About downtown Marion
Marion is home to a Main Street America program: a nationally Accredited downtown working to keep Marion's historic commercial district lively, local and one of a kind.
Marion Business AssociationAccredited
- Designation
- Nationally Accredited Main Street America program
- Coordinating program
- North Carolina Main Street
What's coming to this page
When the Marion Business Association team claims this page, it fills in with the places that make Marion worth the trip.
Local shops and signature goods made in Marion.
Inns, B&Bs and hotels within walking distance.
Festivals, galleries, markets and events downtown.
Restaurants, cafés and taprooms on the square.
Nearby Main Street towns
- Spruce Pine, NC16 mi
- Morganton, NC19 mi
- Rutherfordton, NC24 mi
- Valdese, NC25 mi
- Forest City, NC26 mi
- Lenoir, NC31 mi
- Tryon, NC35 mi
- Hendersonville, NC36 mi
Distances are straight-line from downtown Marion. See all 80 other North Carolina downtowns on the state page.
Program details from the Main Street America network directory. Something out of date? Let us know through the form on this page.
For downtowns & shop owners
Run downtown Marion? Get featured.
If you lead Marion Business Association or own a shop here, tell us about your events, shops and holiday hours. Our editors feature downtowns and merchants in the Daily Downtown Digest.
Owners and downtown teams get the Digest every morning. Featured placement for shops is a simple monthly plan.