Community
Kannapolis offers grants to Cannon Blvd. businesses
Dec. 18 The City of Kannapolis is offering façade and site improvement grants to businesses and property owners on Cannon Boulevard between I-85 and First Street. City leaders said the area is a key gateway to those who travel to Kannapolis as well as those who live and work on Cannon Boulevard. The façade and site […]
Real estate outlook builds on new construction
By Dave Friedman Demand is high, supply is low, and construction is desperately needed according to commercial real estate brokers in the Golden Crescent. A strong second half of 2014 provides great optimism for next year. Indeed, smaller, less capitalized businesses are being priced out of the most desirable areas. It’s fast becoming a landlord’s […]
LKN advocacy group will influence voters
By Dave Yochum Lake Norman business owners will have a bigger voice in next year’s local elections thanks to a new business advocacy group called Committee for a Better Lake Norman. The group has been formed “strictly to educate the public on business issues to make the Lake Norman area more business friendly,” said John […]
A home for the holidays: Swank abode sells for $3.6 million
A landmark lakefront home on Jetton Road in Cornelius has sold for $3.6 million, putting it in the top three of all Mecklenburg County residential real estate transactions in 2014. The county’s highest residential transaction, at $3.97 million, was a lakefront home at 15521 Jetton. The second highest price transaction in Mecklenburg was $3.93 million, […]
Cornelius Mayor Chuck Travis speaking at Newsmaker Breakfast
Cornelius Mayor Chuck Travis will answer questions about the town, upcoming projects and transportation issues around town, including the notion of a “superstreet” for West Catawba between Jetton and Sam Furr Road. The Newsmakers Breakfast is Dec. 11 at The Peninsula Club. Hosted by Business Today, the forums are no-holds-barred question-and-answer sessions. The public is invited. […]
Carolina Comfort Coalition’s Serenity House awarded a $5,000 grant to complete kitchen
Nov. 25 Carolina Comfort Coalition’s Serenity House of Huntersville received a $5,000 Lowe’s Community Partners grant for kitchen renovations. The Serenity House will use the grant to install new appliances, update cabinetry and fix wall coverings. Individuals, businesses and civic groups completed renovations throughout the house earlier in the year. The kitchen was the last room […]
Carolinas Medical Center NE named Top Performer by The Joint Commision
Nov. 24 Carolinas Medical Center-NorthEast is one of Carolinas HealthCare System care locations named a 2013 Top Performer on Key Quality Measures by The Joint Commission. The recognition is for their exemplary clinical performance in multiple specialities. The designation, released as part of the Commission’s 2014 annual report “America’s Hospitals: Improving Quality and Safety,” recognizes hospitals […]
Businesses, town map out strategies for Exit 28 retail
By Dave Vieser Secure with the knowledge that weekday lane closings at Exit 28 are finally a thing of the past, a group of some 30 local business leaders gathered Wednesday evening at Prosciutto’s Restaurant to brainstorm methods of bringing customers back after long traffic delays during the summer kept customers away from the new […]
DHMRI’s new interim president is both scientist, entrepreneur
By Jennifer Woodford John Cavanagh, PhD, assumed the role of interim president of the David H. Murdock Research Institute (DHMRI) in November with a clear directive from the board of directors. He is to map out strategies to invest the $15 million annual endowment given in perpetuity by David H. Murdock, founder of the DHMRI […]
Flynn Burner coming to Mooresville with 45 jobs
Dec. 4 Flynn Burner Corp., a combustion equipment company in New Rochelle, N.Y., plans to move to Mooresville in March, bringing 45 jobs. Based on an increased tax value of $3 million, “Project Burn” will receive $13,920 a year from Mooresville, as well as $11,640 a year for five years from Iredell County. The Charlotte Regional Partnership, Mooresville-South […]
