During an awards ceremony in Richmond, Historic Manassas Inc. was presented with the Virginia Main Street Milestone Achievement Award.
The award is given to those that have demonstrated voluntary investments to revitalize downtown areas, like Downtown Manassas.
More than 60,000 volunteer hours have been put in to events and the revitalization of Downtown Manassas since 1997, according to a city release.
Historic Manassas, Inc. has been working in Downtown Manassas as a non-profit organization since 1986.
In Virginia, there are currently 25 areas as designated Main Street communities. These communities are involved with the Virginia Main Street program, which is managed by the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development.
The department provides the areas with assistance and training to help improve and expand their businesses and economic growth opportunities in these downtown areas, said a city release.
“The spirit of volunteerism is alive and well in the City of Manassas as evidenced by this award. Volunteers are what make this City great and this is an overwhelming number of volunteer hours donated to our Historic Downtown. We thank every volunteer for their gift of time,” said Manassas City Manager, W. Patrick Pate.
