Our Polk is a diverse and growing community with affordable housing where schools fully engage students and their families. The community is home to a variety of cultural and heritage opportunities that when combined with striking views of the first peak of the Blue Ridge, make Our Polk an attractive destination for visitors beginning to explore Western North Carolina.

We understand community, history, heritage, hospitality – and we understand business.

Civic, business, and government leaders work hard to make Our Polk an easy and ideal place to start, relocate, conduct and grow businesses. The Office of Economic Development partners with the North Carolina Department of Commence and the state’s community college system to offer no-cost low-cost recruitment and custom training programs to new businesses locating in the county.

Our Polk offers new and expanding companies the assistance and support of a community dedicated to sensible growth, regional cooperation, and existing targeted industries which include:

• Continuing care and senior services
• Equestrian related services and technologies
• Agriculture sciences
• Continuing education and distance learning
• Professional services and hospitality
• Niche metalworking
• Cultural and design based manufacturing
• Retirement, financial management services, and banking

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