CAPE CHARLES, Va. — Cape Charles Main Street has wrapped up the $75,000 Downtown Investment Grant for the Strawberry Street Plaza and is pushing forward on several projects aimed at improving the town’s amenities and tourism appeal.
After meeting with Kyle Meyer of the Virginia Department of Housing and Community Development, the paperwork for the grant closeout was completed and submitted in the state’s CAMS system.
The director also convened meetings with the organization’s Organization and Economic Vitality teams to set work plans for the year and met with the vice president of the CCMS board to outline his goals for the year, including mentoring the Economic Vitality team.
Bathrooms and the town’s welcome center dominated much of the week’s discussions. Several meetings with local businesses were held to encourage participation in last Thursday’s Town Council work session, where many voiced support for purchasing a larger portable restroom facility until a permanent brick-and-mortar option can be completed — potentially by the 2026 tourist season.
On the welcome center front, the director arranged for contractor and CCMS board member David Gammino to tour the Cape Charles Museum as a possible site. A comparison of potential locations — including Peach Street, the current site, and the museum — will be presented to the CCMS board for a decision.
The director also met with a business owner seeking a tenant for his property, who indicated willingness to consider selling or leasing the space for the town’s restroom and welcome center project.
Other activities included attending an Eastern Shore of Virginia Tourism meeting to work on the 2026 travel guide, drafting a new Eastern Shore Post article on the seating of the new CCMS board, working on the SailFest budget, and filing monthly reports to DHCD.
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You don’t maintain the brick and mortar bathrooms as it is. Why waste taxpayer money on new ones or even on a new trailer? Besides you only open the bathrooms for maybe a few months out of the year.