Business
Is fearful thinking impacting your business? Part II of II
Last month, I shared insights on how Wishful Thinking can stagnate business progress. While Wishful Thinking is often openly expressed in a somewhat exasperated state of mind, Fearful Thinking is often not shared or spoken, but lies within one’s subconscious, impeding decision making or effective action through an undermining whisper. Are any of these Fearful […]
Evernham: Toll planners should be ‘ashamed’
July 15. (UPDATED 1:45 pm with comments from Sen. Tarte.) Opposition to the I-77 toll plan continues to gain speed. Major voices in the motorsports community are speaking out against the $650 million plan to widen I-77 with a public private partnership. As reported in BusinessToday’s July print edition, Humpy Wheeler opposes the current plan. […]
City of Kannapolis establishes in-house planning department
By Dave Yochum. The City of Kannapolis has a brand new planning department, a reflection of the growth that is expected ahead. Benchmark Planning, an outside consulting firm, had conducted the town’s planning business, including code enforcement, since the 1980s, according to Kannapolis spokesperson Annette Privette Keller. The new in-house municipal department will cost about the […]
NC Downtown Association elects Diane Young president
Diane M. Young, executive director of Concord Downtown Development Corp., is the new president of the North Carolina Downtown Association, which works at “the creative intersection of the public and private sectors to enhance downtowns as cultural and economic centers throughout the state.” There are also eight new board members who will serve a two-year […]
Humpy Wheeler: Toll plan won’t work
By Dave Yochum. After nearly three dozen Lake Norman business leaders called on North Carolina legislators in the State Capitol, there’s solid business momentum behind a legislative effort to defund the 50-year, $650 million contract with a company whose roots are in Spain. From the motorsports community to community bankers, companies with hundreds of employees, not […]
Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce hosts Focus Friday
July 15. On Friday, July 17 from 8:30 to 10 a.m., North Carolina Senator Jeff Tarte and Mecklenburg County Commissioner Jim Puckett will speak at the Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce meeting on the issue of toll lanes on I-77 at Lake Norman. The event, called Focus Friday, is intended for Commerce members but guests […]
Second-quarter net at blueharbor fell as new Statesville branch opens
July 10. Mooresville-based blueharbor bank says net income during the second quarter ended June 30 was $174,743, compared to $302,076 during the same period last year. For the first six months of this year, the bank reported net income of $353,220, compared to $545,593, for the six months ended June 30, 2014. For detailed results […]
Sofa, so good: Cornelius couch-maker will be on new Fox series
July 10. Steve Sechrest, the owner of COCOCO furniture, says his company will be on a new Fox TV reality show called “Home Free” this summer. COCOCO is the new name for the Comfortable Couch Co. in the Oak Street Mill in Cornelius. “One of the TV production company designers saw our furniture in Atlanta […]
Nutec building $19.2 million plant in Huntersville; 61 new jobs
July 9. Nutec Group will build a new, 62,500 square foot advanced manufacturing facility on Mt. Holly-Huntersville Road in Huntersville. The industrial insulation company will create 61 new jobs. Nutec, headquartered in Monterrey, Mexico, has plants in Brazil, Mexico and Spain. The Charlotte Chamber, Charlotte Regional Partnership, Economic Development Partnership of North Carolina, EnergyUnited and […]
Strategic Investment Advisors is now Uwharrie Investment Advisors
July 9. Uwharrie Capital Corp. has changed the name of it’s wealth management subsidiary, Strategic Investment Advisors, to Uwharrie Investment Advisors Inc. The Albemarle-based financial company says the anchor name of the parent company provides a single, cohesive presence. Uwharrie Capital and its subsidiaries, which serve Anson, Cabarrus and Stanly counties, dates back more than […]
