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Catawba County is the hub of
commercial/retail sales in the Greater Hickory Metro area generating
over $2 billion in retail sales, annually. Some of the finest
furniture shopping in the world can be found in the Hickory
Furniture Mart and the Catawba Furniture Mall. The Greater
Hickory Classic (a PGA TOUR Champions Tour Event) occurs annually at
Rock Barn Golf and Spa, one of the county's six golf courses.
Golf Digest ranked the Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir M.S.A as
number two in North Carolina of their 2005 Best Places to Play, and
55th out of 330 M.S.A.'s in the country.
Catawba County is also home to the Hickory Motor Speedway, known as
the "Birthplace of the NASCAR Stars" and the South Atlantic League
2004 champions, the Hickory Crawdads. The Hickory Community Theatre, The Green
Room Community Theatre, the Hickory Museum of Art, the Catawba
Science Center and the Western Piedmont Symphony are only a few of
the cultural organizations that call Catawba County home.
Select a link below to
view a .pdf file from our library for more details.
Catawba
County Chamber of Commerce
(92 KB)
Sports &
Recreation
(92 KB)
Arts &
Culture
(92 KB)
Religion
(92 KB)
Retail &
Shopping
(59 KB)
Restaurants
(61 KB)
Housing Availability & Costs
(61 KB)
Accommodations
(61 KB)
Health Care
(61 KB)
Libraries
(56 KB)
"Quality of
Life" Section of the Fact Book
(129 KB) (contains all
information above)
The Entire
Catawba County Economic Development Fact Book
(7.31 MB)
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