Business
Chamber ‘lunch and learn’ on hiring adults with special needs
Donna Frye, an employee of Publix Grocery, is an active member of the Kiwanis Aktion Club. Photo: Lake Norman Chamber April 18. The Lake Norman Chamber will hold a “Lunch n’ Learn” on hiring special need adults Tuesday, April 19 from noon to 1:15 pm at the chamber. The panel discussion features several business owners/managers […]
Up your value: On-the-job advice if you’re working from home
BUSINESS ADVICE | By Cheryl Kane April 12. People are talking about how hybrid work environments may reduce one’s visibility and reduce the chance for recognition and upward mobility in an organization. Makes sense to me! We haven’t been using the hybrid work model full throttle for very long, so it’s hard to say what […]
SCORE scores big in Charlotte region
April 12. SCORE Charlotte provided 1,515 mentoring sessions last year compared to 1,078 mentoring sessions in 2020. It’s one indication of small business strength in the local economy. Pricewaterhouse Coopers said SCORE’s 85 local mentors helped launch 451 new businesses, with a total of 650 new jobs. SCORE Charlotte’s 85 volunteers are successful real-world retired or […]
Financial Independence Group will build $22.3 million campus in Cornelius
April 6. Financial Independence Group will build a state-of-the art corporate campus on a five-acre site on Westmoreland Road. The new $22.3 million campus will be home to Financial Independence Group (FIG) and three of its affiliate companies: Alphastar Capital Management, Barnabas Capital, and Independent Property and Casualty Group. The project will result in the […]
Premier Sothebys acquires J Cash Real Estate
April 6. A boutique residential brokerage based in Mooresville is aligning with a major player in the luxury real estate market. Julie Cash, founder and owner of J Cash Real Estate, has affiliated with Premier Sotheby’s International Realty. She will become the managing broker for the new Langtree office as well as Premier Sotheby’s existing […]
COVID-19 and Easter: More sectors of the economy return to normal
April 5. With COVID-19 hospitalizations continuing to fall, and the BA.2 sub-variant less virulent than its predecessors, it looks like the economy will continue to improve as people get out more and more. COVID-19 numbers are improving statewide—North Carolina is among the nation’s all-around safest states, according to a new WalletHub report—and many people are […]
Winston Salem developer investing $28 million in affordable housing project
April 4. Construction on a 152-unit affordable housing project in a historic mill in Concord will begin this summer. Winston Salem-based Sari & Co. plans to invest upwards of $28 million in the mill which was built by Warren C. Coleman, a former slave and one of Concord’s most influential early leaders. In 1897, he […]
Newsmakers Breakfast April 21 focuses on historic preservation
April 4. The challenges and benefits of historic preservation as well as new approaches to preservation will be the topic of a Newsmakers Breakfast at The Peninsula Club April 21. Speakers include Mecklenburg County forensic historian Michael Jeffcoat, historic preservation advocate Abigail Jennings and historian Dan Morrill. The Q&A over breakfast will focus on the […]
Macy’s plans $584 million fulfillment center in Rowan
March 31. Macy’s will invest more than $584 million to build its first automated fulfillment center in China Grove, creating 2,800 new jobs in Rowan County. Macy’s operates one of retail’s largest e-commerce businesses integrated with a nationwide footprint of stores and fulfillment centers. The retailer will build a 1.4 million square-foot automated fulfillment center […]
Demand for EV techs expected to soar
March 31. Millions of cars are going to need auto technicians as the number of electric vehicles skyrockets over the next decade. At the same time, North Carolina is gearing up for literally tens of thousands of electric vehicles that will be produced at a VinFast electric vehicle manufacturing plant in Chatham County. Gov. Roy […]
