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Do toll lanes really cut congestion?
PART 1 of 2 By Kate Martin/Carolina Public Press North Carolina, like many other states, has gambled on toll roads as a way to reduce congestion. While a relatively recent addition to the state’s highways, some estimates say toll roads in the Triangle and Charlotte areas are drawing more drivers than officials initially predicted. So, […]
Tap creativity with teamwork and strategy
Sales professionals by nature have a laser-like, goal-oriented focus, and they push themselves against all odds to produce outstanding results. Along the way they develop skills and habits that make them more efficient. But the world we work in continues to evolve, change, and develop, so we have to make sure we are adapting to […]
Sweet Dream owners are Business Persons of the Year
Jan. 23. Greg and Katy Law, owners of Sweet Dream Mattress and Furniture in Cornelius, were named the Robert T. Cashion Business Persons of the Year at the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce annual meeting at The Peninsula Club. Robert Cashion’s widow, Louise Cashion, and son Gordon Cashion, assisted 2019 Chamber Board Chair Tricia Sisson, […]
Aquesta net up 46.8% year over year
Jan. 22. Cornelius-based Aquesta Financial Holdings earnings from continuing operations grew at the rate of 46.8 percent for the full year 2019 compared to 2018. Jim Engel, CEO & president, said he hoped the momentum from “excellent earnings and balance sheet growth” for the final quarter of 2019 would carry into 2020 as well. Net […]
Pat Riley named to Swanepoel Power 200
Pat Riley, president and CEO of Allen Tate Realtors, has been named to the Swanepoel Power 200 (SP200) for 2020, a list of the most influential leaders in residential real estate. Riley is ranked No. 73 among the Top 200. Leaders are evaluated based on the office they hold, the decision-making power associated with the […]
Jury awards $21,500 to Sisson in business dispute
Jan. 21. By Dave Yochum. A Lincoln County jury has decided that both Bayport Holdings and Brian P. Sisson breached “a material term” of the management agreement that determined how Sisson would run The Range at Lake Norman in Denver, NC. The agreement between Bayport, a partnership that includes Cornelius businessman Bob Watson and Kevin […]
Number of businesses sold fell during 2019
A total of 2,454 small businesses were reported to have sold in the third quarter of 2019, an 8.6 percent decline compared to the same period last year. BizBuySell (BBS) says the median sale price rose just .1 percent year-over-year. Stagnant sale prices are not for lack of trying. The median asking price of a […]
Nancy Nagy new president of Premier Sotheby’s International
Nancy Nagy has been named president of Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, where she will be responsible for leading all sales operations of the $5 billion brokerage. She succeeds Budge Huskey, who was named chief executive officer on Jan. 1. She previously served as chief executive officer of Berkshire Hathaway Homeservices Chicago, ranked among the top […]
LKN business leaders take shots at each other in Lincoln County trial
Jan. 17. By Dave Yochum. If Hilary Clinton had been elected, none of this would have happened. It turns out the Donald Trump presidency coincided with a precipitous decline in the firearms and shooting range industry. People didn’t feel like their right to bear arms was threatened, and revenue at Denver Defense, a gun range […]
Jury selection under way in Bayport v. Sisson trial
Jan. 13. By Dave Vieser. Jury selection begins today in Lincoln County Court over a contract dispute between two warring gun range businesses, both of which are owned by influential business people in Lake Norman. On the one side is the Range at Lake Norman, owned by Tricia and Brian Sisson. She is a Cornelius […]
