Community
Are developers ready to invest in Concord?
By Marty Price. Small cities across the nation are trying to court private investors to revitalize their downtowns. Kannapolis and Concord can be counted among the many municipalities that have recognized that private investment will build up their downtowns while increasing revenue through taxes. Kannapolis has started the process, with private developers ready to invest millions […]
Visit Lake Norman expands hospitality awards categories
Sept. 16. Visit Lake Norman announced today that it is expanding its annual Making Waves Hospitality Awards program for 2017. The program will continue to feature awards for Outshines from the Front Lines, which recognizes a guest services representative; Stellar Seller, which recognizes a sales representative; and Lead to Succeed which recognizes a management professional. […]
Aquesta eyes new branches in Concord, Ballantyne; bank will close old town Cornelius office
Sept. 14. Aquesta Bank plans to close its downtown Cornelius branch in November when the lease expires. The headquarters of the Cornelius-based financial institution is about two miles away on Jetton Road. “Our experiment of placing a very small branch near a larger bank location – in this case our main office – proved to […]
24 nominees vie for Top Women honors
By Donald White. Twenty-four successful women have been nominated for the prestigious 2016 Top Women awards, one of the oldest and largest events honoring women leaders in Lake Norman, Cabarrus County and University City. The high quality of this year’s stellar crop of candidates shows the huge strides women have made. “I think seeing these successful […]
Millennials staying on hotel radar
By Donald White. Innovation and cutting-edge technology are the name of the game in travel and tourism as millennials make their needs and preferences known when they stay in hotels in the Golden Crescent and beyond. “Hotel amenities such as robust Wi-Fi and social spaces are very important to millennials,” said Doug Stafford, principal at Griffin […]
Make Your Business Entity Help You
Many people think the only way to start a new enterprise is to form a Limited Liability Company. Maybe you started your business with an LLC because it was easy to do and now some limitations are becoming apparent. An LLC, being a hybrid between a partnership and a corporation, does provide limits on liabilities […]
Political Q&A on the menu for Newsmakers Breakfast Sept. 21
This coming Wednesday, four top political consultants—two Democrats and two Republicans—will field questions from the audience at the Cornelius Today/Business Today Newsmakers Breakfast at The Peninsula Club. It will be an exciting event, a la Meet The Press. The speakers will not have prepared comments, rather, the audience will pose questions in a free-wheeling Q&A […]
Harrisburg development is topic of Sept. 6 town meeting
Aug. 31. Residents, business owners and people who work in Harrisburg are invited to give the town input on future development near the Mecklenburg County line at an upcoming town meeting. Harrisburg is seeking public comments on on the type of commercial and residential development planned for Morehead West area, which is bordered by N.C. […]
LAST CALL: Top Women in Business nominations deadline is Aug. 31
Aug. 29. The nomination deadline for the 2016 Top Women in Business Awards, one of the oldest and largest events honoring women in business in Lake Norman and Cabarrus County, is Wednesday, Aug. 31. Winners will be announced in the October 2016 issue. Business Today created the Top Women Awards 12 years ago to honor […]
Cornelius buying land for old town arts center
Julia Telford King will open a new stand-alone real estate office in downtown Cornelius this fall. It could be the beginning of a resurgence in the historic downtown which once bustled with mill workers and farmhands. She has purchased a live-work unit where retail space is on the ground floor and owners live on the […]
