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City of Charlotte and Anheuser-Busch announce sustainability partnership
Feb. 9. The City of Charlotte on Tuesday announced a partnership with Anheuser-Busch that debuted a sustainable beverage can made with a first-of-its-kind, low-carbon technology. As a result of this partnership, Anheuser-Busch will donate to the city renewable energy credits, the equivalent electricity used to power all city-owned facilities for a week, which is equal […]
Major eco-devo announcement from Gilead
Feb. 9. Gilead Sciences, a leading biopharmaceutical company, will invest $5 million in a new business services and information technology hub in Wake County. The company will create 275 jobs in the Research Triangle region. “We are eager to welcome many of the highly talented, highly skilled people who live in the Research Triangle region […]
Davidson Housing Coalition names new executive director
Feb. 8. Gerald Wright, currently the vice president of family services for Habitat for Humanity of the Charlotte Region, has been named executive director of Davidson Housing Coalition. Wright will begin his duties in March for DHC, a non-profit providing affordable housing and other services to ensure economic diversity in the town of 13,000. “I’m […]
Regan, head of NCDEQ, has bipartisan support for EPA administrator
Feb. 5. By Lisa Sorg/NC Policy Watch. Several years ago, Michael Regan was giving his young son a bath when he remembered a conversation with Amy Brown. Brown, the mother of two young boys, lived near the Allen coal-fired power plant and had been depending on bottled water for hundreds of days because her drinking […]
K-shaped recession: Low-paid workers experience prolonged joblessness
Jan. 26. NC Budget & Tax Center. Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, economists started talking about the potential for a “K-shaped” recovery, with highly-paid workers bouncing back rapidly while many of the worst-paid workers experience long periods of unemployment. Data through the end of 2020 now show those fears to have been well-founded. One-third of […]
Virtual trade show focuses on supply chain
Economic development organizations from 16 Charlotte-area counties will present a business expo designed to build business connections among Charlotte region manufacturers and strengthen regional supply chains. “Of the many changes and impacts experienced this past year, there have been many instances in our Lake Norman region where local manufacturers have experienced significant supply chain disruptions,” […]
Mooresville new corporations: January 2020
These businesses registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State 11/16/20 Ferrari Property Management LLC, Sarah Nelson Ferrari, 165 Quiet Cove Rd. 28117 11/16/20 Randy Marion Family Foundation Inc., Ben Goins, 215 W. Plaza Dr. 28117 11/16/20 Sea at the Beech LLC, Daniel Barker, 131 Shavender Dr. 28117 11/17/20 Gardyloo LLC, Chris Venneman, 106 Four […]
Mecklenburg new corporations: January 2021
These businesses registered with the North Carolina Secretary of State Cornelius 11/16/20 Sunshine Manufacturing LLC, Beth Lester, 22634 Torrence Chapel Rd., Cornelius 11/17/20 Cottage Concepts LLC, Shannon Horne, 17812 John Connor Rd., Cornelius 11/17/20 DailyBubble LLC, Quintin Friedman, 10308 Bailey Rd. #421, Cornelius 11/17/20 Zan’s Craftstudio LLC, Roxanne Wells Watkins, 20719 Sterling Bay Ln. E, […]
Home and property sales in December: Mooresville
These are recent property transactions over $250,000 as recorded by the county Register of Deeds. Mooresville 11/16/20 $253,000 Jacob & Tiffany Morrison to David Lee Suggs, 519 Faith Rd. 28115 11/16/20 $385,500 D.R. Horton to Salvato Tumino, 343 Preston Rd. 28117 11/16/20 $540,000 Peter & Roberta Browne to Christopher & Lynne Faust, 121 Periwinkle Ln. […]
National group buys physical therapy practices in Cabarrus, Denver
Jan. 6. CORA Health Services Inc., doing business as CORA Physical Therapy, a top-10 national operator of outpatient physical therapy services, announced today that it has broadened its coverage in North Carolina with the acquisition of Volk Physical Therapy & Sports Medicine and Advanced Physical Therapy Center. Volk PT was founded in 2006 and operates […]
