OUR VISION
Downtown
Oxford will continue to be the hub of the community and the center of its
economic vitality. Downtown will offer residents and visitors alike a
variety of unique shopping and recreational experiences both day and night.
Here everyone - young and old, singles and families - can enjoy
entertainment, dining and shopping in an attractively renovated, safe and
landscaped setting. Downtown Oxford is where you want to be.
Downtown Oxford
Economic Development Corporation
was organized to stimulate downtown economic development in Oxford, North
Carolina while preserving the historical character of the business district
and immediately surrounding areas. Oxford's historic downtown
commercial district and the adjacent historic neighborhoods are listed on
the National Register of Historic Places. To pursue opportunities in Downtown
Oxford or to just find out more interesting information about Oxford,
contact
Linda Sigmon, Director of Economic Development
for Downtown Oxford, (919) 603-1116.
Linda Sigmon is Director of
Economic Development working primarily with the downtown Oxford commercial
district. She reports to a volunteer board of directors comprised of
members of the downtown business community who own either businesses or
property there. She is responsible for maintaining and improving the
vitality of the downtown through advising new businesses, strengthening,
existing businesses through promotional and educational activities, and
finding ways to improve the physical appearance of the downtown commercial
area. Ms. Sigmon holds a bachelor’s degree in English and a master’s
degree in education, both from Duke University. Following six years of
secondary school teaching, she spent seventeen years in alumni relations and
university development at Duke University and the University of Virginia.
She has been with the City of Oxford since January, 1996.
