Business
Concord Regional Airport adds Allegiant Air flights to New Orleans
Aug. 30. Allegiant Air announced today that it will be offering nonstop service to New Orleans from Concord Regional Airport starting Nov. 18. As part of an introductory promotion, the low-cost airline based in Summerlin, Nev., is offering a one-way fare as low as $45 to New Orleans. The offer is good for travel on […]
LAST CALL: Top Women in Business nominations deadline is Aug. 31
Aug. 29. The nomination deadline for the 2016 Top Women in Business Awards, one of the oldest and largest events honoring women in business in Lake Norman and Cabarrus County, is Wednesday, Aug. 31. Winners will be announced in the October 2016 issue. Business Today created the Top Women Awards 12 years ago to honor […]
Cornelius buying land for old town arts center
Julia Telford King will open a new stand-alone real estate office in downtown Cornelius this fall. It could be the beginning of a resurgence in the historic downtown which once bustled with mill workers and farmhands. She has purchased a live-work unit where retail space is on the ground floor and owners live on the […]
Lake Norman Chamber seeks Champions of Diversity nominations
Aug. 25. Companies, small businesses and nonprofits that are working to foster inclusiveness in the workplace are invited to nominate people for the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce’s Champions of Diversity. Nominations for businesses, individuals and nonprofit organizations that have done the hard work of bringing communities together along gender, racial or generational lines are […]
Email Marketing: Segmentation for Success
Many small businesses share one big mistake. They overlook segmentation as part of their email marketing strategy. Segmentation is simple, powerful, and cost-efficient. Did you know that marketing professionals have proven segmentation to be effective at increasing email open and click-through rates? I get questions all the time from small business owners on how to […]
Commissioner Puckett throws cold water on aging I-77 culverts
Aug. 24. By Dave Vieser. Mecklenburg County Commissioner Jim Puckett has given NCDOT Secretary Nick Tennyson and Attorney General Roy Cooper a heads up around the culverts that connect Lake Norman with Lake Davidson and Lake Cornelius. Writes Puckett: The culverts could fail anywhere from 25 years from now to 50 years from now. The […]
Keep sales in a safety net
Vacations, illnesses, special project assignment and turnover of staff all create the potential to reduce sales due to insufficient customer coverage, unfamiliar processes, and customer dissatisfaction. All of these can be avoided by strategically planning well, and using a competent tactical communication plan for the times disruption occurs. To your customer, a missing salesperson should […]
Leigh Brown honored as real estate innovator
Leigh Brown, CEO of RE/MAX Executive Realty Leigh Brown & Associates, won second place as Inman Most Innovative Agent/Broker at the recent Inman Connect 2016 Conference in San Francisco. Brown was one of 22 individuals to be honored as a mover and shaker in the industry at the real estate technology conference. “I am honored […]
Thanks to Puckett, county includes budget info with tax bills
Aug. 22. By Dave Vieser. It took several years, but Mecklenburg County is including information on how tax dollars are spent with the annual property tax bills. Previously, county tax bills only included the total tax payment due, but no explanation of where the money goes. The new bills included a small insert with that information; […]
The ‘Carolina Comeback’ is spelled C-a-b-a-r-r-u-s
By Katie Piccirillo Sherman. Gov. Pat McCrory says North Carolina is experiencing an economic comeback, but it looks like Cabarrus County deserves much of the credit. Fifty-five counties throughout the state actually have fewer jobs than they did before the Great Recession and 75 counties have more people seeking work. But Cabarrus County is a star […]
