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. Residents appreciate living in a small community where the standard of living is high, but access to metropolitan Charlotte - home of the NFL Panthers - is less than an hour away.

Besides being a top-notch business environment, Stanly County is also known as the backyard playground of rapidly urbanizing North Carolina. With 10,000 acres of lakes and 175 miles of scenic shoreline, Vacation magazine named it one of the country's top 10 undiscovered lake areas.

The Uwharrie National Forest, which includes some 46,000 acres, contains some of the oldest mountains in North America and is adjacent to a growing and magnificent lake/golf community - Uwharrie Point. This gated community overlooks the 5,300 acres of Badin Lake and includes a Tom Fazio-designed golf course, rated among the top five private courses by Golf Digest.

Professional sports in nearby Charlotte include the NFL Carolina Panthers and Triple A Baseball. Thousands of people each year also take advantage of world-famous NASCAR racing at Lowes Motor Speedway located in Concord.

The beautiful North and South Carolina coasts are just three hours away as are the beautiful vistas of the Blue Ridge Mountains.