“Great Place. Great People. Great Promise.” The city of Gastonia, North Carolina has upheld this motto throughout its 150 years of growth. The place, people, and promise are the greatest they’ve ever been — and the city is on the brink of its most rapid development yet.
With 76,000 residents across 52 square miles, Gastonia has grown 350-fold since its formative days as a railroad town supporting the textile industry with a steam-powered mill. And while it still intersects the Atlanta and…