Editing Rocky Mount, North Carolina (section)

===21st century===
During the first decades of the 21st century, the city has encouraged efforts to revitalize the historic downtown. It has supported projects to renovate buildings such as the [[Rocky Mount station|train station]] and Douglas Block, or repurpose them, such as the [[Imperial Centre for Arts and Sciences]].<ref name="APA">{{cite web |url=https://apa-nc.org/great-places-2016-winners/ |title=Professional's Category: Great Main Street In-the-Making - Rocky Mount |website=[[American Planning Association]]-North Carolina Chapter |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref>

In 2007, [[Capitol Broadcasting Company]] bought Rocky Mount Mills. It is adapting it as a mixed-use campus of [[brewery|breweries]], restaurants, residential lofts, and event space.<ref name="ULI">{{cite news |last=Abrams |first=Amanda |title=Revitalizing a Historic Mill Town in North Carolina |date=June 18, 2018 |publisher=[[Urban Land]] |url=https://urbanland.uli.org/development-business/revitalizing-historic-mill-town-breweries-tiny-homes-new-office-space-north-carolina/ |access-date=April 15, 2019}}</ref> Major new community projects include the {{convert|143|acre|adj=on}} [[Rocky Mount Sports Complex|sports complex]] and {{convert|165,000|sqft|adj=on}} downtown [[Rocky Mount Event Center|event center]].<ref name="Cent3"/> In 2019, [[CSX]], the successor company of the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad, broke ground on a new [[intermodal freight transport|intermodal]] cargo terminal that is expected to stimulate the local economy in the next decade.<ref name="CSX">{{cite news |url=http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2019/03/16/CSX-to-break-ground-for-rail-hub-in-April.html |last=West |first=William F. |title=CSX to break ground for rail hub in April |date=March 16, 2019 |newspaper=Rocky Mount Telegram}}</ref>