Oct 19, 2020 | Public Services , Construction , Communications , City Walk , Downtown

Contractors will start work today to install new curb and gutter and patch some utility cuts in the Union Square area in preparation for resurfacing the parking lot. This preliminary work should take 7-10 days to complete. Downtown visitors should expect minor delays and small sections of Union Squa...

Oct 09, 2020 | Public Services

City of Hickory Public Service crews collected more than 8 million pounds of leaves during the 2019-2020 leaf season, and crews are geared up and ready to begin this year’s loose leaf collection on November 9. Curbside leaf collection will continue until January 15, 2021, per the announced schedule....

Oct 08, 2020 | Public Services , Construction , Communications , Bond Information , City Walk

Weather permitting, City Walk contractors plan to set the steel girders for the bridge this weekend. Due to this construction activity, N.C. 127 will be closed between First Avenue SE and First Avenue NE from 6 p.m. on Friday, October 9, through 6 a.m. on Monday, October 12. Additionally, the sectio...

Oct 07, 2020 | Planning and Development , Public Services , Collections , Communications

Hickory residential utility customers who have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus pandemic may apply for utility billing assistance through a partnership program between the City of Hickory and Greater Hickory Cooperative Christian Ministry (GHCCM). On July 21, the City entered into an a...

Sep 29, 2020 | Public Services , Boards and Commissions , Communications

The City of Hickory and the Community Appearance Commission (CAC) will honor Arbor Day by distributing free potted trees at the Downtown Hickory Farmers Market on Saturday, October 3. Originally bare root seedlings intended for the annual Arbor Day celebration in April, the bald cypress and silky...

Sep 28, 2020 | Public Services

Over the next few weeks, City contractors will work at night between the hours 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. to install conduit for future fiber in the downtown area. Conduit will be installed from Third Street NW through Union Square and along Main Avenue NW to Center Street over the course of approximately 1...

Sep 23, 2020 | Public Services , Construction , Communications , Bond Information , City Walk

Due to equipment delays caused by recent tropical storms, City Walk contractors were not able to set the steel girders for the iconic N.C. 127 pedestrian bridge this past weekend. Both necessary cranes are now on-site, and contractors plan to set the steel girders for the bridge this weekend. Due to...

Sep 16, 2020 | Public Services , Construction , Communications , Bond Information , City Walk

City Walk contractors will set the steel girders for the iconic N.C. 127 pedestrian bridge this weekend. Due to this construction activity, N.C. 127 will be closed between First Avenue SE and First Avenue NE from 6 p.m. on Friday, September 18, through 6 a.m. on Monday, September 21. Detour routes w...

Sep 10, 2020 | Public Services , Construction , Bond Information , City Walk

Pending appropriate weather, City Walk contractors will continue construction work on the iconic N.C. 127 pedestrian bridge this weekend. Weather permitting, N.C. 127 will be closed between First Avenue SE and First Avenue NE from 6 p.m. on Friday, September 11, through 6 a.m. on Monday, September 1...

Sep 09, 2020 | Planning and Development , Public Services , Collections , Communications

Beginning Monday, September 14, North Center Street will be closed between Main Avenue and First Avenue due to construction activity for One North Center, the mixed-use development across from Hickory City Hall. The closure is expected to be in place for approximately one month. Detour routes will b...