Business
Cintra hints of possible legal action against critic of toll plan
By Dave Yochum. The fight against the plan to widen I-77 with the help of a company whose roots are in Spain continues to escalate, with a lawsuit, another bill in Raleigh and even the threat of legal action against someone who has spoken out against I-77 Mobility partners, the new entity that will build the […]
Kurt Naas, founder of WidenI77.org, at Newsmakers Breakfast Aug. 13
Kurt Naas, founder of the Widen I-77 anti-toll movement, will speak at Business Today’s Newsmakers Breakfast Aug. 13 at The Peninsula Club. The Cornelius resident launched WidenI-77 three years ago when the conventional wisdom was that tolls were the only way for the NCDOT to add capacity to I-77 in the foreseeable future. WidenI-77 has filed suit to […]
As if farming couldn’t get harder, profits wilt because of the drought
Elizabeth Anne Dover, 30, is doing exactly what she wanted to do when she grew up. She’s a full-time farmer, flirting with break-even, selling her product, from Cherokee Purple tomatoes to wine, at farmer’s markets all around Charlotte. “We just have to get bigger,” she says. She plants 10 acres on Hwy. 29, just north […]
LKN Chamber meeting to discuss toll plan
Aug. 7. The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce will hold business briefings on I-77 tolls on two consecutive Tuesdays, Aug. 11 and Aug. 18, from 6:30 pm to 8 pm at The Galway Hooker in Kenton Place. Business owners and managers as well as the public are invited. Mecklenburg County Board Commissioner Jim Puckett and […]
Drive sales with performance tools
Performance measurement systems are supposed to be a helpful, powerful, insightful management tool for building a strong sales team. And they can be, if the system is used as intended-using meaningful data judiciously to distinguish differing levels of effort, skill, and outcomes. But if underused or misused it can demotivate your sales force. Remove rote […]
Southwire buys ABB plant
Aug. 3. Georgia-based Southwire Co. has completed the purchase of ABB’s high-voltage and extra high-voltage underground transmission cable manufacturing plant in Huntersville. The purchase price was not disclosed. ABB’s 240,000-square-foot plant in Commerce Station Business Park opened three years ago just south of downtown Huntersville. The $90 million, high-voltage cable plant includes a 430-foot tower […]
No sign of a slow-down in high-end residential market
The economy is good enough that even lenders are loosening up. Appetites for mortgages over $500,000 are back at levels not seen since the downturn, and more small banks and investor funds are looking for a piece of the action. Nationally, home prices were up 4.2 percent from April of last year to April of […]
2015 Top Women in Business Judges
Judges include Cabarrus community leader Dakeita Vanderburg Johnson; Diane Honeycutt, one of the top Allen Tate Realtors in North Carolina and a Cabarrus County Commissioner; Cornelius business attorney Catherine Bentz; Uwharrie Bank Market Regional President Pat Horton; Cornelius-based closing attorney Cheri Thebeau; Tricia Sisson, co-founder of the Range at Lake Norman in Cornelius; and Robin […]
Nominations for Top Women now open
Nominations for Business Today’s 11th Annual Top Women in Business leadership awards are officially open. The prestigious awards honor the Golden Crescent’s most dynamic women in business, community service, education and politics. Online nomination forms are at http://www.businesstodaync.com/top-women-in-business-nomination-form. To be eligible for this awards program, women should own a business or work in Cabarrus County, […]
LKN tennis tourney nets $566,820
More than 600 junior tennis players competing in the 2015 state Championships helped generate $566,820 in total receipts, according to Visit Lake Norman, which landed the two-year contract. The United States Tennis Association will hold the tournament again next year in Lake Norman, benefiting area hotels and eateries. Four official hotels were used for the […]
