Enjoy safe trick-or-treating in downtown Hickory. Downtown businesses will give away treats to costumed kids aged 12 and younger from 4-5pm. Pumpkin decorating with Hickory Museum of Art will happen for the first 400 kids. Costume contest will begin at 5:15pm. There are three Categories for participants, ages 0-6, ages 7-12, and families. Winners in each category will receive tickets for a family of four to see the Hickory Community Theatre’s production of Elf, Jr. WHKY’s Hal Row will emcee the contest. Bring your little fairy princess or scary goblin to Downtown Hickory for a fun afternoon!
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The City of Hickory is a North Carolina Main Street community, designated by the N.C. Department of Commerce Main Street & Rural Planning Center.  Hickory Downtown Development Association is charged with administering the program at the local level and building public-private partnerships to spur economic development that achieves measurable results such as investment, business growth, and job creation. 

Main Street America 2025

Main Street America™ has been helping revitalize older and historic commercial districts for more than 35 years. Today it is a network of more than 1,600 neighborhoods and communities, rural and urban, who share both a commitment to place and to building stronger communities through preservation-based economic development. Main Street America is a program of the nonprofit National Main Street Center, a subsidiary of the National Trust for Historic Preservation.

Hickory Downtown
Development Association
24 First Avenue NE
P.O. Box 9086
Hickory, NC 28603
828-322-1121
info@downtownhickory.com

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