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A power networking session and champagne reception will be held Oct. 6 at The Peninsula Club in Cornelius in honor of Business Today’s 2010 Top Women Business Leaders. The sixth annual event recognizes the contribution of women in business in the Golden Crescent. Former winners include Realtors Abigail Jennings, of Lake Norman Realty, and Diane Honeycutt, of Team Honeycutt in Concord; Pat Horton, president of Cabarrus Bank & Trust; Robin Smith of Lake Norman Chrysler Jeep Dodge; Dakeita Vanderburg Johnson, CEO of Southgate Masonry & Lumber in Concord; and Ginger Griffin of Ginger Griffin Marketing and Design in Cornelius. Business Today columnist and UNCC instructor Cheryl Kane will conduct the power networking sessions, after which the 2010 winners will receive their awards, complete with champagne toasts. The event, which starts at 6 p.m., is $12.50 to attend, Visa and MasterCard accepted at time of reservation. More info: Phone BusinessToday at 704-895-1335 or email nebiztoday@gmail.com for more information. Registration opens at 5:30 p.m.
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Heart Group of the Carolinas, with offices in Concord and Albemarle, has merged with Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute. The practice will now begin operating under the Sanger name. |
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More than 100 Denver area business owners will meet at Verdict Ridge Golf Club Sept. 16 from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. for the annual Denver Area Business Association networking luncheon. Non-members are invited to attend the event which will honor long-time Denver business leader Joe Turbyfill and his wife Jean. Michael Thompson, director of corporate communications for the Charlotte Bobcats, will discuss overcoming adversity in the business world. The cost is $17 for pre-registration at www.dabanc.org or $20 at the door. More info: Denis Bilodeau, dbilodeau@aquestainsurance.com |
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Jim Trogdon, the chief operating officer for NC DOT, will be the featured speaker at a Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce luncheon Friday at NorthStone Country Club. Trogdon will discuss local road improvements including HOT lanes, commuter rail and the diverging diamond interchange planned at Exit 28 on I-77 in Cornelius. Tickets are $16 for members and $20 for non-members. More info: 704-892-1922. |
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During its 2009-2010 fiscal year, Rowan-Cabarrus Community College was awarded $2.654 million in grant funding from public and private organizations. From July 1, 2009 to June 30, 2010, the 21 grant awards produced a single-year grant-funding record for the college. Funded projects include scholarships for students with financial need, a major updating of RCCC’s IT infrastructure, the JobsNOW certificate programs, initiatives to develop new curriculum, and programs to help students quit smoking and assist local citizens adversely impacted by changes in the tobacco industry.The funding agencies include the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, the Margaret C. Woodson Foundation, the Blanche and Julian Robertson Family Foundation, the North Carolina Health and Wellness Trust Fund, the North Carolina Tobacco Trust Fund, the North Carolina Community College System, the Proctor Foundation, and the N.C. BioNetwork. |
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What does a professional planner really do to help clients?
Let’s say you want to hold a customer appreciation event but you want it to be more than just a party. Your company’s reputation is on the line. You have to make a decision whether to leave this important function to a professional or to unskilled hands? In this case, a planner can be a valuable asset |
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In the last of this three part series, Sherre explains how reviewing your current involvements can help you achieve your goals through putting you in direct contact with your ideal target market, in direct contact with those who could refer you to your ideal target market, or to help you gain needed support or resources for growing your business. |
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Since the dawn of mankind we have been buying and selling “stuff”, and over the centuries a predictable pattern has developed between buyers and sellers. The buyer-seller dynamic can spell “commission catastrophe” for the sales professional who lacks the artful skill of effective questioning. |
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Public-private partnership launches Davidson incubator |
Dec. 11 — Davidson: A start-up business incubator promises to nurture new enterprise and jobs. The Project for innovation, Energy and Sustainability — PiES — is a partnership of the Town of Davidson and the Lake Norman Economic Development Corp., as well as the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce. Founder Kathleen Rose said PiES encourages education, incubation and “economic gardening.” Economic gardening is all about encouraging start-up and early-stage companies to grow and stay in the community, while helping to improve occupancy and stabilize the local real estate market with its multi-stage approach, Rose said. The program will launch at South Main Square in Davidson, but, down the road, other real estate projects are expected to provide incubation space.
“Given the trend toward Green Jobs, a focus on the energy industry in the Charlotte area and our community’s commitment to sustainability, this seemed like a good fit to provide a way for us to create jobs and demonstrate our business friendly environment”, said Leamon Brice, Davidson Town Manager, a member of the organization’s advisory board.
A recent study conducted by Grant-Thorton for the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration found that federal dollars invested in business incubators are more effective at creating jobs than roads and bridges, industrial parks, commercial buildings, and sewer and water projects. According to the study, incubators provide up to 20 times more jobs than community infrastructure projects like water and sewer projects at a cost of $144 to $216 per job compared with $2,920 to $6,872 for the latter.
The Lake Norman Economic Development Corp. will partner with the business incubator. “The nation’s existing network of nearly 1,000 incubators – including many best-practice programs with excellent track records – is prepared to expand services to new populations and geographic areas. New investments in these programs can garner results immediately,” said Jerry Broadway, executive director of the EDC. The incubator’s advisory board includes Ian Ferguson, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte; William McCoy, retired director of the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute; Rick Sabath, partner at Quantarus Capital Partners; Robert Haupt, an advisor at Sperry Van Ness; and Brice, Davidson's town manager.
For further information visit: www.pies-northcarolina.org
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By Bill Russell
Wouldn’t it be nice to pick up a paper and read only pleasant headlines for a change? The news in Washington this week is that we have retired the national debt, unemployment in North Carolina has sunk to it’s lowest levels since 2006, and a group hug broke out in the streets of Baghdad.
Unfortunately that’s not the headlines we read. According to the Congressional Budget Office (CBO), the annual difference between what our federal government collects in tax revenue and what it spends will be $1.3 trillion this fiscal year alone. Combat troops are leaving Iraq, however, we are still a stretch from a tension free region. Closer to home, North Carolina’s unemployment rate dipped to 9.6 percent in July and has declined for five consecutive months but still remains higher than the national average of 9.5 percent. |
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Many of us were chilled to the bone a few weeks ago at what Charlotte City Councilman David Howard said at a Lake Norman Transportation Commission meeting. Howard, a Democrat who has focused on inner city affordable housing issues through his position as vice president of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Housing Partnership since 1997, was quoted several times:
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It’s a mixed bag in the luxury market. Some homes are closing at steep discounts, while some pristine homes in superb locations are closing near their asking prices.
Prices per square foot edged upward about 1 percent in Lake Norman during the second quarter vs. 2009 levels, but realized values are still off 20 percent to 25 percent compared to 2007 levels, according to Reed Jackson of Ivester Jackson Distinctive Properties in Cornelius. |
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These home sales and property transactions in the Golden Crescent were recorded by the Register of Deeds in Mecklenburg, Cabarrus and Iredell. |
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These new businesses in the Golden Crescent have registered with the N.C. Secretary of State. |
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Staff directory, emails, phone and fax numbers along with other general and subscription information |
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