The Mantissa receives 2016 Gaines Jontz Rehabilitation Award
The Mantissa Executive Suites and Spa is the recipient of the Municipal Association of South Carolina (MASC)’s 2016 Gaines Jontz Rehabilitation Award. The award was announced at the 2016 Main Street South Carolina annual meeting, which took place in Charleston on July 16.
The Gaines Jontz Rehabilitation Award, named in memory of Gaines Jontz, an architect who worked with downtown restorations until his death in 1994, recognizes excellence in façade rehabilitation or total building rehabilitation. The project must demonstrate quality and appropriateness of design, materials and construction, and a positive impact on the commercial district.
The Mantissa stands where the old Kimbrell’s Furniture store used to be located, making better use of the 30,000 square foot space by providing a pedestrian corridor to improve downtown walkability and accessibility. The hotel’s courtyard is an attractive pedestrian thoroughfare connecting the street to parking at the rear entrance. Where an old canopy and cinder blocks once made the rear entrance to the building uninviting, a pocket park with string lights and picnic tables is now an inviting atmosphere that includes new businesses in the block adjacent to the hotel.
“It has breathed a breath of fresh air, economic impact and architectural design into our downtown,” says Suzy Moyd, executive director of Main Street Hartsville. “The corridor has connected several businesses and that connectivity promotes more collaboration and cross-promotion.”
More information can be found at http://www.masc.sc/Pages/programs/knowledge/16-GainesJontz.aspx.
Main Street South Carolina empowers residents, business owners and local officials with the knowledge, skills, tools and organizational structure necessary to revitalize their downtowns, neighborhood commercial districts and cities/towns into vibrant centers of commerce and community.
The Mantissa Executive Suites & Spa is a luxury boutique hotel located in downtown Hartsville, South Carolina. All 17 suites offer spacious living areas, fully furnished kitchens, walk-in closets, full baths, large bedrooms with Sleep Number® beds and plush, air cushioned sofa beds. Open since August 2015, the hotel mixes state-of-the-art conveniences, comfort and style with local artwork, Southern hospitality and accessibility to historic downtown. For more information, please visit www.mantissaboutique.com.