Red Springs is located in the northwestern section of Robeson County approximately 14 miles west of I-95, strategically located between Lumberton, Laurinburg and the City of Fayetteville. Residing in Red Springs gives you access to three major trade centers. Red Springs is also located 80 miles southwest of Raleigh which is easily accessible by I-95 & I-40. The Charlotte metropolitan area is 150 miles by U.S. 74 and the port of Wilmington is 90 minutes by U.S. 74.

Red Springs has a council-manager form of municipal government. The governing board consists of the mayor and six commissioners. Other boards that function in an advisory capacity to local government include the Planning Board, Board Adjustments, Appearance Commission, Recreation Commission and the Redevelopment Commission. For additional information, please contact Billy Joe Farmer, Town Manager at 910-843-5849.

Promotion and recruitment of business in Red Springs is carried out primarily by the Red Springs Chamber of Commerce. There are approximately 140 businesses in Red Springs. Of this number, 70 are retail sales operations, providing such commodities as food, clothing, jewelry, footwear, household goods, appliances, furnishings, pharmaceuticals, video and home entertainment systems, construction materials, hardware, automobiles, and automotive parts and supplies. The remaining businesses include such services as construction and building repair, automotive repair, legal, medical, insurance, accounting, printing, surveying, floral design, cosmetology, and physical fitness. The retail area encompasses an 8-mile radius with a customer base of approximately 25,000 people. For additional information, please contact Fran Ray, Executive Director, at 910-843-5441.

Business hours for the Red Springs Chamber of Commerce are from 9 am until 12 noon, Monday through Friday.

The Red Springs trade area is approximately 30 minutes from North Carolina's fourth largest metropolitan area which is the city of Fayetteville. In 1990-1991, almost $2 billion in retail sales was generated in Cumberland County where Fayetteville is the retail hub for southeastern, North Carolina.

Financial services are provided by three banks.  Lumbee Guaranty Bank has total assets of $100,000 million.

Red Springs Industrial and Commercial Park is served with water/sewer, natural gas and fiber optic cable. Air service is available at Grannis Field in Fayetteville, 25 miles from Red Springs. Both air freight and regular scheduled commercial airline services are available. Both land and existing buildings are currently available, information will be provided upon request.

Communications

Local newspapers that serve the area include the Robesonian, published daily in Lumberton; the Fayetteville Observer-Times, published daily in Fayetteville; and the Red Springs Citizen, published weekly in Red Springs. In addition to the two local newspapers, there are four metropolitan dailies circulated in the area.

The facilities for radio station WYRU-AM and WLRD-FM are located in Red Springs. Station WLRD is authorized to provide 24-hour service to the Red Springs area. Cablevision is available in Red Springs. The system offers a 32-channel service which includes the three major broadcast networks, five independents, an educational network, a package of sports, news, music, and children's programming, and four premium pay channels. The three major broadcast networks and two local independent networks are available without cablevision.

Healthcare

Emergency medical services are provided by the Robeson County Ambulance Service and the Red Springs Rescue Squad. Robeson County provides coverage for the Red Springs area for 12 hours each day, five days a week (Monday-Friday). The Red Springs Rescue Squad provides service for the remaining 12 hours each day, plus 24 hours per day on weekends. The Rescue Squad consists of 30 members, 18 of whom are certified Emergency Medical Technicians (EMT's) and one ambulance and one crash truck. All Robeson County ambulances are staffed by certified EMT's.

Red Springs has three medical doctors, one physician assistant (P.A.), one chiropractor, three privately practicing dentists, one optometrist and three drugstores. Hospital facilities are provided in Lumberton, 14 miles away at Southeastern Regional Medical Center. SRMC with a medical staff of 60 physicians, provides health care services which include: Carolina Manor Treatment Center, HealthHorizons Home Health Agency, Hospice of Robeson, HealthHorizons Uniforms and Medical Supplies, Woodhaven - a 116 bed long-term care facility and SRMC Lifestyle Fitness Center. Red Springs is also served by Moore County Regional Center in Pinehurst, Cape Fear Regional Center in Fayetteville and Scotland Health Care System, a non-profit community owned hospital system in Laurinburg, NC.

Education

The Public Schools of Robeson County located in Red Springs includes one elementary, one middle and one high school with an enrollment of 1,864 students. Private Schooling is also available in Red Springs for grades K-12 at Flora Macdonald Academy and for grades Pre K-8 at Created For You Learning Academy. Higher education is provided by Robeson Community College in Lumberton, NC 14 miles away. UNC at Pembroke, 10 miles from Red Springs is a 4-year institution which offers 53 undergraduate degrees and nine graduate programs. St. Andrews Presbyterian College in Laurinburg is 20 miles from Red Springs. Fayetteville State University, Methodist College and Fayetteville Technical Community College are located 30 miles away. The big four: The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University, Duke University and Wake Forest University are located within a good driving distance of Red Springs. Carolina, State, and Duke are 90 minutes driving time and Wake Forest is approximately a 3 hour drive.

Cultural

Over 5,000 visitors come to Red Springs each year for the annual Flora Macdonald Highland Games. The games are held on the grounds of Flora Macdonald Academy, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Properties. The games, which are held the first week in October, recall the rich Scottish heritage of the Town. (For additional information, contact Tommy Ammons, Chairman, 910-843-5000.) Dramatic and cultural entertainment is offered by the Red Springs Arts Council, which hosts the annual Street Fair during the Spring season. UNC at Pembroke offers a wide variety of programs at the Givens Performing Arts Center. The center stage series is a culture series of Broadway musicals, jazz, classical and dance; Robeson Little Theater produces dramas which offer county residents opportunities to utilize their skills.

Churches

Red Springs has 13 Protestant churches and one Catholic church. A Jewish Synagogue is located in Fayetteville, NC, which is a 30-minute drive from Red Springs.

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