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Chamber will hold AI Summit March 5
Feb. 12. The Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce will hold an Artificial Intelligence (AI) Summit on Wednesday, March 5 at The Cain Center for the Arts. Speakers include Richard Boyd, former Director of Virtual World Labs at Lockheed Martin and founder of ULTISM; Chris Carter with Adobe Solutions Leader; Nils Tracy, founder and CEO of […]
New communications VP at Central Piedmont
Feb. 12. Catherine Butler has joined Central Piedmont Community College as Vice President of Communications, Marketing and Public Relations, replacing Jeff Lowrance, who retired in 2024. Butler will lead the development of integrated communications and marketing strategies that advance the college’s strategic plan as it continues to elevate student success, maximize student academic excellence and […]
Diversity Council holds special event on leadership development Feb. 13 for Black and Indigenous People of Color
Feb. 12. The Lake Norman Chamber’s Diversity Council will present “Leadership Development for Black and Indigenous People of Color” on Thursday, Feb. 13 from noon to 1:30 pm. The program, during Black History Month, will be held at The Ada Jenkins Center. The speaker is Dan Houston, past chair of the Diversity Council, and president […]
You decide: Where is the NC economy heading?
Feb. 11. By Mike Walden. [Commentary] North Carolina has gone through two major economic overhauls in the last 150 years. The first was the shift from a largely agrarian economy to an economy focused on manufacturing products using home-grown farm outputs. The so-called “Big Three” were cigarettes made from North Carolina tobacco, textile and apparel […]
Local investment firm affiliates with &Partners
Feb. 7. A group of investment advisors and staff has left Wells Fargo Advisors in Davidson to launch a fully independent practice. Chris Davis, the founder of Davidson Wealth Management, says the practice plans to move into a new mixed-use project at 480 S. Main being built by Lake Forest Church. When completed late this […]
Downtown Mooresville to host 2025 NC Main Street conference
Feb. 6. Downtown Mooresville will host the 2025 North Carolina Main Street Conference. The three-day conference—March 11-13—is organized by the NC Department of Commerce and the NC Main Street and Rural Planning Center. It is the largest statewide downtown revitalization conference in the country. Mooresville joined the NC Main Street effort in 1988. Since the […]
Mecklenburg jobless rate in December unchanged from year before
Feb. 5. Unemployment rates (not seasonally adjusted) decreased in 95 NC counties in December 2024, increased in four, and remained unchanged in one. Mitchell County had the highest unemployment rate at 7.3 percent while Currituck County had the lowest at 2.7 percent. Mecklenburg county was at 3.2 percent, same as December the year before and […]
Newsmakers Breakfast Feb. 21 focuses on local development
Feb. 4. The Newsmakers Breakfast Feb.21 at The Peninsula Club will center on the state of local development, with developers pitted against residents and residents—and local governments—up against outdated rules about impact fees. Three speakers will be part of the audience-driven Q&A session over breakfast at The Peninsula Club starting at 7:30 am. Robby Carney: […]
Consumer debt: NC is 2nd best in terms of accounts in collection
Jan. 30. According to a WalletHub report, North Carolina scored second-best in a nationwide study based on the number of accounts that have gone into collection. Mississippi was in the best shape, debt-wise, while Wyoming was the worst. A collection account is a debt that has gone unpaid for such a long period of time […]
NC jobless rate climbs slightly from one year ago
Jan. 28. The state’s seasonally adjusted December 2024 unemployment rate was 3.7 percent, unchanged from November’s revised rate. The national rate decreased 0.1 of a percentage point to 4.1 percent. North Carolina’s unemployment rate increased 0.1 of a percentage point from a year ago. The number of people employed increased 1,224 over the month to […]
