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Hickory council OKs convention center expansion agreement

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By Kevin Griffin, Hickory Daily Record

The Hickory City Council approved an agreement for a 45,000-square-foot expansion of the Hickory Metro Convention Center at its meeting on Tuesday. Photo by Robert Reed, Hickory Daily Record

The Hickory Metro Convention Center is set to expand by more than 50% after the Hickory City Council approved amendments to a contract with a local architect on Tuesday.

Under the revised agreement, Scott Mitchell will design a 45,000-square-foot expansion of the center.

The expansion in the new agreement is three times larger than the one the council approved in February 2020...

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