Garner's tagline is "A great place to be" and it truly is. It benefits from its proximity to the heart of Research Triangle Park, offering its residents a great resource for skilled employment opportunities both in technology, medicine, and research. It's also home to the South Garner Greenway, which connects Lake Benson and White Deer parks to area neighborhoods and schools, and a five-mile sidewalk loop.
The town of Garner is booming in residential growth, as well, as a popular suburb of Raleigh in Wake County. It offers a historic downtown area,and considers itself a tight-knit, small town. Its most recent claim to fame is being the inspiration for Garner native Scotty McCreery's song, Water Tower Town. It truly is a town where "everybody knows your mom and them," as the song describes.