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Toll lanes open with little traffic, little fanfare
June 3. At 8:30 am Monday, traffic was flowing freely at Exit 28 on down to Westmoreland, while hardly any vehicles were traveling southbound in the Express/Toll lanes. After 3 1/2 years of construction, the first stretch of toll lanes is open on a work day. The toll lanes are open from Exit 36 in […]
I-77 shoulder hardening starts next spring/summer
June 4. By Dave Yochum. NC Sen. Natasha Marcus says reconstruction of the shoulders of I-77—known as hardening—will begin late spring or early summer next year. The work, which is not part of the I- 77 Mobility Partners/Cintra contract, will add capacity to the controversial highway. NCDOT will bid out the contract for the hardening […]
Greenheck, a manufacturer, announces $58.8 million expansion in Shelby
May 30. Greenheck Group, a Wisconsin-based manufacturer of commercial and industrial ventilation equipment, will build a $58.8 million campus in Shelby, bringing 400 new jobs. Greenheck already employs more than 400 people in North Carolina. “With the addition of a campus we will be able to offer team members a variety of career opportunities and […]
Golf scores: Rain, Tiger affect clubs
By Debbie Griffin. Local experts name in common two extraordinary things impacting golf right now: Tiger Woods won the recent Masters Tournament and there has been excessive rain with extended cold. Developer, co-owner and general manager of the semi-private Verdict Ridge in Denver, Scott Knox, said the win re-energizes the game plus is a good […]
Good mourning takes many different forms
By Dave Yochum. None of us is going to get out of this alive, which means the funeral business looks good as Baby Boomers enter their, uh, prime consumer years. Nevertheless, the time-honored ritual is becoming more secular and casual as Americans change their notion of an appropriate good-bye. “The times, they are a ‘changin,” […]
Projects show how affordable housing works
May 15. By Debbie Griffin. Affordable-housing partners gathered April 10 with golden shovels to officially commemorate the start of two projects for people 55 years and older: The 60-unit, $8.5 million Prosperity Ridge in Kannapolis and the 68-unit, $10 million Cascade Garden in Mooresville. The non-profit organizations Wesley Community Development of Huntersville and Prosperity Unlimited […]
Bills in Raleigh target benefits, family leave
May 14. By Debbie Griffin. North Carolina legislators introduced several bills in March that seek employee benefits ranging from paid sick time and family leave for all to an expanded definition of family and tax-funded insurance. Some companies may already offer better benefits than the law requires. Others wonder how they’ll stay in business if […]
Huntersville startup one of 24 getting small business grants
May 13. By Dave Yochum. A Huntersville start-up is among two dozen innovative small businesses across North Carolina on deck for grants to develop new products and hire more employees. A total of $1.1 million from the One North Carolina Small Business Program will go to the technology-oriented businesses including Energyxchain LLC which is officially […]
Uwharrie’s annual meeting is May 14
Uwharrie Capital Corp, parent company of Uwharrie Bank and Uwharrie Investment Advisors will hold its Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Tuesday, May 14, at the Stanly County Agri-Civic Center, 26032 Newt Road, in Albemarle. Dinner and fellowship will begin at 4:30 p.m. Shareholders are invited to the business meeting at 6:30 p.m. when items of […]
LKN Festival of the Arts has a national following
The Third Annual Lake Norman Festival of the Arts, a world-class, two-day art fair in Birkdale Village, will bring thousands of visitors to Lake Norman the weekend of May 18-19. More than 100 national and local artists are set to display their works, which includes paintings, fine jewelry and other works of art. The festival […]
