Community Partners
Economic and Community Development requires great partnerships across a range of activities. Fortunately, we’ve got some of the best partners in the business.
County & Municipal Partners
- Catawba County
- City of Hickory
- City of Newton, Catawba County Seat
- City of Conover
- Town of Maiden
- City of Claremont
- Town of Catawba
Community Partners
- Hickory Convention & Visitors Bureau
- The Chamber of Catawba County
- Western Piedmont Council of Governments
- Western Piedmont Workforce Development Board
- Hickory Downtown Development Association
- Downtown Newton Development Association
- Manufacturing Solutions Center
- NC Center for Engineering Technologies
- Lenoir Rhyne University
- Catawba Valley Community College (CVCC)
- CVCC - Catawba Valley Furniture Academy
- CVCC - Manufacturing Academy
- CVCC - Industrial Training Services
- CVCC - Apprenticeship Catawba
- CVCC - Small Business Center
- Small Business Technology and Development Center (SBTDC)
- Charlotte Regional Business Alliance
- NC Works
- Economic Development Partnership of NC
- NC Department of Commerce