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►Breakfast with Santa - Saturday, December 12, 9:00-11:00 AM--tickets $5 -  purchase at Patsy Meck's State Farm office at 472 W. Panola St. For more information call 903 693-3461.

►Carthage has been recognized as one of the 56 National Main Street Cities in Texas for 2010. “A lot of hard work goes into achieving this recognition. Main Street communities exemplify the Texas mystique and this recognition honors the many people, including Main Street managers and volunteers, who put in countless hours to make their Main Street programs work. The result is an active and successful downtown revitalization effort that benefits not only the Main Street district, but also the entire community,” said Debra Farst, state coordinator of the Texas Main Street Program. Details

►Fruit Cobbler Baking Contest - Costume Contest - Car Show - Free kids area - Arts & Crafts vendors - Live Music - all this & much more at the East Texas Oil & Gas Blast  on October 10. See BLAST page for contest rules & applications.

►Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day - Saturday, September 12, at the Carthage Baseball Park - open to any Panola County Resident. Details

►Purple ribbons have been placed around town in support of the Panola County Relay for Life event that will be held on June 12-13. The event will begin at 7:00 PM on Friday and continue until 7:00 AM Saturday morning.

►The "Piney Woods Quilt Festival" will be held at the Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, Friday, April 17 from 12:00-6:00 and Saturday, April 18, 2009, from 9:00-4:00.

►Carthage Main Street has been designated an accredited National Main Street Program for meeting the commercial district revitalization performance standards set by the National Trust Main Street Center.  “We congratulate this year’s national accredited Main Street programs for meeting our established performance standards,” says Doug Loescher, director of the National Trust Main Street Center.  [more]

► Clean Up Carthage Day - Saturday, April 4, 2009 - Carthage Main Street is organizing a day to help make our town look more appealing to residents and visitors traveling through our community. [more]

►The city of Carthage, along with the 51 other cities, was honored at the recent Texas Downtown Association/Texas Main Street Conference in Temple. [more]
 

The old Esquire marquee has received new lights with help from the Main Street Incentive Grant Program. The Country Music Hayride is held here each Saturday night.

Debbie Pierce ,
Main Street Manager
P.O. Box 400
Carthage, TX 75633
903 693-3868
Hours of Operation:
 8:15 - 4:45
 Monday-Friday

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