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43-566: The original store on U.S. Route 501 at one point had 6 million shoppers and in 1983 was named "the state’s most outstanding commercial attraction." Expansion beyond its original location, in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, began in 1982, when the company opened a Burlington, North Carolina location. Next came Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1983, followed by Rolling Meadows, Illinois (outside Chicago ) in 1984 and Dale City, Virginia (a Washington, D.C. suburb) in 1985. It grew into

86-504: A Baptist confession of faith and is a member of the Southern Baptist Convention . NewSpring has many ministries within the church. Here is a list of active ministries of NewSpring Church. NewSpring Worship is an American Christian music worship group from Anderson, South Carolina , established in 2010 at NewSpring Church. They have released 5 albums, 4 EPs, and 11 singles. They play worship music for

129-536: A brief period, railroad directors changed the name of official name of " Company Shops " to " Vance " (1863–1864), the village returned to the "Company Shops" moniker in July 1864. During the Civil War , Company Shops remained a small village without many public utilities/services like churches or schools. It was only until 1863 that company stockholders approved city street layouts and the sale of private property in

172-723: A family was $ 49,797. The per capita income for the city was $ 23,465. About 15.9% of families and 19.6% of the population were below the poverty line , including 34.9% of those under age 18 and 10.2% of those age 65 or over. The local school system is known as the Alamance-Burlington School System , which was created by a merger between the Alamance County School System and the Burlington City School System in 1996. Alamance Community College (part of

215-434: A major highway without the cost normally associated with this benefit. In October 2014, work was supposed to start on a half million dollars worth of landscaping. Other improvements were planned, and it was predicted that 25 stores would be located in the mall. As of July 2018, Waccamaw Center had 25 tenants, and 3W LLC stated their goal was to establish an Asian-oriented multicultural center. Cultural events had been held over

258-462: A progressive Alamance County manufacturer, made an offer that settled the matter. Gen. Trollinger owned land just northwest of Graham, and he convinced several other prominent citizens owning adjacent lots to join him and sell their property to the railroad. 57 buildings were constructed between 1855 and 1859, including structures for engine and machine shops, carpentry, blacksmithing, houses for workers and railway officials, and company headquarters. For

301-587: A renovation of the entire complex was announced in October 2000. Competition from Myrtle Beach Factory Stores, however, was hurting the complex. Also, in December 2000, American International Life Insurance Co. foreclosed on owner Outlet Park RPFIV Associates LLC after a missed payment on a loan. A planned bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway was expected to help the area, along with turning

344-434: A section of U.S. 501 into a freeway . Some believed the complex could make a comeback, with help. But additional competition was coming from Tanger Factory Outlets as well as a conventional mall nearby. In December 2001, American International Group (AIG) bought the property at auction. Talk of a theme park began, though some believed the mall could remain. In August 2003 Horry County Council voted to rezone land for

387-545: A variety of parks that can be found in Burlington, including Joe Davidson Park and the Burlington City Park. Upon visiting these parks one can find a variety of things for various activities, such as baseball fields, basketball courts, soccer fields, playgrounds, disc golf and tennis courts. The Alamance County Recreation and Parks Commission is made up of nine citizen volunteers and one representative from

430-646: Is a part of the Greensboro–Winston-Salem–High Point, NC Combined Statistical Area . The population was 57,303 at the 2020 census , which makes Burlington the 18th-most populous city in North Carolina. Alamance County was created when Orange County was partitioned in 1849. Early settlers included several groups of Quakers , many of which remain active in the Snow Camp area, German farmers, and Scots-Irish immigrants. The need of

473-681: Is about 35 miles from the Piedmont Triad International Airport in Greensboro and about 48 miles from Raleigh-Durham International Airport near Cary . In addition Burlington is served by three major road corridors including Interstate 40 , Interstate 85 , and U.S. Route 70 . The city's only indoor mall, Holly Hill Mall , is located at the intersection of Huffman Mill Road and Church Street (US 70). An outdoor mall, Alamance Crossing , opened in 2007 at Interstate 40/85 and University Drive. Just off I-40/85

