Business
Benestar’s $24MM investment means 129 new jobs
Oct. 14. Benestar Brands, a snack food manufacturer, will invest $24 million to establish a new production facility in Kings Mountain. It means 129 jobs new jobs for Cleveland County. Benestar is the parent company of Evans Food Group. The rapidly growing snack food manufacturer is aiming for better access to the nation’s east coast […]
Atrium, Wake Forest announce merger
Oct. 9. Atrium Health and Wake Forest Baptist Health, including Wake Forest School of Medicine, are officially joining together as a single enterprise in a “strategic combination” announced today. “We are reinventing ourselves yet again,” said Atrium CEO Eugene A. Woods. The merger will help the healthcare giant address the challenges facing the business of […]
Home prices still climbing; more tear-downs coming
Oct. 9. By Dave Yochum. New data from S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller shows year-over-year home price increases of 6 percent in Charlotte with homes selling almost as fast as they are listed. Only Phoenix (9.2 percent) and Seattle (7 percent) out-performed Charlotte in terms of residential price appreciation. Indeed, the suburban residential real estate market is […]
Atrium Health: 80 years of service
Oct. 8. The year was 1940. Edward R. Murrow was broadcasting the events of World War II from London. North Carolina’s farmers still used livestock to pull their plows. And, post-depression Charlotte was emerging as a budding cultural center, with a growing recording industry presence. The year also marked the culmination of years of effort […]
Mecklenburg new corporations: October 2020
These businesses registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State. Cornelius 8/17/20 Heimat Properties LLC, Robert Privitera, 21112 Townwood Dr., Cornelius 8/18/20 SKIBA Consulting LLC, United States Corporation Agents Inc., 17543 Tuscany Ln., Cornelius 8/18/20 Spire Motorsports II LLC, William D. Anthony, 19510 Jetton Rd. Ste. 300, Cornelius 8/18/20 Spire Properties LLC, William D. Anthony, […]
Mooresville new corporations: October 2020
These businesses registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State. 8/17/20 16315 Belle Isle LLC, Wei Wu, 137 Knob Hill Rd. Ste. A 28117 8/17/20 Advance Home Projects LLC, Jesus Arturo Uzcategui, 137 Galway Dr. Apt. 101 28117 8/17/20 Aqua Sea Tyche Blue Sea LLC, Jennifer Yohe Wagner, 158 Blossom Ridge Dr. 28117 8/17/20 Carrillo […]
Managing through COVID: Listen to your people
Oct. 6. By Cheryl Kane. The boss does not know everything. Leading is not holding all the controls or always directing from a position of power. Constant one-way, top-down directives and practices can stunt the capacity of the best designed and capitalized company. It has been said the most valuable part of a business is […]
T-Mobile brings mid-band 5G to Cornelius
Sept. 30. T-Mobile is adding mid-band to more cities and towns across the U.S., and 2.5 GHz mid-band 5G is live now in parts of 121 new cities and towns – including Cornelius – with thousands more coming by end of year. In places where mid-band 5G is deployed, average download speeds are already around 300 […]
NC manufacturing by the numbers
Since January of 2017, North Carolina has announced 28,791 new manufacturing jobs with more than $10.5 billion invested. NC Manufacturing Week runs from Sept. 27 to Oct. 3. To read the governor’s proclamation, click here. —NC has the 7th largest manufacturing economy in the US —Economic impact: $100.1 billion —Every $1 spent in manufacturing generates […]
Cabarrus Courthouse closed due to COVID-19 cases
Sept. 28. The Cabarrus County Courthouse is closed today, Sept. 28, to allow for rescheduling of cases caused by a reduction in courthouse staffing after two people tested positive for COVID-19. Courthouse officials said more than a dozen employees may need to quarantine due to potential exposure. The staffing shortage will likely affect the District […]
