Feb. 17. The Newsmakers Breakfast Feb.21 at The Peninsula Club will center on the state of local development, with developers pitted against residents and residents—and local governments—up against rules that ban impact fees.
Three speakers will be part of the audience-driven Q&A session over breakfast at The Peninsula Club starting at 7:30 am.
Cornelius Town Board member Robert Carney
Robby Carney: Cornelius Town Commissioner, former economic developer, tech CEO.
Kathleen Rose: Land use, planning, real estate and economic development consultant.
Drew Thigpen: Developer of the proposed Cornelius Business Park.
Open forum Q&A
The Newsmakers Breakfast is an open-forum Q&A with local people who make the news. Anyone in the audience can ask a question.
Details
The cost to attend is $16, which includes a full country breakfast at The Peninsula Club.
Doors open at 7:15 a.m. for networking. The buffet-style breakfast gets under way at 7:30 a.m.
Kathleen Rose, urban planner
The Q&A begins at 8 a.m. and concludes promptly at 9.
RSVP
You must reserve a seat by calling 704-895-1335 with Visa or MasterCard.
Sponsors
—The Presenting Sponsor is The Lake Norman Wealth Management Group of Merrill Lynch.
—Breakfast Sponsors are Anita Sabates and Dixie Dean with Allen Tate and Irvin Law Group, based in Cornelius.
Drew Thigpen, developer of Cornelius Commerce center
—Coffee Sponsors are Christina Stone with Allen Tate, Raymer-Kepner Funeral Home and The Tovar Group commercial real estate based in Cornelius.
Thigpen? Are there no local developers, who live in this area, invited to join this panel? WHY is Thigpen and this Maryland based company SO interested in the LOCAL government of our town?
Posted by Concerned Resident | February 5, 2025, 12:11 pmThigpen? Are there no local developers, who live in this area, invited to join this panel? WHY is Thigpen and this Maryland based company SO interested in the LOCAL government of our town?
Posted by Deb | February 5, 2025, 12:14 pmIsn’t it obvious? He’s trying to rub shoulders with the people on the west side of town to try and push through his development across from Bailey Road Park. They don’t care, as long as it’s on “that side of town.” Also, notice the time…7:30am on a Friday. Those without jobs that allow work from home or who can’t miss a day of work won’t be able to make it to the Peninsula Club to voice their opinions to the newsmakers.
Posted by Jamie B. | February 13, 2025, 5:01 pmWe’ve been holding Newsmakers Breakfasts at 7:30 am at The Peninsula Club for 14-15 years. Hard close at 9 am so that people can get to work albeit a little late.
Posted by Newsroom | February 13, 2025, 5:53 pmWhere is Mayor Washam? He continues to say that Cornelius isn’t growing in terms of population.
Posted by Concerned Cornelius Citizen | February 16, 2025, 7:55 amAll along Bailey Rd. east of the RR tracks, the area is single-family residential homes, two schools, and Bailey Road Park. That portion of Bailey road near Greenburg Gibbons’ proposed flex space/light industrial campus is narrow, hilly and two lane.
“Rural Preservation zone” is what the zoning is now across from the park and middle school and it should stay that way. Read the Town’s Master Plan from 2012 published on cornelius.org.
Posted by Suzanne | February 16, 2025, 11:32 am