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Guns sales increase amid suggestions of restrictions
By Marty Price. Following the terrorist attack in California, President Obama addressed the country, calling for stricter gun control. Those two events, along with targeted violence in the US, have led to a national increase in gun sales. According to the FBI, there were 2.3 million background checks—the most reliable measure of legal gun sales—in December […]
NCDOT seeks feedback on 50-year Cintra contract
Feb. 19. By Dave Vieser. It looks like the NCDOT is suddenly paying attention to strenuous objections from the municipalities and governments that will be directly affected by the $650 million plan to widen I-77 with toll lanes between Charlotte and Lake Norman. In letters sent Feb. 17 to all the members of the Charlotte Regional Transportation […]
Huntersville exits LKN Transportation Commission
Feb. 17. By Dave Vieser. The Huntersville Town Board has voted to withdraw from the Lake Norman Regional Transportation Commission, leaving the future of the six-year old LNTC in limbo. The 4-2 decision was opposed by Commissioner Melinda Bales, who also chairs the LNTC. The LNTC, headed up by former Mooresville Mayor Bill Thunberg, has been […]
Organizers plan Huntersville chamber
Feb. 16. Jill Swain, the former mayor of Huntersville, is the new executive director of Huntersville Connection, a 501c6 organization that voted today to transition to the Huntersville Chamber of Commerce. In addition to Swain, board members include Jeff Neely, a former Huntersville town commissioner, and Raquel Crespo, assistant general manager of DDR, the real estate management […]
Entrepreneur sees bright future for dog-friendly app
By Dave Yochum. Jeffrey Kaplan is pursuing a high-tech, start-up dream like a bulldog, or maybe a terrier. If you need a brick and mortar store for dog metaphors in Iowa, the 30-year-old entrepreneur could find it for you in a couple of clicks. Kaplan is the founder of dogphrendly.com, which, right now, is based mostly […]
New development
EPCON Communities has begun construction at the Courtyards on Lake Norman, 67 maintenance-free homes designed for active adults. Nineteen homes have already been sold. The new neighborhood, which is on Nantz Road at West Catawba will open in the fall.
Mooresville mayor gets on board with I-77 Business Plan
Feb. 9. By Dave Yochum. If you think the I-77 battle is over, you’re wrong. It has expanded and moved into Iredell County. Mooresville Mayor Miles Atkins attended a special business briefing Monday held by two anti-toll groups: The I-77 Business Plan and WidenI-77.org, the original anti-toll group. It’s a coup for the anti-toll team, which was stung […]
Helen Adams moving LKN office to Cornelius
Charlotte-based Helen Adams Realty will move its Lake Norman office from Huntersville to Jetton Village in Cornelius, just outside high-end neighborhoods like The Peninsula, Patrick’s Purchase and Shearwater. The new office, some 3,000 square feet, will be within eyesight of Premier Sotheby’s International and some of the luxury agents at Allen Tate’s Lake Norman office […]
Cancel your membership in the Charlotte Chamber. Reorganize the Lake Norman Transportation Commission
OPINION. Word comes out now, thanks to the anti-toll organization WidenI-77.org, that the state attorney general’s office is asking for an array of documents from I-77 Mobility Partners, including “memoranda,” “business plans,” “presentations” and “strategic documents” pertaining to everything from press releases to the number of jobs created, from bonus allocation funds to “a copy […]
I-77 fight widens as Cooper issues demand to Cintra
By Dave Vieser. Cintra and the NCDOT might have won a couple of battles in January—the WidenI-77 lawsuit and the Charlotte City Council vote—but the war seems to be escalating in Lake Norman, with what amounts to freedom fighters among citizens and business leaders. Indeed, WidenI-77 founder Kurt Naas, a Cornelius resident, broke the news that […]
