Top Ten Amazing Facts about the City of Hickory

1. In 2004, our Code Enforcement officials identified 362 high grass and vegetation violations, 90 trash and debris violations, and 220 junk and abandoned vehicle violations.

2. The Fleet Maintenance Division replaced 1210 tires on City vehicles.

3. Hickory Public Library staff members answered an average of 7 questions for every man, woman and child living in the City of Hickory .

4. More than 1,200 elected officials will enjoy the Greater Hickory Metro during the annual North Carolina League of Municipalities on October 16-18, 2005.

5. The average home in Hickory puts 2,600 lbs (1.3 tons) of trash on its curb every year.

6. Hickory residents recycle approximately 1200 tons of old newspaper every year. This represents a savings of over 20,000 trees and the equivalent of 15,000 barrels of oil in energy savings.

7. At a speed of 4 miles per hour the lawn moving crews travel over 12,800 miles per year.

8. There were over 8,500 requests entered and addressed in the City of Hickory's VC3 Helpdesk system.

9. Completing the upgrade of traffic signals in the City of Hickory to use LED red, yellow and green identifications instead of conventional incandescent bulbs will result in 4.7 million watts of electrical energy savings every day.
10. In order to keep traffic signals timed properly and to notify operators of failure conditions, Hickory's computerized traffic signal system performs vigorous communications activity with over three million communications messages sent each day.