Located an hour from Charlotte, Asheville, Winston-Salem and the Blue Ridge Parkway, Catawba County has a temperate climate and wonderful natural resources, including Lake Hickory and the nearby Blue Ridge Mountains, which includes the pristine Blue Ridge Parkway.

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Almost anything you desire is within reach of the Hickory Metro: fine arts, quality schools, excellent shopping and dining, advanced health care facilities, and a myriad of recreational and business opportunities. Striving to remain business-friendly in a challenging global marketplace, our area has recently been selected twice by "Inc. Magazine" as one of top entrepreneurial areas for both traditional and high tech industries. Top employing fields include advanced manufacturing, medical, fiber-optics, data centers, upholstered furniture, and education.

 

This is just but a small sampling, but we invite you to learn more about living in our community through this website.

 

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