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516-605: Is situated at 101 North Main Street. Burlington opened its first public transit service, Link Transit, on June 6, 2016. As of September 21, 2017, more than 100,000 people have used the service. In addition, transportation services are available to its residents through the Alamance County Transportation Authority. Locals can also ride the BioBus from nearby Elon University . Burlington

559-616: Is the Burlington Outlet Village (formerly known as the BMOC). At the time of opening in 1981, it was North Carolina's first outlet mall . Burlington has two sister cities , as designated by Sister Cities International : NewSpring Church NewSpring Church is a Baptist Evangelical multi-site megachurch based in Anderson, South Carolina , affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention . The church

602-775: The Haw River Paddle and Hiking Trail at the following locations: The Burlington Sock Puppets , members of the Appalachian League , a wood-bat collegiate summer league, play their home games at Burlington Athletic Stadium in Fairchild Park. They were previously known as the Burlington Royals from 2007 to 2020. The Royals were rebranded as the Sock Puppets following the contraction and reorganization of minor league baseball prior to

645-575: The North Carolina Railroad in the 1850s to locate land where they could build, repair and do maintenance on its track was the genesis of Burlington, North Carolina. The company selected a piece of land slightly west of present-day Graham . On January 29, 1856, the last spikes were driven into the final tie of the North Carolina Railroad project, uniting the cities of Goldsboro and Charlotte by rail. The next day,

688-500: The Vienna Boys' Choir . As of the 2020 census , there were 57,303 people, 22,009 households, and 12,978 families residing in the city. At the 2010 census , there were 49,963 people, 20,632 households, and 12,679 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,967.0 inhabitants per square mile (759.5/km ). There were 23,414 housing units at an average density of 921.8 per square mile (355.9/km ). The racial makeup of

731-483: The 2021 season. 2021 was the inaugural season for the revamped Appalachian League and the Sock Puppets. Prior to being known as the Burlington Royals , the team was also known as the Burlington Indians from 1986 to 2006. Several current and former MLB players began their careers in Burlington, including Jim Thome , CC Sabathia , Manny Ramirez , and Bartolo Colón . The city of Burlington also operates

774-699: The Alamance-Burlington Board of Education and the Alamance County Board of Commissioners. The Alamance County Recreation and Parks Department manages parks and community centers at the following locations: Alamance County offers many hiking and paddle opportunities including the Haw River Trail and the Mountains-to-Sea Trail . The Alamance County Recreation and Parks Department manages accesses to

817-731: The Army's tank rebuilding program. At the close of the war, the federal government chose not to leave, but to utilize the property for government contract business. This decision would bring Western Electric to town along with new employees from around the country. Their contracts ensured Burlington's participation during the Cold War manufacturing and testing of emerging defense technologies. Four decades later (1991), however, Western Electric (then AT&T Federal Systems Division) permanently closed. During this century-and-a-half of economic change, Burlington grew, adapted and prospered. Originally

860-808: The Church of the Holy Comforter , Stagg House , Sunny Side , US Post Office , West Davis Street-Fountain Place Historic District , and Windsor Cotton Mills Office are listed on the National Register of Historic Places . Located in the Piedmont region of North Carolina, Burlington is characterized as having mostly flat land with a few rolling hills. According to the United States Census Bureau ,

903-506: The Southern Railway system. Following the leasing of the railroad to Richmond & Danville, many of the railroad jobs transferred to Richmond and Manchester. With the railroad shops no longer operated there, the citizens of Company Shops decided a new name was needed. In February 1887, a contest was held to decide a name, and one person submitted the name "Burlington" after seeing it on a passing train. An appointed committee for

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946-583: The Waccamaw name altogether when the company filed for bankruptcy. The company ceased operations in June 2001. The original Waccamaw Pottery building in Myrtle Beach is still standing, part of the Waccamaw Factory Shoppes complex, once the nation's third-largest outlet shopping complex with more than 100 stores in 750,000 square feet of space on 80 acres. A fourth section was added in 1998 and

