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Bukowski departs Cabarrus EDC for Charlotte Regional Partnership
By Dave Vieser. Margie Bukowski, formerly senior vice president for economic development at the Cabarrus Economic Development Corporation, is the new director of business development services at the Charlotte Regional Partnership. “Margie did a great job for us and really helped get our economic development efforts back on track,” said Cabarrus Chamber CEO Patrick Coughlin. Bukowski […]
Point counterpoint: I-77 toll lanes
By Kurt Naas. Now that local governments and businesses have lined up against the I-77 toll lanes, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has been offering up three more rationales why they must move forward with this project. First, we’ve been told it’s “tolls or nothing for 20 years.” That may have been true in […]
Shakespeare exhibit open through August 15
July 7. An exhibit developed and produced through the National Library of Medicine and the Folger Shakespeare Library is on display through Aug. 15 at the Cabarrus College of Health Sciences Information Resource Center, located at Carolinas HealthCare System NorthEast campus on Church Street North in Concord. The display includes special imagery and rare books […]
Transportation improvements on the road to Cabarrus County
By Dave Vieser. While state and local officials continue to debate the wisdom of constructing toll lanes on I-77, there’s a clear road ahead for widening I-85 in Cabarrus County. The $243 million needed for the project is being funded the old fashioned way—by the state. The interstate widening is actually just one of several major […]
LKN businesses en route to Raleigh with 300 no-toll signatures
June 30. Lake Norman power hitters like Chamber Chair Mike Russell, commercial real estate broker Tom McMahon, former Chamber Chair John Hettwer, racing executive Greg Wallace and bankers Tom Dutton and Jim Engel are on their way to Raleigh to express profound and deep-rooted opposition to the NCDOT plan to widen I-77 with toll lanes […]
LKN business leaders bus to Raleigh Tuesday to oppose toll plan
June 29. Lake Norman-area business leaders, ranging from bankers and racing executives to commercial real estate brokers and manufacturers, will travel by bus to the North Carolina State Capitol tomorrow to visibly join the fight against the public-private partnership that would widen I-77 with toll lanes. “I intend to call out that the NCDOT has […]
CommunityOne completes Certus acquisition in Lenoir
June 28. CommunityOne Bank has completed its purchase of the Lenoir Branch of CertusBank. As part of this transaction, the bank assumed the customer deposits from both the Lenoir and Granite Falls branches of the troubled bank. The purchase expands CommunityOne’s network to 12 branches in the Caldwell and Catawba areas. It is the second […]
Aquesta names City Executive for Concord
June 26. Aquesta Bank has recruited commercial banker Michelle Riley from Bank of North Carolina to be the Concord City Executive for the Cornelius-based bank. “It’s a very attractive market; there are quite a few businesses that are looking to expand there,” said Aquesta CEO Jim Engel. “This [a commercial loan production effort] is a […]
Memo to LKN Chamber: ‘NCDOT is simply delivering the project requested by local authorities’
In advance of the Lake Norman Chamber’s board meeting, the NCDOT Undersecretary Nick Tennyson outlined some of the ramifications of cancelling the $650 million contract with I-77 Mobility/Cintra/Ferrovial and opting for a general-purpose lanes project instead. As a former chamber [of commerce] executive, I know that your organization has a wide range of business and […]
PRESS RELEASE: Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce urges State to cancel Toll Road Contract
Cornelius, NC June 23, 2015 – The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors voted Monday, June 22nd to respectfully request that the contract between the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and I-77 Mobility Partners be terminated as soon as reasonably possible and that an alternative source of funding be secured to widen I-77 in the […]
