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Hickory Trail

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The Hickory Trail is one of the Crafting Hickory projects that has the potential to transform our community. Spanning 10 miles across the city, the Hickory Trail will provide bicycle and pedestrian safety while connecting popular destinations and amenities. The Trail, along with the City’s culture of providing an atmosphere for dynamic growth and robust development, will be a major asset in the community’s effort to craft a strong economy, provide good jobs, and create a desirable quality of life for residents. The City Walk, Riverwalk, Aviation Walk, and Historic Ridgeview Walk are currently open for public use. The OLLE Art Walk segment of the Hickory Trail is under construction. The Riverwalk overwater bridge is closed due to damage sustained during Hurricane Helene. • City Walk - The City Walk, which has been developed along Main Avenue from Lenoir-Rhyne University through Downtown Hickory to 11th Street NW and up to Old Lenoir Road (future OLLE Art Walk), will continue the growth of company headquarters and professional jobs in the City’s central business district. • Riverwalk - The Riverwalk segment of the Hickory Trail showcases one of Hickory’s most beautiful, natural assets — the Catawba River. The Riverwalk runs approximately 2.3 miles through Geitner Park along the river. It provides public access to Lake Hickory with an overwater bridge and a combination of waterfront and wooded trails, offering visitors a variety of scenery and multiple vantage points to admire the beauty of the lake and the surrounding natural environments. • Aviation Walk - The Aviation Walk creates another critical link between several notable Hickory destinations. As part of the larger Hickory Trail multiuse path system, the Aviation Walk provides bicycling and pedestrian connectivity from Old Lenoir Road and the OLLE Art Walk, across U.S. 321 via a steel pedestrian bridge, past L.P. Frans Stadium and Winkler Park, up to the Hickory Regional Airport. • Historic Ridgeview Walk - The Historic Ridgeview Walk creates a 1.2-mile, 10-foot-wide multiuse path for pedestrians and bicyclists of all ages and abilities, connecting residents to community amenities. The Historic Ridgeview Walk path travels from the City Walk down South Center Street, west across City-owned property at the Historic Ridgeview Public Library, and south on 1st Street SW to the current Ridgeview Branch Library. The path then goes west on 7th Avenue SW past Ridgeview Recreation Center, before turning south and following 4th Street SW and 4th Street Drive SW to U.S. 70 at the Walmart Neighborhood Market. • OLLE Art Walk - (Coming Soon) This section of trail is named after the OLLE Arts District, which derives its name from the first two letters of "Old" and "Lenoir" from the road name, Old Lenoir Road. The OLLE Arts District is one of the City of Hickory’s recognized business associations. This area will soon be revitalized with the OLLE Art Walk as one of the segments of the Hickory Trail. With the hope of continuing to cultivate the arts in this area, the OLLE Art Walk plans to incorporate historical markers, public art pieces, and colorful murals along its path.

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