989-623: The amusement area. As part of the National Historical Register, the carousel attracts thousands of visitors yearly. The Burlington Carousel Festival, is held annually in the park. Burlington is home to the Burlington Boys' Choir , the oldest organization of its kind in the state. It was founded in 1959 and has toured widely around and outside the United States. Its founder, Eva Wiseman, was inspired by

1032-1041: The center of commerce for Company Shops, the downtown area still serves as the heart of today's community with financial services, government services, an expanded library, small shops, eateries and a restored theater. Downtown has also returned to its status as a major employment center, becoming the home to Laboratory Corporation of America , one of the world's largest biomedical testing firms and Burlington/Alamance County's largest employer. The Alamance Hotel , Allen House , Atlantic Bank and Trust Company Building , Beverly Hills Historic District , Downtown Burlington Historic District , East Davis Street Historic District , Efird Building , First Baptist Church , First Christian Church of Burlington , Polly Fogleman House , Holt-Frost House , Horner Houses , Lakeside Mills Historic District , McCray School , Menagerie Carousel , Moore-Holt-White House , South Broad-East Fifth Streets Historic District , Southern Railway Passenger Station , St. Athanasius Episcopal Church and Parish House and

1075-541: The city has a total area of 31.82 square miles (82.4 km ), of which 30.27 square miles (78.4 km ) is land and 1.55 square miles (4.0 km ) (4.87%) is water. The climate in this area is characterized by relatively high temperatures and evenly distributed precipitation throughout the year. According to the Köppen Climate Classification system, Burlington has a Humid subtropical climate , abbreviated "Cfa" on climate maps. There are

1118-558: The city was 57.6% White , 28% African American , 0.7% Native American , 2.1% Asian , 0.1% Pacific Islander , 9.2% from other races , and 2.4% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 16% of the population. There were 20,632 households, out of which 28.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 38.9% were married couples living together, 17.5% had a female householder with no husband present, and 38.5% were non-families. 33% of all households were made up of individuals, and 13.1% had someone living alone who

1161-454: The complex would get a new name that included Waccamaw. Property manager Martin Durham said spaces on the outside would be filled first, followed by the interiors of the two malls. By the end of June 2012, one business had moved in. Waccamaw Center, as it was later called, attracted a number of businesses of different types as well as a branch of NewSpring Church . One reason is the location on

1204-435: The early textile venture of Edwin M. Holt became known all over the world as Burlington Industries , and is now headquartered in nearby Greensboro . Throughout this period, Burlington became a prosperous and vibrant little city filled with schools, churches, newspapers, telegraph and telephone lines, roads and a streetcar line—all in keeping with the latest "modern progress" of the times. Though textiles continued to dominate

1247-576: The first locomotive passed along the new route. When the iron horse arrived in Alamance County, locals referred to it as "the eighth wonder of the world". Not long after this historic opening, the railroad realized a pressing need for repair shops. With Alamance County's position along the new line, it became the logical choice for the shops' location. After several debates concerning where the shops would be located, Gen. Benjamin Trollinger,

1290-585: The home furnishings business in the early 1990s and operated stores throughout the South and Midwest, selling housewares, bedding, cookware, china, and furniture. In the face of heavy competition from direct competitors Bed Bath & Beyond , Linens 'n Things and Old Time Pottery ; as well as discount stores like Walmart and Target , the company merged with the primarily Northeastern HomePlace and grew to over 100 stores by 2001. Waccamaw stores were renamed "Waccamaw's HomePlace", and were planning to phase out

1333-500: The local economy well into the 1970s, the people of Burlington knew they could not survive with only one industry. The country's involvement in World War II brought important local economic changes. In 1942, the federal government purchased and leased a 22-acre (8.9 ha) site to Fairchild Aircraft Corporation for the construction of test aircraft. After two years of production, the site was leased to Firestone Tire Company for

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1376-484: The nearby The Valley Golf Course . The flagship of the Burlington Parks System, Burlington City Park offers more than 75 acres of activities for the entire family. It serves as the home of an amusement area consisting of a carousel, miniature train, boat and car ride, playground, amphitheater, baseball field, picnic shelters, and walking trails. A fully restored Dentzel Carousel is the highlight of

