High Point Real Estate

Economy: Once synonymous with furniture, hosiery, and Hatteras yachts, High Point has diversified its economy as a center for distribution and logistics, customer service and banking, manufacturing, photography, and pharmaceuticals. The city has also benefited from the nearby Dell manufacturing plant in Forsyth County, and will likely see growth due to the planned FedEx air freight hub at the Piedmont Triad International Airport. Some after affects of the Fedex deal include the early 2007 Hondajet facititely announcement, thus adding more to the International City.
In 2005, High Point adopted “North Carolina’s International City” as its official slogan. City Manager Strib Boynton also unveiled an appropriate logo, that is being used by most municipal departments. High Point had been using that slogan unofficially for several years.
Approximately 70 internationally-owned companies have facilities in High Point. Many more foreign-based companies show their products here twice each year at High Point’s International Home Furnishings Market.
The International Home Furnishings Market brings to town approximately 14,000 foreign guests each year. Those visitors represent more than 110 countries.
The International Home Furnishing Market remains the centerpiece to High Point's economy. The massive trade show is the largest, most well-known, and most important furnishings industry trade show in the world.
Approximately 12 million square feet of showroom space is used by 2300 exhibitors, in 188 separate buildings.
Showplace, a major furniture showroom and convention center in High PointAn average of 150,000 persons attend Market each year: manufacturers, exhibitors, retail buyers, sales representatives, interior designers, architects, exhibitor support personnel, suppliers, and news media.
Approximately 14,000 foreign visitors, from 110 countries, attend Market annually.
High Point’s Market – held every six months – is also the state’s largest economic event. According to a 2004 study by Dr. Andrew Brod of the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.
13,000 jobs are attributed to Market’s existence.
Market pumps approximately $1.14 billion into the city, region, and state economies annually.
The International Home Furnishings Market Authority has taken the leadership role in improving and expanding Market as a world-class show. The Authority was formed in 2001 due to the efforts of the City of High Point and its business leaders to create a sponsor for the 97-year-old Market.

Education:
Several private and independent schools are found in High Point, including High Point Christian Academy (Baptist), High Point Friends School (Quaker), Immaculate Heart of Mary (Catholic), Wesleyan Christian Academy, and Westchester Country Day School (Nonsectarian), and Phoenix Academy ( a charter school).
High Point College opened in 1924 (changed to High Point University in 1991) with three buildings at various stages of development. Many of the numerous civic organizations founded in the 1920s pledged funds, including the Rotary, Kiwanis, Civitan, and the American Business Club. The architectural design of the High Point College campus was in keeping with traditional and historical architectural initiatives found at many private colleges and universities across the state in the 1920s. The administration building (Roberts Hall), male and female dormitories (McCulloch Hall and Women’s Hall, respectively), and a central heating plant were all erected between 1922 and 1924 according to designs by Washington, D.C., architect R. E. Mitchell with assistance by High Point architect Herbert Hunter. Today, High Point University is a four-year, coeducational, liberal arts university related to the United Methodist Church. It offers 50 majors in a traditional day format. It also offers non-traditional Evening Programs, and the Graduate Studies offers four Master's degrees and six programs.
High Point is also the home of John Wesley College.

Attractions and Entertainment:
* Angela Peterson Doll And Miniature Museum - One of the south's largest doll & miniature museums.
* Bernice Bienenstock Furniture Library - World's largest collection of books on the history of furniture and interior design.
* High Point City Lake Park - Recreation and amusement park located on the shores of 340 acre lake with boating, fishing, paddle boats, picnic areas with shelters, fishing boat and canoe rentals, historic carousel, train, waterslide, largest outdoor swimming pool in the state, miniature golf, gymnasium, playgroung and excursion boat. Site of annual "Day in the Park" festival each September.
* High Point Museum and Historical Park - Museum commemorating the history of High Point, coupled with interpetative exhibet of log Blacksmith Shop and 1786 Haley House.
* High Point Public Library - A full-service public library contains nearly 400,000 books, music recordings, videotapes, audiobooks, periodicals, newspapers, and a comprehensive collection of books related to history and genealogy.
* Historic Castle McCulloch Gold Mill - McCulloch Gold Mill was built in 1832 and operated primarily as a gold processing center serving local gold mining operations. Now open as a special events center.
* Millis Regional Health Education Center - Interactive health education center with features depicting facets of human anatomy and health.
Museum of Old Domestic Life - Quaker museum established around 1926 in 1858 Springfield Meeting House, containing a broad selection of artifacts from typical colonial Quaker homesteads.
* North Carolina Shakespeare Festival - Headquartered in the High Point Theatre, this professional troupe presents classic and contemporary plays during their September through December season.
* Piedmont Environmental Center - Features 375 acres of hiking trails adjacent to High Point City Lake, nature preserve, nature store, small animal exhibits, the North Carolina Mapscape, and access to an eight mile Greenway Trail.
* Rosetta C. Baldwin Museum - The museum was created in November 2000 to honor the legacy of Miss Rosetta C. Baldwin, her family and many African-Americans. The site depicts a typical home of a southern African American family during the mid-twentieth century.
* Sechrest Gallery - Located on the campus of High Point University in the Hayworth Fine Arts Center, the Sechrest Gallery houses permanent collections of 18th and 19th century British Art coupled with rotating exhibitions.
* Theatre Art Galleries - Housed in the High Point Theatre since 1975, the Theatre Art Galleries (TAG) hosts exhibitions of contemporary visual art. TAG has been the sole independent nonprofit provider of the visual arts in High Point and includes one of the finest stage and gallery spaces in the Southeast.
* World's Largest Chest of Drawers - Iconic symbol of the city since 1926, the World's Largest Bureau is an example of automobile-oriented pop architecture and has been featured on numerous broadcasts such as MTV and The Travel Channel.

Transportation: High Point is served by Piedmont Triad International Airport, which also serves Greensboro and Winston-Salem.
Amtrak's Crescent and Carolinian and Piedmont trains connect High Point with the cities of New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Richmond, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta, Birmingham and New Orleans. The recently refurbished historic Amtrak station is situated at 100 West High Street.
Interstate 85 runs through southern High Point, southeast of the original interstate roadway, which is now designated Business 85. High Point is going to have Interstate 74 north and east of center city in the future. Construction on the "East Belt" freeway project is scheduled to be complete after 2011. Part of this freeway is already built, and is signed U.S. Route 311.
The Piedmont Authority for Regional Transportation (PART) also operates in High Point. It is a service that shuttles people in between most of the cities in the northwestern Piedmont region of North Carolina. High Point also provides public transportation. The main service for public transportation in High Point is Hitran, the local bus service.

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