Community
LKN Chamber will come out against toll lanes
June 23. By Dave Yochum. The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce will officially come out against the plan to widen I-77 with toll lanes and a 50-year contract with a company whose roots are in Spain. The chamber’s resolution, passed by its board of directors last night, requests that the contract with I-77 Mobility Partners be […]
Real Estate legend Allen Tate Dies
June 22. Allen Tate, Jr., founder and chairman of the Allen Tate Co. and a leading voice in real estate and economic development for more than 60 years, has died at his home in Charlotte. He was 84. Tate had been in failing health for a number of years, but continued to work at his […]
RCCC cosmetology program opens in downtown Kannapolis
June 22. Rowan-Cabarrus Community College has opened its cosmetology program in 28,000 square feet in a former Belk store in downtown Kannapolis. The College’s cosmetology program is one of the largest and most successful in the state, and the College began looking for a larger space in response to its growth and success. In addition to the […]
OPINION: It’s time to back Widen I-77 and fight the tolls
It’s been an interesting news period these past few months. The I-77 toll battle has turned into a full-fledged citizen movement with the business community climbing on in earnest in May, thanks in large part to John “Mac” McAlpine V, a racing industry engineer in Cornelius. (Yes, his family is the McAlpine in the McAlpine […]
Buses will take business leaders to Raleigh to fight tolls June 30
June 17. By Dave Yochum. NC Sen. Jeff Tarte says he will meet with Lake Norman business owners June 30 in Raleigh as part of the ongoing battle to fight NCDOT plans to improve I-77 between Charlotte and Mooresville with toll lanes. He has reserved the press room in the State Capitol at noon on […]
New climbing facility will come out of the ground in Race City
By Michael Mezquida. A new climbing facility in Mooresville will bring the sport of bouldering, rappelling and wall climbing to new heights. The new Cliff Hangers climbing facility will cost around $4 million, according to brothers Keith and Kris Johnson. Lake Norman’s first dedicated climbing facility broke ground in May. The 20,000 square foot facility will […]
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 […]
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.” […]
Online education will push buttons
By Dave Friedman. When U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas declared that he would run for President of the United States, the announcement took place at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Va. The school, founded by evangelical pastor Jerry Falwell in 1971, is one of the largest colleges in the country. Notably absent from Cruz’s announcement at […]
