Hickory

RALEIGH – Future road congestion could threaten North Carolina’s economy, and the Hickory region deserves a B- grade in preparing for congestion growth. That’s according to a new Policy…

Click here to view and here to listen to Chad Adams discussing the By The Numbers report. RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Hickory totaled about $1,771…

Homebuyers in two North Carolina cities pay thousands of dollars in extra costs, thanks to aggressive growth management plans. That’s the key finding in a new Policy Report from…

Since the late 1980s, housing prices in North Carolina have increased rapidly in some cities while in others prices have grown more slowly. Asheville and Wilmington, for example, are known for large increases in their housing prices over the last 15 years, while in Fayetteville and Hickory housing prices have grown much more slowly. Why is this?

RALEIGH – Local taxes and fees in Hickory totaled about $1,747 per resident in 2004, ranking the city seventh out of 26 major N.C. cities in local government costs, according…

RALEIGH — Local taxes and fees in Charlotte totaled more than $1,920 per resident in 2001, ranking North Carolina’s largest city No. 1 for local government costs among major cities…