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Institute of Political Leadership is looking for candidates
March 28. Sometimes unusual people run for public office—and win. The Lake Norman and Statesville Chambers of Commerce have found a way to improve candidates with coaching on everything from fundraising to polling. It’s the Institute of Political Leadership. “It is our hope that the IOPL program will provide a foundation for a diverse pool […]
Flexing muscle around transit, N. Meck towns say CATS is off-track
March 24. Should the Charlotte Area Transportation System spend $2.3 million to study a new commuter rail line between Charlotte and Lake Norman? No way, says Huntersville Mayor John Aneralla. He, along with his town board, have come out solidly against the notion of yet another new rail line, possibly well east of the Hwy. […]
‘Shark Tank’ coming to CPCC
March 20. If you’re an entrepreneur and you’d like to pitch your business on “Shark Tank,” the CPCC, Small Business Center is where you need to go. CPCC is offering free workshops to entrepreneurs in the weeks prior to the official April 29 audition with the ABC-TV casting team. Approved pitches will be featured on a future episode […]
Visit LKN has new video
March 20. Visit Lake Norman, the local convention and visitors bureau, debuted its first destination marketing video recently at the annual awards luncheon at the Peninsula Yacht Club. The video highlights signature attractions, events, lake activities and dining in Cornelius, Davidson and Huntersville. The destination marketing video is part of VLN’s sales and marketing plan. The […]
NCDOT will launch independent review of I-77 toll contract
March 16. By Dave Yochum. The NC Department of Transportation will hire an outside firm to undertake an “independent comprehensive review” of the 1,345 page contract between the state of North Carolina and Ferrovial-Cintra, the foreign conglomerate that landed the 50-year, $655-million deal to build toll lanes between Charlotte and Mooresville. “The plan is that […]
Catawba College, NCRC partner on new database
March 13. Catawba College Information Systems class is creating a searchable database to help the North Carolina Research Campus and the scientists at its eight university research centers target their business development efforts to companies in need of nutrition research. The students, all from Catawba’s Ketner School of Business, will spend their spring semester on […]
Craig Smith new sales director at Lake Norman Chrysler Jeep
Craig Smith, general manager of Lake Norman Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram, was recently promoted to sales director over the dealership and its sister store Gastonia Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram. Together, the dealerships sold 4,800 cars in 2016. He has been with the dealership since 2003. “I’m looking forward to the new challenges presented by managing […]
NC State’s online MBA ranks in Top 20 worldwide
March 9. NC State’s Jenkins Professional Online MBA program in the North Carolina State University Poole College of Management is No. 18 among the Top 20 programs worldwide, according to the Financial Times’ 2017 ranking of global online MBA programs. NC State placed 11th among U.S.-based institutions and was the only North Carolina-based MBA program listed in the ranking. This […]
Downtown Concord continues to attract new retail business
By Joe Habina. As a new restaurant owner in downtown Concord, Jason Pressley has a taste for competing for stomachs with other establishments in the neighborhood. “In my opinion I would rather be in a cluster of really good restaurants,” said Pressley, the owner of The Grill at 11 Union. “You get people to come to […]
Tax incentives for brewery on Monday’s Board Agenda
March 3. By Dave Vieser and Dave Yochum. It looks like Cornelius will provide economic development incentives through tax abatements to facilitate Olde Mecklenburg Brewery’s likely $10 million investment in a manufacturing site on Zion Avenue. The Charlotte based craft brewer plans to open a new brewery in the 51,000 square-foot building on Zion Avenue formerly […]
