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Mooresville new corporations: March 17-April 16, 2021
These businesses registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State Mooresville 3/17/21 EJ’s Goodies & Florist LLC, Emily Ramseur, 101 J C Circle Apt. 2 28115 3/17/21 Frontline Family Foundation Inc., Carl Ubinas, 199 Canterbury Place Rd. 28115 3/17/21 MaryRose Hawthorne LLC, Rondreka Richardson, 119 Landings Dr. Ste. 210 28117 3/17/21 Ocracoke 8:56 Inc., Paula […]
LKN Chamber opioid discussion May 11
May 10. The Lake Norman Chamber will host a presentation May 11 “The Painful Truth About the Opioid Crisis – A Mothers Story.” The speaker, Debbie Dalton, lost her son to an accidental overdose. To attend via Zoom or in-person at Brick Row, register here. The event will run from 8:30 am to 10 am.
Will Colonial Pipeline interruption affect gas prices?
May 10. By Dave Yochum. Colonial Pipeline’s gasoline recovery and environmental remediation efforts in Huntersville are not impacted by the cybersecurity attack on the Georgia-based company. “Because some IT systems are affected, we may be slower to respond to some informational requests, but the most important aspect of our response — which is protecting public […]
Mecklenburg new corporations: March 17-April 16, 2021
These businesses registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State Cornelius 3/17/21 Complete Nurture LLC, Lee Vantine, 22531 Torrence Chapel Rd., Cornelius 3/17/21 PeopleSuite Ops LLC, David Lee Preston, 18509 Doves Crest Rd., Cornelius 3/17/21 Royal Building Company LLC, Kenneth Ronald Studdard Jr., 7536 Mariner Cove Dr., Cornelius 3/17/21 Runnoft LLC, Andrew Fulton, 21203 Harken […]
Apple announcement highlights NC business climate
April 27. By Dave Yochum. With Apple announcing a $1 billion investment in North Carolina that includes a new campus and engineering hub in the Research Triangle, it’s no wonder that three of the Top 10 US cities in which to start a business are located in North Carolina. WalletHub used 21 key metrics, ranging […]
United Bank 1Q earnings more than doubled
April 26. United Bankshares reported record earnings for the first quarter of 2021 of $106.9 million, more than double earnings during the first quarter of 2020. Record earnings were primarily due to higher income from mortgage banking activities, the impact of the Carolina Financial acquisition and a lower provision for credit losses primarily due to […]
Invitae will invest $114.6 in new plant
April 20. Invitae Corp. will build a major testing and laboratory facility in Wake County, creating 374 jobs and investing $114.6 million in Morrisville over the next decade. The San Francisco-based medical genetics company is expected to initially ramp up capacity to volume levels similar to Invitae’s flagship facility, with additional growth projected in future […]
blueharbor net rose 66% in first quarter
April 20. Mooresville-based blueharbor bank net income rose 66 percent to $1,157,275 during the first quarter of 2021. Total assets rose 13 percent to $367 at March 31, 2021. Gross loans increased $300,000 to $238.6 million at March 31. To read blueharbor’s earnings report in its entirety, click here.
Survey: Best small cities to start a business
April 20. Cornelius, Huntersville and Concord did relatively well in a new list of 1,337 best small towns to start a business in the United States—ranking in the top 20 percent—but Mooresville scored awesomely well. Race City USA was No. 78 on the WalletHub list, putting it ahead of 1,259 small towns ranging from Alhambra, […]
Gasoline spill: Estimated size keeps growing
April 19. The size of the Colonial Pipeline gasoline spill in the Oehler Nature Preserve in Huntersville may be larger than anyone thought. “The reported volume is going to increase again,” according to an internal memo from Huntersville. Colonial says they have recovered about 1.03 million of the 1.2 million gallons of gasoline estimated to […]
