2
Business View Magazine
Hickory, North Carolina
Life well crafted
The official motto of Hickory, North Carolina, a city of
more than 40,000 on the banks of the Catawba River,
in the west/central part of the Tar Heel State, is “Life.
Well Crafted.” But, according to Mayor Rudy Wright, a
secondary motto is “Nulla Vestigial Retro - No Steps
Backwards.” As the city of Hickory attempts to create
a well-crafted life for itself in the 21st century, it is
definitely looking forward – just as it has many times
before.
Yet, every city does have a past, and in that book of
memories are the things that have helped define, over
time, a city’s present character, as well as its future
possibilities. In the case of Hickory, two outstanding
