Liz Parham

Liz Parham has worked for more than 33 years in the field of downtown revitalization and rural economic development. She serves as the director of the NC Main Street & Rural Planning Center at the North Carolina Department of Commerce, where she manages the North Carolina Main Street, Small Town Main Street and the Downtown Associate Community programs, Rural Planning, Main Street Solutions Fund, and local capacity building initiatives.  Prior to her current position, she worked for downtown revitalization nonprofit organizations in Sumter, South Carolina, and in Chapel Hill, Greensboro, Lenoir and Lexington, North Carolina.  Liz has a passion for downtown commercial architecture, small businesses and the assets of rural North Carolina.