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Catawba College, NCRC partner on new database
March 13. Catawba College Information Systems class is creating a searchable database to help the North Carolina Research Campus and the scientists at its eight university research centers target their business development efforts to companies in need of nutrition research. The students, all from Catawba’s Ketner School of Business, will spend their spring semester on […]
Craig Smith new sales director at Lake Norman Chrysler Jeep
Craig Smith, general manager of Lake Norman Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, was recently promoted to sales director over the dealership and its sister store Gastonia Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram. Together, the dealerships sold 4,800 cars in 2016. He has been with the dealership since 2003. “I’m looking forward to the new challenges presented by managing […]
NC State’s online MBA ranks in Top 20 worldwide
March 9. NC State’s Jenkins Professional Online MBA program in the North Carolina State University Poole College of Management is No. 18 among the Top 20 programs worldwide, according to the Financial Times’ 2017 ranking of global online MBA programs. NC State placed 11th among U.S.-based institutions and was the only North Carolina-based MBA program listed in the ranking. This […]
Downtown Concord continues to attract new retail business
By Joe Habina. As a new restaurant owner in downtown Concord, Jason Pressley has a taste for competing for stomachs with other establishments in the neighborhood. “In my opinion I would rather be in a cluster of really good restaurants,” said Pressley, the owner of The Grill at 11 Union. “You get people to come to […]
Tax incentives for brewery on Monday’s Board Agenda
March 3. By Dave Vieser and Dave Yochum. It looks like Cornelius will provide economic development incentives through tax abatements to facilitate Olde Mecklenburg Brewery’s likely $10 million investment in a manufacturing site on Zion Avenue. The Charlotte based craft brewer plans to open a new brewery in the 51,000 square-foot building on Zion Avenue formerly […]
Art on Tap Friday
Millennials can mix bourbon and photography at Art on Tap Friday evening. The Cabarrus Arts Council’s membership group for young professionals presents Lights & Libations from 7-10 p.m. in The Galleries, 65 Union Street South in Concord. The event will feature two photography activities led by professional photographers Mary Beth Taylor and Garrett Price. Mary Beth […]
NC forecast: More slow growth in 2017
March 2. The North Carolina economy will continue the slow growth pattern in 2017, but the state will need to focus on productivity growth this year, said UNC Charlotte economist John Connaughton. If the rate of growth continues, 2017 would represent the eighth consecutive year of expansion for the Tarheel economy. “While this is an […]
Don Miller wins United Way honors
Racing legend Don Miller received the Leading The Way Award from the United Way of Central Carolinas at the North Carolina Auto Racing Hall of Fame. The drag racer and NASCAR mover and shaker rose from humble beginnings to become Roger Penske’s most trusted confidant and a mentor to a variety of NASCAR champions. He is […]
Novant sets $11 hourly floor in NC
March 1. Novant Health is implementing a minimum wage based on local costs of living over and above the state-mandated minimum wage, commonly referred to as a living wage. It means that the floor for hourly workers in North Carolina will be set at $11 an hour. The official national minimum wage is $7.25 an hour; some […]
Alevo investing $251 million, adding 200 jobs
Feb. 28. Alevo will spend $251 million on new production lines and equipment at its battery manufacturing facility in Concord, creating 200 jobs. Salaries will average $56,327. Cabarrus County’s overall average wage is currently $37,808 per year. The Cabarrus County Board of Commissioners and Concord City Council approved two 5-year, performance-based tax incentives totaling $4,291,596 for the City of […]
