Business
Transportation economics experts will address political leaders at private I-77 forum
April 12. By Dave Yochum. Yogi Berra said it, Lenny Kravitz sang it and the Lake Norman business and political community really seems to mean it: It ain’t over till it’s over. We’re talking about the epic fight to somehow undo the blundering, 50-year, 900-page NCDOT contract that turns a chunk of I-77 over to a […]
Symetra golf event is a win for LKN economy
April 12. By Dave Yochum. The Symetra Classic at River Run Country Club is expected to pump between $500,000 and $750,000 into the Lake Norman economy next month. The overall economic impact will be considerably higher in light of spending at restaurants and entertainment. Set for May 17-19, the Symetra Classic is one of the marquee events […]
Bilodeau exits retirement to open office for Charlotte firm
Denis Bilodeau, a first-term member of the Cornelius Town Board, is opening a Cornelius sales office for Hood Hargett & Associates, one of the largest independently owned insurance agencies in Charlotte. “It’s just me for now,” said Bilodeau, the retired president of Aquesta Insurance. Hood Hargett’s Charlotte staff will provide support. A former Rotary Club […]
LKN Small Business Network is new model for leads groups
By Dave Yochum. If business owners start to meet, greet and network in a new way during the 2020s, chances are Jim Vogel will be leading the way. The founder of Lake Norman Small Business Network attracts 70 to 90 people at stand-up networking meetings every Wednesday morning in Cornelius. It all began as a […]
Yokohama will open R&D shop in Cornelius
April 10. Yokohama Tire Corp. will open up a tire R&D facility in 27,470 square feet of space on Bailey Road in Cornelius. It will be one of a handful of pure R&D facilities in North Meck. ”Attracting an international company’s new research and development facility to Cornelius is an outstanding economic development achievement,” said […]
Kannapolis looking for more private industry partners as $100 million revitalization gets under way
April 10. The City of Kannapolis’ is looking for additional development partners for properties as the $100 million downtown revitalization gets under way in earnest. The city is specifically looking for a partner for the redevelopment of approximately 15,000 square feet of commercial buildings and property located at 109-123 N. Main Street in downtown Kannapolis, according […]
blueharbor reports 63% gain in first quarter net
April 6. blueharbor bank reported net income of $577,973, or $0.19 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2018, compared to $353,906, or $0.12 per diluted share, for the first quarter of 2017. Jim Marshall, president and CEO said the 63 percent gain in net income growth for the first quarter of 2018 is […]
SCORE Scores big with 344 new jobs
Charlotte SCORE mentors helped 300 new businesses get started in the Charlotte Region in 2017. According to the SCORE Foundation more than 80 SCORE mentors conducted 3,292 client engagements in 2017, an increase of 5 percent compared to 2016. SCORE says 344 non-owner jobs were created in 2017 with the help of Charlotte SCORE mentors […]
Tesla launches training program at CPCC in Huntersville
April 6. UPDATED. If Tesla can put a car up in space, then the manufacturer of electric vehicles and scalable clean energy generation and storage products can launch a cool new training program at the Central Piedmont Community College campus in Huntersville. Thirteen students graduate today; 20 are enrolled in the next session, according to […]
Transit vote March 28 may get CATS on track
March 23. By Dave Vieser. Huntersville Mayor John Aneralla thinks he can finally put the brakes on the Charlotte Area Transportation System plans to spend more money to study a new route for the North Commuter Line. Could a new rail line be built along I-77? Up Hwy. 21? Or some other route? No way, says […]
