QUALITY OF LIFE

Unlike other communities its size, Stanly County boasts good restaurants, schools, recreational opportunities (water sports and some of the best golf in the state) as well as neighborhoods to suit anyone's taste. Besides being a top-notch business environment, Stanly County is also known as the backyard playground of rapidly urbanizing North Carolina.

• Metropolitan Charlotte is less than an hour away.
• 10,000 acres of lakes and 175 miles of scenic shoreline.
• Uwharrie National Forest is around 46,000 acres and contains some of the oldest mountains in North America.
• Uwharrie Point is a gated community overlooking the 5,300 acres of Badin Lake and includes a Tom Fazio-designed golf course.
• Professional sports in the region include the Carolina Panthers, Charlotte Bobcats, Triple A Baseball, and NASCAR racing at Charlotte Motor Speedway.
• North and South Carolina beaches and the Blue Ridge Mountains are just three hours away.

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Stanly County Economic Development Commission 1000 North First Street, Suite 11, Albemarle, NC 28001
Phone: 704.986.3682   Fax: 704.986.3685   E-mail: edc@stanlyedc.org