Cornelius News
$100 million senior living complex opens next month
March 14. By Dave Yochum. When the Symphony Park opens in April, the luxury senior living resort complex will have 100 employees and a $300,000 monthly payroll. Not to mention a concierge who was a footman for Princess Diana. As well as groundskeepers, chefs, dishwashers, drivers and a water fitness instructor. Like a luxury hotel […]
Latta Place will reopen in 2026 after redevelopment starting winter 2024
March 13. Latta Place, the former Huntersville plantation that became the subject of controversy in 2021, will reopen to the public in 2026 after being redeveloped during the winter of 2024-2025. Background “Historic Latta Plantation” planned to hold a controversial Juneteenth event in 2021 but it resulted in the site’s closure as well as a […]
Cornelius Home Sales
March 13. These property transactions were recorded by the Mecklenburg County Register of Deeds. 1/26/2024 $585,500 Weekley Homes to Kathleen Walsh, 9043 Charles Francis Ln. 1/29/2024 $262,500 Brian & Nancy O’Neal to Patti & Olan Goodnight Jr. and Elizabeth Goodnight, 19992 Deer Valley Dr. 1/30/2024 $631,000 Weekley Homes to Jennifer Ziegler, 8032 Houser St. 1/31/2024 […]
A Downtown Master Plan one step closer
By Dave Vieser. An important meeting between consulting firms and town officials regarding the creation of a downtown Cornelius Master Plan will take place next week. Seven different consultants, all from the metro Charlotte area, responded to a request for proposals (RFP) on the development of a master plan to guide development on a 137 […]
Downtown will change dramatically with new development
NEWSMAKERS BREAKFAST | Story by Erica Batten, Photos by Jason Benavides March 13. In a room full of business leaders, it’s understood that any development project has constraints: time, cost, quality, and scope—even when the project is a partnership of public and private, even when the “project” is a town. So when two developers and […]
The Serve gets green light from Planning Board
March 12. By Dave Vieser. The Cornelius Planning Board gave The Serve—a proposed 16-court pickleball facility and restaurant on Chartown Drive—a thumbs up at their March 11 meeting. The positive recommendation comes with a number of conditions, which will be reviewed by the Town Board as soon as April 1. Details DB Entertainment is seeking […]
Green with Envy: Don’t miss out on these ways to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day!
Birkdale Village Birkdale Commons Pkwy & Sam Furr Rd., Huntersville. (704) 895-8744 March 16, 5-8 pm | Luck of the Village Enjoy an evening full of live music kicking off with the Loch Norman Pipe Band and ending the night with The Hit Men Party Band of Charlotte. The Connick-Reid Academy of Irish Dance will […]
Kitten season is here. Interested in fostering?
March 12. Kitten season has started early this year at Lake Norman Humane and the group needs fosters. On any given day, Lake Norman Humane receives dozens of intake requests for animals in need. “The number of requests far exceed our in-house capacity for care. Loving foster homes allow us to provide care for many […]
Sneaky CATS: Bus downgrade caught local officials by surprise
March 11. By Dave Vieser. An unannounced transition to smaller buses on a popular Cornelius to Charlotte express bus route caught town leaders by surprise, according to comments at their March 4 Town Board Meeting. “We did not receive any advance information about the change of equipment on the express bus route,” said Town Manager […]
Weekly calendar March 11-17: Organ at Davidson, Senior BBQ, more start the (St. Pat’s) week
Monday, March 11 Organ at Davidson 7:30 pm | March 11. Free and open to the public in-person and live streaming. Davidson College Presbyterian Church, 100 N. Main St., Davidson. A Million Alien Gospels: Christian Theology and Life Beyond Earth 6:30 – 8:30 pm | March 11. Davidson Forum Speaker Andrew Davison is the Sturbridge […]
