CALVERT, TX — The Calvert Mainstreet Preservation organization is hosting a concert downtown this weekend, hoping to raise funds to help promote small businesses within the city. Historic downtown Calvert has been blossoming more and more each year.
“Texas Highways magazine just named Calvert as one of the next Marfa’s,” said Brenda Van de Walle, vice president of the Calvert Chamber of Commerce. “We were labeled the ‘dark horse’ in the race… The art scene is very important to Calvert, and I believe in developing and revitalizing the main street.”
Van de Walle co-owns the Farmers–to-Market coffee shop in Calvert, and co-founded a new nonprofit called Calvert Mainstreet Preservation. Dedicated to helping the small-town economy and to saving Calvert’s historic architecture,…
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