HIGH POINT, N.C. — High Point City Project Ignite spent about a week planning and consulting with urban planner and architect Andres Duany in brainstorming ideas for the revitalization and redevelopment of High Point.

City Project Vice Chairman Richard Wood said private investors and fundraising paid about $410,000 for the consultation.

Duany, of Duany Plater-Zyberk & Company, suggested more retail and restaurants in vacant spaces downtown and through shipping containers or “sea cans” that can be placed or stacked around Kivett Drive. He also suggested beautification changes throughout the city, which included cleaning the streets, adding more trees and extending the sidewalks around Lindsey Parkway.

The city also has plans to reach out to High Point University students with more shopping opportunities, business incubators, food trucks, live music and area festivals.

HIGH POINT, N.C. – After more than a year of planning, training and negotiations, Thomas Built Buses is churning out its own parts and blanks on a new 1,500-ton press. Located in their High Point plant, the press is a key milestone in its manufacturing and corporate growth.

The new press is used for making parts including roof and floor sheets for the new C2 as well as exterior panels and structural supports such as roof bows.