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Revitalization Projects

The Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant Program offers up to $400,000 in funds for projects in designated downtown areas in Oregon communities participating in the Oregon Main Street Network. Projects can include façade improvement, accessibility enhancement, and more. The purpose of the program is to:

  • Acquire, rehabilitate, and construct buildings on properties in designated downtown areas statewide; and

  • Facilitate community revitalization that will lead to private investment, job creation or retention, establishing or expanding viable businesses, or creating a stronger tax base.

The primary focus area of our downtown revitalization effort encompasses businesses and public spaces on and directly adjacent to Hwy 101 from the north end of the historic Patterson Bridge to Gold Beach High School.

Gold Beach Main Street is proud to have facilitated three of these grants in our community. See our past projects below.

We have applied for two grants in 2025. We will let you know if we were successful sometime in May.


Map of Gold Beach, Oregon, featuring streets, landmarks, and points of interest including schools, parks, and U.S. Route 101.
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Barnacle Bistro

Acquisition & Building Renovation (in progress!)

  • An under-construction building with Tyvek wrapping, two orange cones, a small bench, and a scooter parked outside. A sign for Barnacle Bistro is visible above the building.

    Reinforcing a long-time town staple

    Renovations to the building include a new roof, upgrades to the kitchen flooring and drainage systems, new tile and fixtures in the bathrooms, structural repairs, new fascia boards, replacement of deteriorated siding, reconstructed windows, a new covered entry vestibule, and new paint. The restoration of the 52-year-old building will maintain the iconic yurt architecture from 1973, when the original Bunyan Burgers restaurant was constructed, while providing amenities that will streamline operations to serve more customers.

  • A sign on a wooden fence that reads "CLOSED" in red, with additional signage indicating the project is funded by the Oregon Historic Preservation Office Oregon Main Street, Oregon Parks, and Recreation Department, and other partners.

    Project partners

    The total award of $345,564 will be matched with $128,336 combined from Barnacle Bistro owner Evan Boley, a $10,000 Revitalization Grant from the City of Gold Beach, and in-kind labor provided by community members, GBMS grant administration, and Darryl Cross, Project Management. The grant funding includes purchase of the building to ensure the long-term upkeep of the business property.

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Sunset Station

Historic Building Renovation

  • Building under renovation with scaffolding around it, plastic coverings over the windows, and workers on the scaffolding, on a street with traffic lines.

    Scaffolding and stucco work.

    The former 1930s auto repair shop known as Sunset Station was transformed by extensive stucco and façade repair made possible by a grant through Oregon Main Street's Revitalization program. The retro garage doors were restored and repurposed.

  • Smiling woman standing outside a black building with turquoise window and door frames, beside a sidewalk and street with a white vehicle parked nearby, during daytime with blue sky and green trees in the background.

    Former gas station comes back in new afterlife.

    Sunset Station originally serviced automobiles next to the long-gone Sunset Inn. Current owner Susan Golay has renovated the building inside and out and currently houses a real estate office and other ventures.

Dan's ACE Hardware

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A hardware store called ACE with a sign on a white building, and two people standing outside smiling.

Once upon a time, it was the hospital…

Dan's Ace Hardware, previously owned by Dan and Tammy Delaney (pictured), received a facelift in 2019 through an Oregon Main Street Revitalization Grant. The project featured roof renovation and fascia board replacement.  The Dan's Ace Hardware building, built in 1945, was originally the Gold Beach Hospital and has historical significance within the community.

First Chapter Coffee House

Former grocery, then furniture store has a bright new entrepreneurial future.

Worker cleaning large glass windows of a storefront. Equipment and tools, including a ladder, cones, and a pickup truck, are nearby.

The historic Hub Building was constructed in 1964 and originally served as the McKay's Market. It is a 7,500 sq. ft., joisted masonry structure built in the modern commercial-style by architecture firm Kruse and Fitch of Coos Bay, Oregon. Kruse and Fitch are notable for their contemporary architecture along the Southern Oregon coast. The Hub Building is defined by its unique "zig-zag" roofline, one of the only buildings in Gold Beach with this feature.

This project enhanced and expanded three businesses that serve locals and tourists by revitalizing a building in disrepair, making it accessible, energy-efficient and modernized. Currently, First Chapter Coffee House, Fresh Prints of Gold Beach and Choose Your Own Adventure are thriving in the location.

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