Trying to bring new life to an old mill

Recently, the N.C. Rural Economic Development Center contributed a $25,000 pre-development grant for an architectural analysis and feasibility and marketing studies for the former Double Shoals Cotton Mill in Lawndale. The Cleveland County Board of Commissioners gave $5,000, which can be recouped if the structure sells.

Outside of the mill

Ted Alexander of Preservation North Carolina standing along the First Broad River outside the Double Shoals Cotton Mill in Lawndale

Read more about the mill in an upcoming edition of The Star