1419-456: The previous several years. In 2023, the complex included Asher Theatre and NewSpring Church. Burlington, North Carolina Burlington is a city in Alamance and Guilford counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina . It is the principal city of the Burlington, NC Metropolitan Statistical Area , which encompasses all of Alamance County, in which most of the city is located, and

1462-548: The public North Carolina Community College System ) has campuses in Burlington and nearby Graham, offering multiple academic programs and specialized career training. Elon University (a private 4-year university) is in nearby Elon . Amtrak 's Piedmont train connects Burlington to Raleigh , Durham , Charlotte , Greensboro , and other points in central North Carolina. The Carolinian train continues to New York with intermediate stops including Richmond , Washington , Baltimore , and Philadelphia . Burlington Station

1505-498: The shopping center, and some considered themselves successful. On December 30, 2011, according to Horry County property records, 3W LLC bought 52 acres and 600,000 square feet from General Electric Credit Equities (a unit of General Electric ) for $ 7.5 million (~$ 10 million in 2023). Alain Wizman of Keller Williams, which represented 3W in the transaction and would handle leasing, said $ 1 million would be spent on improvements and

1548-508: The stage on Sundays. In 2016, the church was left with a $ 47 million debt, but paid this down year on year, so that in March 2023 it was able to announce it was debt free. According to a church census released in 2023, it claimed a weekly attendance of 10,000 people. The church is based in Anderson, SC. It operates satellite campuses in 12 other South Carolina cities. The Church has

1591-421: The theme park, and by 2005 Hard Rock Park , a now-defunct music-themed amusement park, appeared likely to become a reality. But the mall had two stores, the upgrading of U.S. 501 had decreased interest in an area that became hard to reach, and AIG had its own problems. The bridge that was supposed to help the area had no funding, though work on extending Harrelson Boulevard past an interchange on U.S. 17 Bypass

1634-547: The town selected the name, and the name was officially changed through North Carolina State Legislature. Around the turn of the century, Edwin M. Holt established small textile operations along the Haw River and Great Alamance Creek. In 1908, Edwin M. Holt built the first cotton mill in the South. From the establishment of this single factory, Alamance County grew to eventually operate 30 cotton mills and 10 to 15 yarn manufacturing plants employing 15,000 people. Eventually,

1677-480: The village. Though, properties used for commercial purposes still had to be leased by the company and couldn't be bought. In 1866, the village was officially incorporated as "Company Shops." Through a series of leases and mergers, the railroad was leased to Richmond & Danville Railroad (1871), working as part of the Pennsylvania Railroad, and in 1893, the North Carolina Railroad was folded into

1720-407: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.38 and the average family size was 3.01. In the city, the population was spread out, with 26.6% under the age of 20, 6.5% from 20 to 24, 26.1% from 25 to 44, 25.2% from 45 to 64, and 15.7% who were 65 years of age or older. The average age was 38.3 years. The median income for a household in the city was $ 42,097, and the median income for

1763-469: Was founded in January 2000 with a handful of people in a living room. Since then, it has grown to 13 locations across the state of South Carolina. In addition to gathering at multiple campuses across the state, NewSpring has established an online campus to connect with individuals who cannot join in person. In 2016, the weekly attendance was 33,000 people. Announced July 10, 2016, founder Perry Noble

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1806-418: Was removed as Senior Pastor by the church's leadership team effective July 1, 2016 for personal issues related to alcohol and neglect of his family. A year later it was announced that NewSpring would be led by a team of Lead Pastors (Brad Cooper, Michael Mullikin, Tyler Tatum, David Hall, Lee McDerment, and Riley Cummings) and Teaching Pastors (Brad Cooper, Clayton King, Dan Lian, and Meredith Knox) would share

1849-477: Was set to begin. One of the Waccamaw facility's buildings was used seasonally as a rehearsal location for the Radio City Rockettes . By 2008, a development called Paradise City was planned on part of the site by the developers of Hard Rock Park, which made Mall 3 its headquarters. The plans fell-through when the park shut down, and the property became neglected. A few businesses still operated in

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