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Interview: Erika Erlenbach will chair LKN Chamber in 2021
Feb. 5. Erika Erlenbach, a familiar name in Lake Norman business and legal affairs, is the new volunteer chair of the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce. The 43-year-old partner at Ascension Law in Charlotte is honored. “We have a dynamic board, committed staff, fantastic volunteers and a wonderful membership,” she said. Hard work She’s more […]
Regan, head of NCDEQ, has bipartisan support for EPA administrator
Feb. 5. By Lisa Sorg/NC Policy Watch. Several years ago, Michael Regan was giving his young son a bath when he remembered a conversation with Amy Brown. Brown, the mother of two young boys, lived near the Allen coal-fired power plant and had been depending on bottled water for hundreds of days because her drinking […]
K-shaped recession: Low-paid workers experience prolonged joblessness
Jan. 26. NC Budget & Tax Center. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, economists started talking about the potential for a “K-shaped” recovery, with highly-paid workers bouncing back rapidly while many of the worst-paid workers experience long periods of unemployment. Data through the end of 2020 now show those fears to have been well-founded. One-third of […]
Jeff Jackson will run for US Senate in ’22
Jan. 26. NC Sen. Jeff Jackson, a Democrat, will run for North Carolina’s open US Senate seat in 2022. Sen. Richard Burr, a Republican, is not seeking re-election. Jackson became the second-youngest senator in the NCGA in 2014. A captain in the Army National Guard, he is in his 18th year of military service. In […]
Premier Sotheby’s International reports total sales hit $7.1 billion last year
Jan. 26. Premier Sotheby’s International Realty, which has an office in Cornelius, surpassed $7 billion in total company sales volume for 2020, a 37 percent increase from 2019. The brokerage 25 percent more transactions, with an average sales price of $795,000. Budge Huskey, CEO of Premier Sotheby’s International, said the company remained focused on safety […]
New SCORE vice president for HR
Karisa Smith has been named vice president of human resources for SCORE Charlotte. In her position, she will oversee talent acquisition and learning and development programs that certify mentors in various skillsets. A native of Cheshire, CT, Smith joined SCORE Charlotte in May, 2020. For information on SCORE Charlotte services or to volunteer as a […]
New budget director in Cabarrus
The new Cabarrus County Budget Director is Rosh Khatri. He has 30-plus years of government budgeting, finance and audit experience. He was formerly director of budgeting for Seminole County Public Schools in Florida. A Certified Public Accountant and Chartered Global Management Accountant, he joined Cabarrus County in September 2020.
Allen Tate: Closed volume topped $6 billion last year
Jan. 22. Allen Tate Cos. says its closed volume last year was $6.15 billion, a record for the 64-year-old Charlotte-based real estate company. They reported 19,949 closed transaction sides in 2020 and listed 9,589 homes for sale. “In the face of a global pandemic, we pivoted. We had clients who needed to buy and sell […]
Aquesta full year 2020 rose 21% vs. 2019; 4th quarter up 72%
Jan. 21. Fourth quarter 2020 net rose 72 percent at Cornelius-based Aquesta Financial compared to the fourth quarter of 2019. For the full year ended Dec. 31, 2020 net income rose 21 percent to $5.3 million (96 cents per share) compared to the $4.4 million (82 cents per share) during 2019. CEO Jim Engel said […]
In bipartisan letter, all former US Treasury secretaries endorse Yellin
Jan. 19. All the living former US Treasury Secretaries have signed the letter urging the US Senate to confirm President-elect Biden’s Treasury Secretary nominee Janet Yellen. In part, the letter says: “As former Treasury Secretaries, we are well aware of the demands of the job and the steepness of the learning curve for new officials. […]
