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I have always known that Hickory had a quarry from the explorations of my highschool driving era, but I never had an inkling of what it looked like until MacDonald Parkway was finally opened and you could drive down its entire back side, vision impaired by only that slim green plastic fencing. To have been concealed in Hickory for all my life, it was an awakening to a pretty big hole.

Now it's peaked my curiosity, and I want to do a little investigating into the virtuosity of their practices.

So far from preliminary glances of their website, they at least tout themselves as pretty responsible people with regards to the environment.

Its 2am, and has been a long 2nd day of the year, so I don't feel like doing in depth research. I'm very curious to see if I can find any information regarding the Hickory quarry in particular, as this company has some 285 quarries in 28 states.. so I'm hoping to see what the direct connection it has to my childhood environment. Especially our water quality.