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High Point looking beyond the furniture market

• Taft Wireback
• Apr 12, 2015
• Apr 12, 2015
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A pair of buildings for lease on North Main Street in High Point, where some residents want to see a vibrant downtown year-round in High Point, NC on April 9, 2015. (H. SCOTT HOFFMANN/ News & Record)

• H. SCOTT HOFFMANN/News & Record

High Point still depends on the furniture market to make its downtown come alive, despite some residents who want to see a vibrant downtown year-round in High Point, NC on April 9, 2015. (H. SCOTT HOFFMANN/ News & Record)

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High Point Public Library parking lot is one area where a proposal has been made for improvements to help make High Point's downtown come alive in High Point, NC on April 9, 2015. (H. SCOTT HOFFMANN/ News & Record)

• H. SCOTT HOFFMANN/News & Record

High Point still depends on the furniture market to make its downtown come alive, despite some residents who want to see a vibrant downtown year-round in High Point, NC on April 9, 2015. (H. SCOTT HOFFMANN/ News & Record)

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Just as they have for decades, an estimated 75,000 furniture buyers, sellers and industry executives will descend on High Point this week to turn downtown into a vibrant hub of commerce, heavy traffic, social events and other hallmarks of a bustling urban lifestyle.

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