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Kewaunee Scientific Corp. Expanding in Statesville

Posted in Iredell County, Statesville, Woodworking, tagged , , , , on February 8, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Statesville has taken some hits lately from companies closing shop and laying off employees.  I guess that’s to be expected in our wounded economy.  Still, every once in a while, we get a shot of good news to keep us hopeful.  That came for Statesville last week with the announcement that Kewaunee Scientific Corp. is expanding [...]

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Good Timing

Posted in Finance, tagged on December 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I wrote a post about businesses choosing or not choosing our area as good places to locate, and I mentioned the concerns of using tax and other local incentives to help the businesses decide.  Today’s Charlotte Observer has an article in the business section about some of these deals that have worked out and others that [...]

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Iredell Development Notes

Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, Mount Mourne, Quality of Life, tagged on August 3, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Back from vacation and back into the “real world”, I went to the monthly meeting of the Mooresville South Iredell Developers Council today.  Here are a few interesting details I picked up while there: The Langtree Road Exit 31 at I-77 finally opened on July 31.  That should improve traffic flow in that area. It [...]

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Mooresville/Iredell Developer News

Posted in Iredell County, Mooresville, Quality of Life, tagged , , on July 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

From a meeting with the Iredell County Developer’s Council this week I picked up a couple of useful bits of news.  One of the most interesting is that planners are working on an alternate route across I-77 just north of Exit 36 in Mooresville.  This would tie Midnight Lane and Oats Road together across the interstate [...]

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Statesville’s Larkin Development- Back on Track?

Posted in Iredell County, Statesville, Troutman, tagged , , on May 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

A couple of years ago, Statesville’s movers and shakers were all abuzz with excitement about the announcement of a new mixed use development named Larkin to be built to the southest of the city and above Troutman.  The plans showed over 900 acres of various residential and commercial development.  I went to one of the [...]

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Iredell County Subdivision Approval

Posted in Iredell County, Mooresville, Real Estate, tagged , , on April 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I’m on the mailing list for the Iredell County Technical Review Committee- part of the Planning & Development Department.  These folks review and approve new subdivisions and changes to existing ones in the county.  For quite some time now, I’ve gotten emails that say that the meeting was cancelled because there was no new business [...]

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Mooresville-Statesville Tops Site Selection Magazine Again!

Posted in Iredell County, Lake Norman, Mooresville, tagged , , on March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

I went to the monthly meeting of the Iredell County Developers’ Council yesterday and was pleased to learn that for the 4th time in the last 5 years, the Mooresville-Statesville area has been named the Top Micropolitan area by number of projects in the United States by Site Selection Magazine.   North Carolina was awarded the [...]

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Roads- Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them

Posted in Iredell County, Mooresville, Quality of Life, tagged , on February 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »

On last Monday, I went to another meeting of the Iredell County Developer’s Council which is made up of local developers, politicians, government planners, school officials, REALTORS, and a variety of other individuals who are interested in working together to maintain and improve the economic vitality of our community.  Our speaker was Grey Mills, 95th District Representative to [...]

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Who’s Looking After the Business?

Posted in Iredell County, Mooresville, Quality of Life, Real Estate, tagged , , on January 6, 2009 | 2 Comments »

As part of my work as a board member of the Charlotte Regional Realtor Association, I was invited to attend the monthly meeting of a group of people who are working to retain and grow the level of business activity in the Mooresville and South Iredell areas.  I’m certainly interested in that since local business [...]

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