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Rock Hill SC Home Inspection and News

Just 20 minutes south of Charlotte is Rock Hill, a growing community of 60,000 with an active business climate and edu­cational opportunities. Rock Hill has four industrial parks and the busiest general aviation airport in the area. The city has more than 200 manufacturing businesses, producing everything from pneumatic hand tools to egg rolls to textiles. York Technical College provides training for many area industries. The city is also home to Winthrop University, a four-year institution with undergraduate and gradu­ate programs.

Settled in the 1800s and now a part of South Carolina's Olde English District (see Day Trips chapter), Rock Hill is rich in his­tory. Glencairn Garden was once the private garden of Dr. and Mrs. David A. Bigger. Opened to the public in 1960, it is also a popular site during the annual Come-See-Me Festival, an 11-day spring event that fea­tures exhibits, concerts, gourmet gardens, crafts, road and bicycle races, children's events, a parade, and fireworks. Vernon Grant, the creator of Kellogg's Rice Krispies' Snap, Crackle, and Pop, designed the frog that serves as the festival's emblem. 

The Musuem of York County's wild ani­mal collection is one of the most compre­hensive anywhere. Featured are animals from Africa, North America, and South America. The museum also devotes space to exhibits on York County, Indian tribes of the area, photography, and traveling shows. The Settlemyre Planetarium and the Rock Hill Telephone Company Museum are also popular with visitors. The Rock Hitl Trans­portation Exhibit, located downtown, fea­tures an Anderson 640 touring car made by the Anderson Motor Company in 1915. The Catawba Cultural Center preserves the rich heritage of the Catawba Indian Nation through art, literature, jewelry, pottery, and an annual November festival.

Residents also enjoy Cherry Park, a 68-acre recreational facility with five Softball fields, multipurpose fields, picnic areas, and paved paths, as well as River Park with 70 environmentally sensitive acres overlooking the Catawba River. River Park's nearly 2 miles of trails are accessible to the disabled