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[jednc]

Does anyone know any development news for Morganton? I heard today that a Chili's, Ruby Tuesday, and a CiCi's Pizza are all coming to town. Any other scoops on new things coming? What's the deal with Wal-Mart's expansion?

[rooster8]

The last I heard was that the site that Walmart was looking at is no longer under consideration.  Hadn't heard about the rest, but I don't read the News Herald that often.

Ham's opened a few months ago in the old Uptown site in downtown.

Edited by rooster8, 05 July 2006 - 09:15 AM.

[jednc]

Yeah, Ham's seems to be doing well uptown. I had heard that Wal-Mart was now considering something on 181 (out near K-Mart), but I'm not sure if that's correct. I don't see the problem with Wal-Mart to be honest. This expansion has been planned for years. Either they want to do it, or they don't. If they have people employed to find new sites for them, this shouldn't be that hard. Someone should be losing their job if they can't nail something down after 7 years or so. Clearly it's not much of a priority for them!

[rooster8]

While browsing local job opportunities, I noticed that Target is hiring a "Store Team Leader in Training" for Morganton.  I'm not sure if this means that a store is coming there, but I thought I'd pass it along anyway.

[jednc]

Interesting. Thanks for the input!

Edited by jednc, 17 July 2006 - 09:45 PM.

[rooster8]

Not sure if you read the News Herald, but they have a recap of recent rumors:  

I Heard It Through The Grapevine

[jednc]

Thanks for the info and link rooster. I hadn't heard about some of those. Was sortof hoping the Chili's was true though.

[JDC]

Can someone clue me in on what the "Unifour" is?

[rooster8]

The Unifour are the four counties (Burke, Catawba, Caldwell, and Alexander) that generally are centered by Hickory.

[jednc]

I heard today that Wal-Mart  had hired surveyors to look at some land on 181 and Independence (Dr?, St?). I guess if they are spending money, they are at least somewhat interested in this parcel...but who knows?

[JDC]

rooster8, on Aug 7 2006, 12:18 PM, said:

The Unifour are the four counties (Burke, Catawba, Caldwell, and Alexander) that generally are centered by Hickory.

Oh OK. That's a pretty up and coming area from what I understand. I thought I recently saw Hickory on one of those "best places for business" lists.

[jednc]

Yes...the Hickory-Morganton area has made a couple of those lists over the years. Some debate the importance of those list though!

[jednc]

I heard today that Wal-Mart has in fact asked for a water tap from the city of Morganton across from Freedom High School and K-Mart. I also heard Home Depot is planning to take over the old Winn Dixie site just across the street. If this is true, the northern part of town is getting ready to boom I'd think.

[Bradley89]

In todays newpaper it said that Target is wanting to build a store in Morganton.

[jednc]

That's interesting about Target. I keep hearing about this. Hopefully it will come to pass. I also decided to investigate the Home Depot rumor a little. I emailed HD and asked....this was the response I got...



"Thank you for contacting The Home Depot Customer Complaints Center.

It's exciting that we're receiving interest from Morganton NC!
Unfortunately, even though this may be a great opportunity for us,
expansion plans for your area have not been determined.

To get a list of all of our scheduled future grand openings, please
visit, http://careers.homed...m/grandopenings.

The Home Depot is always looking for great, new locations to build our
stores, and we value your input! Thank you very much for shopping at The
Home Depot, and please visit us again at homedepot.com!

We look forward to your continued patronage and assisting you with all
of your home improvement needs.

Regards,

Satish
Customer Complaints Center."



Maybe the deal just isn't inked yet. I'm sure they wouldn't confirm anything until leases have been signed anyway.

[Bradley89]

When the new super Wal-Mart is built the old Wal-Mart building is going to be turned in to a Target store.

[jednc]

Bradley89, on Oct 3 2006, 06:15 PM, said:

When the new super Wal-Mart is built the old Wal-Mart building is going to be turned in to a Target store.

Just your opinion or have you heard something? I have thought for a long time that would be a good Home Depot location. They (HD and Lowes) seem to like to be across the street from each other anyway!

[Bradley89]

jednc, on Oct 3 2006, 06:48 PM, said:

Just your opinion or have you heard something? I have thought for a long time that would be a good Home Depot location. They (HD and Lowes) seem to like to be across the street from each other anyway!

I read it in the Morganton News Hearld.

[uptownliving]

I don't have any development tips, but I passed through Morganton yesterday and was impressed that it had a downtown movie theatre...what looked to be a relatively new one. It was also nice to see an old car show on a street they had closed down by the courthouse.

[shane828]

uptownliving, on Oct 16 2006, 01:01 AM, said:

I don't have any development tips, but I passed through Morganton yesterday and was impressed that it had a downtown movie theatre...what looked to be a relatively new one. It was also nice to see an old car show on a street they had closed down by the courthouse.

Yeah, Mimosa Square or whatever it's called, it's nice. I love it.

I can't remember exactly when they finished it but I think it was sometime in 2002 or 2003.