I’ve been lucky and humbled to have lived in Stanly County for the previous 13 years and function county supervisor.
Stanly County has a lot to supply corresponding to its rivers, lakes, Morrow Mountain State Park and different pure facilities. Nonetheless, for me Stanly County is nice due to our folks and civic delight.
Throughout Stanly County there are neighborhoods the place people constantly collect collectively, verify on the aged and children play exterior from daybreak to nightfall. Small, family-owned companies and even bigger companies donate a whole lot of hundreds of {dollars} annually to native ball groups, highschool athletics, arts and cultural occasions, nonprofits and rather more. Additional, native banks and small companies get to know you by identify.
Having lived in bigger communities, it’s onerous to place into phrases the worth of getting a relationship together with your native bakery, restaurant, mechanic, banker, electrician or another service trade. It is a results of our folks.
Stanly County has its roots in agricultural and industrial manufacturing. Each of those industries invoked and instilled a deep sense of neighborhood. Whether or not it was the agricultural neighbors and relations coming collectively for a harvest or neighbors serving to one another within the numerous mill cities throughout our nice county, neighborhood delight is in every single place. This neighborhood delight is now a part of our collective DNA. It has helped to outline how people work together and has created sure neighborhood expectations.
Neighborhood fosters relationships, friendships and helps to construct belief. Relationships are what makes this place particular. We’re very lucky to reside in a gem of a neighborhood. Can or not it’s improved? After all, there may be at all times room for enchancment. Nonetheless, increasingly people are starting to find our nice neighborhood, which is obvious by the brand new housing development and the rise in enterprise and retail improvement.
I’m assured new residents and companies can even fall in love with Stanly County on account of our folks.
Andy Lucas,
county supervisor
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On the subject of having the ability to reside, work and lift a household, Stanly County is a wonderful selection for enterprise and residency. Whereas taking a stroll downtown by the county seat, households can get pleasure from caffeinated sips at Glory Beans Espresso Store, seize some native contemporary produce on the Farmers Market, or get pleasure from lunch or a scoop at Second Road Sundries. Should you’d like a candy deal with that has withstood the take a look at of time, choose up a signature clown cookie on the 100-year-old Albemarle Candy Store. Whereas having fun with downtown, soak up a little bit of historical past as you cross the historic Opera Home or Alameda Film Theatre and be taught details of the previous by touring one of many many rotating reveals on the Historical past Heart or home museums. Drop into the library to browse the newest releases, or get pleasure from story time earlier than persevering with your day having fun with all that our lovely county has to supply.
Should you’re in search of some outside enjoyable, hire kayaks at Morrow Mountain to discover Lake Tillery or go to the Badin swimming space and boat entry to get pleasure from Stanly County from the water. Head south for a horseback experience at Fork Farm or north for a tour of the Stanly County Airport and a view of our land from the sky. After a protracted and fulfilling day, flip up the radio and chill out underneath the celebrities by watching a movie on the Badin Highway Drive-In, one of many few drive-in film theaters nonetheless working within the U.S.
With a lot to do in Stanly County, there’s no want to depart, however when trip awaits, our central location within the state makes a drive to the mountains or the seaside doable in solely three hours. Should you’re in search of a spot to reside and love, Stanly County is simple to adore.
Sara Hahn,
Youngsters and Youth Providers Librarian
Stanly County Public Library
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Stanly County has a really top quality of life. The small cities and exquisite panorama within the outlying areas present scenic views all year long for guests and residents. It’s simple to unwind on the finish of a busy day when you could have the serenity of our rural neighborhood to retreat to.
The low value of doing enterprise in Stanly County creates a enterprise local weather for entrepreneurs and small enterprise homeowners in addition to giant employers to succeed. Paired with our low taxes, educated and inexpensive workforce, and low value of residing, a wholesome stability of alternative and affordability creates a neighborhood economic system the place everybody can succeed.
Candice Lowder,
director
Stanly County Financial Improvement Fee
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Stanly County gives the alternatives and facilities that make our county a vacation spot for anybody in search of a spot to reside or go to. We’re experiencing unprecedented development in Albemarle and sit up for what the longer term will convey.
Parks are one among our biggest property subsequent to the folks of our county. Almost each neighborhood has a park accessible. Albemarle has a number of parks with a wide range of facilities. Whether or not you wish to attend a live performance, fish in Metropolis Lake, swim in a pool, play tennis, basketball, pickleball, disc golf, picnic, take a stroll on one among many trails or simply take the children to the playground gear, we’ve what you’re in search of.
The town additionally gives two facilities not discovered typically. A canine park is accessible for everybody to permit their canines the chance to train and run inside a fenced in space.
