BUILD COMMUNITY.
SUPPORT LOCAL.
Support FVDA Initiatives
SHOP
Shopping downtown means supporting your community and the people that make it special. Continue for a list that answers the question, “Why shop downtown Fuquay-Varina?”
DINE
Looking for the flavor of our community? With a variety of cuisine, price, and location options, Fuquay-Varina has something for everyone’s appetite. From small bites to the best brews, you’ll find the recipe for a good time downtown.
PLAY
Downtown Fuquay-Varina offers a list of events and recreational options to get out of your house but stay in town. Spend your free time and weekends in the heart of Fuquay-Varina.
UPCOMING EVENTS
First Friday |Aug 7th
First Friday |Sept 4th
First Friday |Oct 2nd
Trick or Treat Downtown |Oct 23rd
First Friday |Nov 6th
BBQ Blues & Brews |Nov 7th
ABOUT US
Fuquay-Varina Downtown Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to building a community that supports local businesses and private investment in our historic core. Since 1993, activities and programs created by Fuquay-Varina Downtown Association, bring foot traffic and customers to our downtown core and educate residents on the importance of the support local movement.
Since its inception in 1993, the FVDA has had a strong, community-driven board working to build Downtown Fuquay-Varina into the thriving community it is today. We could not do it without their support.
Thank you to this year’s FVDA Board Members
Johnny Francis - Chair
Cara Adcock - Treasurer
Jessica Kaplar - Secretary
Marilyn Gardner - Town Liaison
Orlean Newton
Brandy Taylor
Dani Almeyda
David Ball
Laura Fahnestock
Robyn Morrison
Rick Abshure
Brad Stoneking
Charlie Kesinger
OUR DOWNTOWN COMMUNITY PARTNERS
Main Street America 2026
As a Main Street America™ Accredited program, Fuquay-Varina Downtown Association is a recognized leading program among the national network of neighborhoods and communities that share both a commitment to creating high-quality places and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. All Main Street America™ Accredited programs meet a set of National Accreditation Standards of Performance as outlined by the National Main Street Center.
Fuquay-Varina Downtown Association is a North Carolina Main Street community, designated by the N.C. Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center. Fuquay-Varina is charged with administering the program at the local level and building public-private partnerships to spur economic development that achieves measurable results such as investments, business growth, and job creation
North Carolina Main Street Rural Planning Center. The NC Main Street & Rural Planning Center is a Main Street America™ Coordinating Program. Main Street America™ is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation. As one of the first Main Street America™ Coordinating Programs designated in 1980, NC Main Street inspires placemaking through building asset-based economic development strategies. The NC Main Street staff is charged by the NC Department of Commerce to facilitate downtown economic development using the Main Street America Four-Point Approach. The Main Street Approach™ focuses on economic development strategies to transform downtown. These strategies articulate a focused path to revitalizing or strengthening a downtown economy. Designated NC Main Street community's work is organized around the Four-Point Approach: Economic Vitality, Design, Promotion, and Organization.
Learn more about the NC Main Street & Rural Planning Center.
The National Main Street Program | Main Street America™
Main Street America™ has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts since 1980. Today it is a network of neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, that share both commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.
Main Street America™ is a movement. It is the leading voice for preservation-based economic development and community revitalization across the country. Made up of small towns, mid-sized communities, and urban commercial districts, Main Street America represents the broad diversity that makes this country so unique. Working together, the programs that make up the Main Street America network help to breathe new life into the places people call home.