5/2/22: City of Conover Honored at League of Municipalities Conference

5/5/21: CVCC’S Manufacturing Solutions Center Breaks Ground on New Facility

12/27/18: Ground Broken for Amphitheater at Conover Station

2/24/17: In Appalachia’s Foothills, a Leaner Textile Industry Rises

5/11/15: Best Places to Start a Business in North Carolina

5/28/15: Conover Station receives an Outstanding Achievement in Local Government Innovation Award
 
2/18/15: Conover Station Recognized as 2015 Harvard Ash Center Bright Idea in Government
 
5/1/13: A New Life for Conover Station
 
11/30/15: Manufacturing Center Expands in Conover
 
10/11/12: Rail platform funding for Conover Station
 
6/22/12: Charlotte Observer article: Lee Industries rehabs old Conover Chair Plant
 
5/21/12: US Department of Commerce press release about MSC
 
2/21/12: Hickory Daily Record covers MSC groundbreaking
 
2/21/12: Observer News Enterprise covers MSC groundbreaking
 
10/25/11: Hickory Daily Record covers Conover Station dedication
 
10/7/11: Conover Station wins NCAPA Planning Award
 
10/4/11: Conover Station wins Susan Burgess Sustainability Award
 
9/23/11: Conover Branch Library opens at Conover Station
 
8/25/11: The Warlong Glove Building in Conover seamlessly blends the old and new
 
6/2/11: Conover is awarded over $330,000 from the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund
 
5/1/11: The Charlotte Observer highlights the progress at Conover Station
 
3/2/11: MSC receives a $300k grant from the NC Rural Economic Development Center
 
1/31/11: The Observer News Enterprise reports on the Conover Station Park
 
1/21/11: The Charlotte Business Journal highlights the construction activities & future plans for Conover Station
 
12/29/10: Conover's Mayor, Lee Moritz, Jr. releases a statement regarding Conover Station
 
12/16/10: Manufacturing Solutions Center is saving and creating jobs in the area
 
11/12/10: The NC Chapter of the American Planning Assocation publishes a feature article on Conover Station
 
11/9/10: A grant from the Clean Water Management Trust Fund totaling $415,719 is awarded to the City of Conover to construct an efficient stormwater feature on the Broyhill site
 
8/31/10: Conover is awarded a US Economic Development Administration grant for the MSC building
 
8/2/10: The Hickory Daily Record reports on transportation plans for Conover Station
 
7/12/10: The Conover City Council unanimously approves Conover Station’s master plan, marketing website, and additional site improvements
 
12/8/09: Conover is awarded $200,000 in funds from the Environmental Protection Agency earmarked for brownfield cleanup activities at the Broyhill site
 
6/5/09: The Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality program, administered through the Federal Highway Administration, awards Conover a $2,146,240 grant for construction and rehabilitation of the future Conover Station building
 
3/26/09: The City of Conover holds a public workshop to help inform the public about the project and solicit responses and inquiries
 
12/8/08: Demolition begins on the Broyhill site in order to create a “blank slate” and remove all but two buildings, one of which will become the future Conover Station
 
6/2/08: The NC DOT rail division identifies Conover Station as Catawba County’s future stop on the western NC passenger rail corridor
 
7/27/07: The Conover Station project is introduced in the Charlotte Business Journal
 
11/17/05: The City of Conover purchases the recently closed Broyhill site with the aspiration of producing a large scale economic initiative for both the city and the region