Mineola Main Street Manager Doris Newman, left, presents a $1,000 check to Marvin Hlavaty, owner of Rio-Sabine Construction Company. At right is Main Street Board Director Wanda Dubbs. In back, from left, are Main Street Board directors Robin Averett, Nic Watkins, Pat Hamlett, Allison Utley, and Misty Hooks. The check presentation was made at 112 W. Broad Street, where Crickets Wireless will be located. Rio-Sabine Construction repainted the front exterior, redid the old windows and doors in the rear and put up a fence. The Mineola Main Street Incentive Grant Program reimburses property owners – and in some situations tenants – for exterior work and signage on buildings in the Main Street District. Matching grants are available on a first-come, first-serve basis and must be requested prior to the work being done.

Main Street Director Doris Newman, left, presents a $390 check to Donna Hanger, owner of Between Friends at 114 E. Broad Street. Back row from left are Main Street directors Nic Watkins, Allison Utley, Pat Hamlett, Wanda Dubbs and Misty Hooks. The fund went toward improving the business’s sign.