Since the town of Holly Springs appeared among the Best Places to Live list in Money Magazine in 2007, it has earned its bragging rights. Nested between the neighboring towns of Apex, Fuquay-Varina and Cary, the town has been attracting new residents and new businesses alike with its reasonably priced land and quaint Southern charm. Holly Springs NC real estate has enjoyed an increase in value because the town has lots to offer.
Many have been attracted to Holly Springs for its reputable Sunset Ridge Golf Community. Although there are no new home sites available for purchase there, newcomers can still get all the amenities of a Sunset community just two miles away at the new Sunset Oaks development. Both communities give residents access to swim and racquet clubs, close shopping and schools and resort style water parks. The two golf courses on which these neighborhoods are built are top-rated by Golf Digest. With an average home cost in the Sunset sister villages of $500,000, the residential demographic is pretty exclusive.
Holly Springs NC real estate should not be judged solely by the Sunset properties, though. This might make home ownership seem an impossibility to newcomers. Although it is true that the median income for Holly Springs residents is $81,115 and you can expect to pay an average of $242,785 for a new home, there are many other living options to consider at a much less expensive price.
Commercial interests received a boost in Holly Springs NC real estate with the 2006 announcement that Novartis, a vaccine manufacturing facility, would build a plant in the town and begin production by 2011. The arrival of Warp Technologies, a textile company in the late 1980s doubled the tax base in Holly Springs from $8 million to $16 million. The Novartis addition is expected to bring 350 more jobs and lots of new growth to the area.
Town leaders do not want the community to grow so fast, though. There is consistent encouragement for businesses to open in the downtown area. Managers and planners have expressed the vision to make downtown a pedestrian-friendly central hub for leisure life. In 2007, the Holly Springs Library and the Holly Springs Cultural Center opened. The cultural center helps bring the vision for centralizing community life by hosting theatre productions, concerts, movies and other neighborhood events. It is a part of what is now called Main Street Square, which offers single-family and town homes as well as a host of shops, grocers and department stores.
The town is equally committed to preserving is greenery and open space as it is committed to development. At Parrish Womble and Bass Lake Parks, more than 18,000 residents can fish, picnic, walk nature trails, and make full use of play areas.
Holly Springs NC real estate appears to be in good company in terms of best places to live. The neighboring town of Apex made the Money Magazine list this year, registering at number 44 in the top 100. Towns like these have become ideal places to rear families and live because of their close proximity to Raleigh, with a host of larger events, activities and shopping and Research Triangle Park, a business annex of Raleigh where most people in the area commute to work.
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