The town partnered with Carolina Treetops to convey an thrilling and adventurous ropes and rappelling course to Rock Creek Park. Programs can be found for adults and kids. Contemplate a household journey to Rock Creek to check your expertise and observe with a swim, picnic or stroll.
Morrow Mountain State Park gives canoes, kayaking, tenting, swimming, strolling path and rather more.
Our communities supply an important superior schooling. Stanly Neighborhood Faculty is likely one of the premier establishments within the nation. The school constantly ranks close to the highest. There are numerous packages accessible with out leaving residence. The Faculty of Nursing is rated extraordinarily excessive and prepares the scholars for the world of well being care. Superior Manufacturing gives profession commerce courses for people that wish to work in trades with out attending faculty courses.
Pfeiffer College gives conventional college levels and extra. Well being Sciences can be found on the unique campus and now in Albemarle. The Albemarle campus gives a Doctor Assistant program and Occupational Remedy. The neighborhood has adopted Pfeiffer and college students are energetic in downtown.
The downtown is within the means of a significant transformation with previous buildings being reworked for flats and enterprise. Many new companies are finding within the downtown and extra are anticipated. If you’re seeking to make investments, town seems ahead to working with you. We invite everybody to go to our downtown companies and see what you’re lacking.
Ronnie Michael,
mayor, Albemarle
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Stanly County is little question a completely great place to name residence. It hosts among the most lovely landscapes and distinctive companies in North Carolina — to not point out an important location between mountains and coast.
My focus can be on the South Stanly/Norwood space. Should you spend any period of time on lovely Lake Tillery, you’ll shortly understand that it’s a gem of Stanly County that’s shortly gaining consideration.
Lake properties are being developed at an exploding price, which in flip is increasing development and improvement within the Norwood space. There have been over eight new enterprise ribbon slicing ceremonies in Norwood over the past two months.
Calls for brand new mother and pop outlets are revitalizing the quaint little city. New eating places are being developed as we converse and new companies are complimenting ones who’ve been serving for years.
One native Norwood enterprise, Promote It, has been serving the neighborhood for years — outfitting Norwood’s youth sports activities groups each season with jerseys and equipment.
The Fork Farm and Stables, one other distinctive enterprise, has hosted the Olympic Trials for years for Equestrian Cross Nation, and now’s a number of a beautiful clay taking pictures venue.
Juneberry Ridge, previously Fortunate Clays Farms, has been serving the neighborhood with contemporary produce and is now internet hosting a tremendous summer season live performance collection for households.
Michelin in Norwood works on creating and constructing plane tires for the personal sector in addition to the army.
With all the individuality that Norwood has to supply, it’s nonetheless the those who drive the neighborhood and produce coronary heart and soul to the city.
We’re blessed to reside in a tremendous county like Stanly, and Norwood is only one of many causes to convey your loved ones and enterprise to the world.
James Wilson,
police chief, Norwood
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Our journey to Stanly County began about half a century in the past from India after we immigrated to america.
In India we grew up in a reasonably huge measurement metropolis crowded with quite a lot of hustle and bustle. Within the U.S. we landed in Baltimore the place I had accepted surgical procedure residency. Two years later we moved to New York Metropolis. My spouse or I have been spending one and a half hours one method to commute to hospitals.
Then lastly and happily 42 years in the past we selected Stanly County to be our residence for medical observe in affiliation with the hospital.
We discovered this county to be lovely with open areas, lovely farms, website of grazing cows and horses. Stanly County has a well-equipped lovely hospital now part of the Atrium well being care system. It’s residence to Pfeiffer College and Stanly Neighborhood Faculty, which supplies devoted, educated, properly educated employees in lots of fields to meet the necessity of native industries in addition to future new industries.
Stunning lakes and Morrow Mountain make the panorama of this county.
My spouse and I retired from medical observe six years in the past and we proceed to reside right here. We love this county, folks listed below are great, climate is nice. From right here the commute to Charlotte and CLT airport is nearly an hour and commute to Greensboro, Winston-Salem airport’s hour and quarter-hour. Touring simply 2.5 hours we will benefit from the lovely Blue Ridge Mountains, and in about 2.5 hours within the different path we will benefit from the seashores of Atlantic Ocean.
The Stanly County Chamber of Commerce, Financial Improvement Fee and Guests Bureau are very useful to anybody who could also be looking for any kind of assist to make Stanly County their residence.
Stanly County even have two Rotary golf equipment which give great fellowship and alternative for numerous service packages and management.
Dr. Surendrapal Mac
president, Albemarle Rotary Membership
