TRANSPORTATION CULTURE & RECREATION
Airport The Stanly County Airport continues to experience steady utilization from both
general aviation and military activities.
Key Projects & Other Activities
• Planning, coordination and the
pursuit of funding continues with the
Air National Guard to enhance the
runway and taxiway for continued
C17 training operations
• A broadband tower was installed to provide high-speed Internet coverage
across the entire airport property
• A State grant was secured to remove rubber, repaint all striping and seal
cracks on the runways and taxiway
• The beacon tower, glide slope and localizer storage buildings were all
repainted with a State DOT grant
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been converted to LED to save long term energy and bulb replacement
costs
20 19 20 20 %
Change
Gallons of Fuel Sold
99,927
Gallons of Fuel Sold
70,310
-30%
Hangar, Tie down & Office
Space Revenue
$73,548
Hangar, Tie down & Office
Space Revenue
$80,775
10%
Opera tions
14,898
Opera tions
13,433
-10%
SCUSA SCUSA provides safe, reliable transportation
to all Stanly County citizens with a goal of
excellent customer service.
Staff participates in ongoing training
to ensure industry best practices are
followed to provide the safest, most
cost-effective coordinated public
transportation service.
We are Stanly County’s PUBLIC
transportation service – anyone can
utilize our service. Please call our
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Stanly County Agri-Civic Center
The Stanly County Agri-Civic Center is a multi-use
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Extension Service, USDA Rural Development,
Natural Resources Conservation Services, North
Carolina Forestry Service and the Farm Service
Agency as well as a 1,050-seat performing arts theatre, banquet facilities and
several multi-purpose meeting rooms.
Highlights of building maintenance and improvement projects:
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• Replaced a roof top HVAC unit with a new gas pack unit
• Installed new lighting outside the Farm Services Agency to enhance safety and
security for those parking in that area
• Installed a boulder retaining wall to address erosion issues on the backside of
the facility and replaced the mulch
Stanly County Library & History Center
The Stanly County Public Library and History Center provides books, information,
and programming for citizens of all ages.
• Issued 1,635 new library cards
• Over 4,500 new titles were added to the eBook collection
• Added approximately 11,000 new resources to the Library System’s overall
collection
• Checked out over 108,500 items (decrease of 28%)
• The History Center which includes the museum and Margaret Johnson
Heritage Room saw a sharp decline in average visitors per month in 2020 due
to COVID. The number of visitors per month decreased from 280 (14 per day)
to 44 (2 per day).
Albemarle
Badin
Locust
Norwood
Oakboro
51%
3%
32%
7%
7%
Library Materials Checked Out - 2020