DIRECTIONS TO CAROLINA FIRST ASSOCIATES, LLC Street Address: 406 3rd Ave. NW Hickory Telephone: (828) 324-2000 FROM CHARLOTTE: Take I-85 South to Gastonia/Lincolnton. Exit for Hwy 321 North to Hickory. Take exit # 44 to Hwy 70 (Gateway Conference Center/Park Inn). Turn right (East) on HWY 70 go to 2nd light and turn left onto 4th Street SW. Stay on 4th street until you cross the RR tracks. Once you cross the tracks, then start counting stoplights. After 3rd light we are the FIRST building on the left. We are in the big house on the corner of 3rd Ave. NW & 4th St. NW. FROM INTERSTATE 40: Take exit #123 (after you exit take the next exit to the right). Take exit # 44 to Hwy 70 (Gateway Conference Center/Park Inn) . Turn right (East) on HWY 70 go to 2nd light and turn left onto 4th Street SW. Stay on 4th street until you cross the RR tracks. Once you cross the tracks, then start counting stoplights. After 3rd light we are the FIRST building on the left. We are in the big house on the corner of 3rd Ave. NW & 4th St. NW. Recently CFA won the Preservation of the Year award for 2002 from the Hickory Landmarks Society. The restoration of the former JP Cilley house on 3rd Ave was led by CFA’s Sam Rhodes.