, Inc., as the […]

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City of Gastonia Applies for BUILD Discretionary Grant

June 10, 2020

The City of Gastonia, in conjunction with the City of Lowell and Gaston County, has submitted a grant proposal package for $18,110,358 to the U.S. Department of Transportation’s BUILD program. BUILD stands for Better Utilizing […]

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City of Gastonia Awarded a $300,000 EPA Brownfields Assessment Grant

May 6, 2020

The City of Gastonia has been awarded a $300,000 Brownfields Assessment Grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The City is one of four entities in North Carolina to receive grants totaling $1.4 million. […]

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