Archive for January, 2015
An Edsel, not a Lincoln
Jan. 9 Edsel Ford II will be the keynote speaker at the Mooresville/South Iredell Chamber’s awards luncheon Jan. 26 at The Cove Church, 197 Langtree Road, Mooresville. Doors open at 10:30 a.m. Some 460 seats of 700 have been sold. Reservation forms available online at www.mooresvillenc.org or call 704-664-3898. Awards include Business Person of the Year, Citizen of the Year and Entrepreneur.
Starting a Business? Think. GO. Ready. SET! Reap!
By Sherré DeMao The New Year always brings a new resolve for how business is going to get done. For many, it is also the impetus that results in the decision to finally start a business. Starting a business is hard work, there is no doubt about it. Where newbies misstep the most is in […]
Busloads of local well-wishers attend Tillis swearing in
Jan. 6 Woody Washam and Melinda Bales, the mayors pro tem of Cornelius and Huntersville respectively, were among the local supporters who attended Sen. Thom Tillis’ swearing-in ceremony in Washington, D.C. The former IBM consultant and outgoing North Carolina House speaker was sworn in by Vice President Joe Biden. Tillis began his political career in Cornelius […]
New business announcements come with help from 3 agencies
By Katie Piccirillo Sherman North Carolina is regaining its position as one of the top states for business, according to Site Selections and Forbes, and with large corporations announcing new facilities here, economic development officers around the motorsports region are happy. Margie Bukowski, Cabarrus economic development chief, credits transportation infrastructure for tapping into a demand […]
NACM’s Credit Managers’ Index ends year on weak note
Jan. 2 The movement in December’s economic report from the National Association of Credit Management ended the year on a disappointing note, creating the sense that economic momentum has stalled. All eyes are on January in the hopes that the slide doesn’t deepen. While other economic indicators remained strong, the December report of the Credit […]
New chair brings eco-devo experience to Chamber
By Dave Yochum Tammy Whaley, the economic development manager for a 15 county region of Duke Energy Carolinas, takes over the volunteer reins of the Cabarrus Chamber of Commerce in 2015. She said it is an “honor and privilege” to lead the 760-member chamber which has taken a hit in the wake of the departure […]
Steve Morris, Cabarrus Commission chair, speaking at Newsmakers Breakfast Jan. 13
The new chairman of the Cabarrus County Commission will speak at Business Today’s Newsmakers Breakfast Tuesday Jan. 13 at the Piedmont Renaissance Center in downtown Concord. Steve Morris was elected by his peers on the commission to the leadership role in December, when three new commissioners, all Republicans, went on the five-person board. Morris joined […]
Attorney D. Kevin Joyce earns real estate certification from North Carolina Bar JOYCE
Dec. 30 D. Kevin Joyce, North Carolina state legal counsel and vice president of Master Title Agency, has been certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a specialist in residential real property law. Joyce is one of 45 North Carolina attorneys certified as a specialist in a designated practice area in 2014 and just one […]
Riding on rubber, not metal looks like future of LKN transit
By Dave Vieser Mass transit commuters between the Lake Norman area and Charlotte will in all probability be riding on rubber, not metal wheels, in future years now that hope for building a commuter rail line on the existing Norfolk Southern rail freight right-of-way has waned. Lake Norman Regional Transportation Commission Executive Director Bill Thunberg […]
Catawba Ave. bridge closing 24 hours Jan. 10; Gov. McCrory coming for grand reopening
Get ready for Carmageddon Lite. The Catawba Avenue bridge over I-77 will close for 24 hours on Saturday, Jan. 10. The 24-hour closing starts at 12 am—midnight—and runs through Saturday until 11:59 pm. Town commissioners and town staff hope that work on the nautically styled mast-and-cable superstructure will not hurt businesses near the exit. Of course it did […]
