From much-needed upgrades on the outside to a completely new interior, new money is helping two businesses off South Monroe Street continue to thrive on this side of town.
Orion Wellington has owned Orion Motorsports for 19 years. They’ve been at this location on the Southside for 13 years, just south of Cascade Park.
Operating out of a building from the 1950s, Wellington has worked to make much-needed upgrades. He added a new mural and updated the storefront. New windows and ramps have also been added.
He told me he, “completely cut off the front of our building and modernized it,” said Wellington. “It really helped to give a 3D effect to make it really stand out and draw more folks in.”
Money from the City of Tallahassee is making it all possible. The city’s Community Redevelopment Agency, or CRA, is offering grants matching up to $50,000 for facade improvements to businesses on the Southside.
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