Imagine our delight at seeing our very own downtown Hickory featured on the Our State website! The article by Our State staffers Katie King and Michelle Kurilla features iconic places to eat, shop, visit and stay through the perspective of former Tennessean and active Hickory “doer and… View More
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Wondering what you'll do with your Christmas tree and other natural decorations after the holiday season is over? Catawba County's Landfill staff, in cooperation with Republic Services, has an answer for you. Christmas trees and other natural decorations will be accepted curbside and at all five Solid Waste Convenience Centers located around Catawba County from December 26, 2020 through January 15, 2021. Please remove all ornaments, bases, or… View More
As we approach the start of a new year, we’d like to thank the many storytellers who have shared their stories about the good things happening in Catawba County these past few months. We’d also like to thank you, our loyal readers, for taking an interest in My Catawba County and following our blog. Our New Year’s resolution is to share even more great stories about this place we call home - which, once again,… View More
“Hickory Young Professionals believes that a region influenced by young professionals is a region that can attract and retain them.” Feeling connected to a community is a big part of that – and for young professionals, that’s what HYP is all about: helping people get connected to careers, to community, and to others. We asked HYP Chairperson (and hyper-involved community… View More
K-64: Not Just Chromebooks When people hear about K-64, their first thought often turns to Chromebooks – the 14,131 Chromebooks K-64 distributed to all three local public school systems, to be precise. But that’s not all K-64 is working to accomplish in Catawba County. We asked K-64 Executive Director Chris Reese to fill us in on the inner workings of this… View More
This month’s 5Q features Mandy Pitts Hildebrand, CEO of the Hickory Metro Convention Center & Visitors Bureau. If you know Mandy, you couldn’t possibly know anyone more excited about promoting our community than this Hickory native. And if you haven’t yet had the pleasure of meeting Mandy, read on. What are the chief responsibilities of your… View More
Do you know a high school student who might be interested in getting paid to go to college – with a job already lined up after he or she graduates? Then you know someone who needs to know about Catawba County’s “other” four-year degree: Apprenticeship Catawba. We asked Apprenticeship Coordinator Kimberly Propst to… View More
This month’s 5Q (Five Questions) features Dr. Bryan Taylor, who joined Hickory Public Schools as superintendent this past July. With a career spanning nearly three decades in education, Dr. Taylor has worn just about every hat imaginable including teacher, coach, principal, assistant superintendent and superintendent. We recently caught up with him to learn more about his new… View More
Love is in the air this week… and in case you haven’t noticed lately, there’s lots to love at your local library. Don’t believe it? Tell it to the folks who named February National Library Lover's Month. We asked Catawba County Library System Director Siobhan Loendorf to help us understand what makes libraries so lovable in Catawba… View More
This is the second in series of Q&As profiling rangers from the Catawba County Park System, which is comprised of Bakers Mountain in Hickory, Riverbend in Conover, St. Stephens in Hickory, and the soon-to-be-opened Mountain Creek in Sherrills Ford. This month, we’re learning more about Riverbend Park Superintendent Dwayne Martin, who has served as a ranger at Riverbend for 18 years. Name: Dwayne… View More