Business
Allen Tate CEO predicts more price gains for existing homes
Rising home prices are a good thing, soaring prices not so much. The Charlotte region has been known for its steadier history around price appreciation—and declines. Steady here is a good thing. New home construction means year over year price gains of around 4 percent for existing homes are the norm in Charlotte, while Chicago […]
A sweet place for weddings planned for Bailey Road
July 18. If you’ve ever had trouble finding a place in Cornelius for a big event like a wedding, the Rathman family has an idea. They plan to build a 9,000 square-foot event facility near the big curve on Bailey Road. Magnolia Estates residents Stefan and Kerry Rathman are planning a single-story building featuring a […]
Editorial Advisory Board applications requested
Cornelius Today is forming an Editorial Advisory Board to help guide coverage and gather a deeper knowledge of our community. The locally owned news organization will look for members who represent the diversity of our town; no prior experience is necessary, nor is a background in journalism. “This is about content, diversity, different points of […]
Jane Campbell to be on ballot for NC House District 98
June 23. Retired U.S. Navy Capt. Jane Campbell, a Davidson College graduate, has gotten enough signatures to get on the November ballot. She will run against incumbent NC Rep. John Bradford, a former member of the Cornelius Town Board. Campbell has more than 2,800 signatures, at least 400 more than the Charlotte Mecklenburg County Board of […]
Dixon Digs Deep
By Suzanne Fulton. A holistic lifestyle is important to Katie Dixon, owner of Kadi Fit Lifestyle Design Studio, so she established a community garden out back a few years ago, providing the raised beds and soil. She wanted people to be able to have a plot and grow vegetables. The McFadden family plot, for example, was […]
County Commissioner calls censured mayor’s behavior ‘traitorous’
June 11. ANALYSIS. By Dave Yochum. Cornelius Mayor Chuck Travis chose June 8, “Town Hall Day” in the NC State Capitol, to express his personal views on widening I-77 to NC Sen. Philip Berger, the man who has so much to do with the ebb and flow of legislation in Raleigh. It was a peculiar […]
New owner at Madison River
June 9. There’s a new owner at Madison River Fly Fishing Outfitters in Shops on the Green. Ryan Wilson, a life-long avid angler, paid an undisclosed amount for the business which has been a mainstay of the local sporting community since 2000. “Madison River represents a significant career change for me,” said Wilson. His background […]
Closed Kenton Place supermarket will be HT ‘reclaim center’
May 19. By Dave Vieser. Four years after Harris Teeter officials said they planned to convert the closed Lowe’s Supermarket in Cornelius into a new worldwide specialty food store, they have found a very different use for the vacant 49,000 square foot building located on Kenton Place: An internal reclaim center for their regional operation, […]
Cornelius resident shepherds venture through rapid growth
Three Lake Norman companies did well in the Charlotte Venture Challenge, where start-ups compete for attention from early stage investors. One of them was really phun. Cornelius resident Jeffrey Kaplan is the founder of dogphrendly.com, which he hopes will grow into the ultimate online app to find where to eat, play, and stay with your […]
Meet Julie Niswonger, our town’s new finance director
By Dave Vieser. Julie Niswonger says her new job as finance director for the town of Cornelius couldn’t have come at a better time. “I had been looking to advance further,” said Niswonger, 38. She replaces Jackie Huffman who became finance director for the Town of Huntersville. “With Jackie leaving, it really made sense for me […]
