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2010 Ballantyne Scoop The Scoop Network
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I couldn’t resist driving around Ballantyne this morning to capture the first snowfall of 2010. I hope you are enjoying the video over a warm cup of hot chocolate.
First snow of 2010 in Ballantyne caroline@ballantynescoop.com 2010 Ballantyne Scoop The Scoop Network Charlotte, NC – The Charlotte Center City 20/20 Vision Plan session will be held at the South Regional Library on February 3, from 6:30-8 pm. Charlotte Center City Partners (CCCP), in collaboration with the City of Charlotte and Mecklenburg County will work with a consulting team to develop and facilitate an innovative ten-year [...]
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REZONING UPDATE ******************** There will be an Open House Forum on Monday night to discuss the affordable housing rezoning issue for the Ballantyne area. The meeting will be held at 4:30pm at the government center and the public is invited to attend. This will be the first opportunity for Ballantyne residents to voice [...] ********************
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Jan. 25, 2010 – More than 300 high school seniors will graduate from Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools mid-year graduation ceremonies held Feb. 1. Two ceremonies will be held at Bojangles Coliseum (2700 East Independence Blvd.) at 5 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. To view the graduation schedule click here. Dr. Peter C. Gorman, [...]
The lower elementary classes are organizing a drive to collect crutches and canes to help victims of the recent earthquake in Haiti. Sandy Craig, a local physician and Omni parent, will be traveling to Haiti with a Charlotte-based medical relief team that will include doctors, nurses, and paramedics. People from around the [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Councilman Warren Cooksey started off his weekly meeting by addressing the recent media attention on the Charlotte City Council’s upcoming Planning retreat in Tryon, NC. The retreat is held every other year (non-election years) and offers the City Council members an opportunity to escape work and personal distractions. The [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Ned Curran President and CEO of the Bissell organization announced today the construction of the Everett Building on a purely speculative basis. Bissell plans to build an additional 150,000 square feet of Gold LEED office space on Community House Road, just off of Ballantyne Commons Parkway. Curran described Bissell’s approach [...]
Ballantyne, NC – York Development Group has started on a new retail development located at the intersection of Ballantyne Commons Parkway and Community House Road. The new development will open in 2 phases with the first coming on line in May of this year and the second in late summer.
According to Doug [...] Ballantyne – Charlotte Fire Department firefighters use throw ropes and ladders on the ice of the pond to try to reach the two men who had broken through the ice.
The two men grabbed one of the lines and were pulled to shore by the firefighters. A walk on thin ice led to [...] The Charlotte Observer has announced its online community partners in a yearlong hyperlocal news experiment to expand the availability of neighborhood news in the Charlotte region.
The project is funded by a $45,000 grant from J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism, which promotes the use of digital technologies for delivering news and information. The [...] Ballantyne’s Councilman Warren Cooksey held his weekly meeting today to update constituents on City Council. Topics covered this week were the drop in crime rates, particularly murder rates and why this shouldn’t be surprising despite the struggling economy. The explanation for this drop was attributed to Chief Rodney Monroe’s community policing initiative. Supporting [...]
CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools student-assignment lottery application will open Friday, Jan. 8. CMS families can go online to apply for magnet programs and for seats in non-magnet schools with space available. The online lottery will be open from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. every day through Feb. 7. On Feb. 8, [...]
The Ballantyne Scoop was out and about on New Year’s Eve visiting various parties to see how everyone was ringing in the new year. We visited the Aloft Hotel, the new hyper trendy spot in Ballantyne. The Aloft Hotel offered special room rates for the party goers and obviously they [...]
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