Business
NCDOT: No economic impact study on I-77 toll plan
June 16. Like most NCDOT highway projects, it turns out the state did not conduct an economic impact study on the $650 million plan to widen I-77 between Lake Norman and Charlotte with the help of a public-private partnership. Addressing 75 business people and residents at the Business Today and Cornelius Today Newsmakers Breakfast today […]
Is wishful thinking stagnating your business? Part I of II
In working with and observing entrepreneurs over 30 years, I have identified limiting mindsets that can have a direct impact on business owners’ ability to grow their businesses. These mindsets either fall into the category of Wishful Thinking or Fearful Thinking.When it comes to Wishful Thinking, the best way to describe it is that you […]
Huntersville votes tonight on toll defunding. Newsmakers Breakfast Tuesday with Mac McAlpine
June 15. The toll lane issue continues to dominate conversation with a passionate open letter to Gov. Pat McCrory written by a fellow Republican, Mecklenburg County Commissioner Jim Puckett over the weekend. He said the “widening of I-77 [with toll lanes] is caught between the foolishness of the old and the wisdom of the new.” […]
Bruton Smith on being inducted into Nascar Hall of Fame
By Dave Vieser. Bruton Smith, a name synonymous with auto racing, has been selected to join the Nascar Hall of Fame. Smith, founder and chairman of Concord-based Speedway Motorsports, will join former race car drivers Terry Labonte, Curtis Turner, Jerry Cook and Bobby Isaac at the official induction in January 2016. “It will truly be an […]
Sen. Tarte says Davidson toll resolution is helpful
June 10. By Dave Yochum. While it wasn’t as strong as toll opponents had hoped, the Town of Davidson has officially expressed its concerns with the NCDOT/Cintra plan to widen I-77 with toll lanes. A resolution drafted by Commissioner Jim Fuller with input from NC Sen. Jeff Tarte passed 4-0 in front of a packed […]
Cabarrus is a model for how to accomplish critical infrastructure
Cabarrus County has done quite well, thank you, in the world of NCDOT and improvements to infrastructure. In fact, it’s one of the South’s largest transportation and distribution centers, thanks to widening projects to Interstate 85, providing quicker access to both Charlotte and Raleigh. And thanks, also, to a sustained group effort among top business […]
Toll resolution on deck tonight at Davidson Town Hall
June 9. Tonight’s Davidson Town Board meeting may be another litmus test in the battle to defund the $650 million plan to widen I-77 between Lake Norman and Charlotte with the help of toll lanes and a company from Spain. Town Commissioner James Fuller is expected to propose a resolution that backs NC Sen. Jeff […]
Visiting Cabarrus County is a year-round thing
By Michael Mezquida. Cabarrus officials are saying that tourism isn’t just a May and October affair anymore. They cite hotel occupancy rates and other figures prove people are coming to the Cabarrus for more reasons than just racing. And another hotel is in the planning stages of being built in Concord. Homewood Suites, a division Hilton, […]
McAlpine helps put brakes on I-77 tolls
By Dave Yochum. A modest, low-key guy with the mind of a CFO and the heart of an entrepreneur brought the Lake Norman business community together at Michael Waltrip Raceworld in late May to discuss plans to widen I-77 with tolls. If John “Mac” McAlpine V seemed to be preaching to the choir, he was. In […]
