About downtown Monroe
Monroe is home to a Main Street America program: an Affiliate downtown working to keep Monroe's historic commercial district lively, local and one of a kind.
City of MonroeAffiliate
- Designation
- Affiliate Main Street America program
- Coordinating program
- North Carolina Main Street
What's coming to this page
When the City of Monroe team claims this page, it fills in with the places that make Monroe worth the trip.
Local shops and signature goods made in Monroe.
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
- Waxhaw, NC12 mi
- Lancaster, SC22 mi
- Concord, NC29 mi
- Belmont, NC32 mi
- Albemarle, NC32 mi
- York, SC39 mi
- Clover, SC39 mi
- Cheraw, SC43 mi
Distances are straight-line from downtown Monroe. 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 Something out of date?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 Monroe? Get featured.
If you lead City of Monroe 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.