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Ballantyne Public Policy Update - What Will Be the Outcome of the Montgomery Trial?

Ballantyne, NC – There will be three bonds on the ballot this November. The new city bonds were one of the hot topics at the August 27th morning meeting at the Ballantyne Hotel. There will be no city council meeting this coming Monday, August 30th, 2010. The Neighborhood Improvements [...]

Ballantyne Breakfast Club Set For August 21 - Dr. Peter Gorman to Speak

Ballantyne, NC – The Ballantyne Breakfast Club will host CMS leader Dr. Peter Gorman on Saturday, August 21. School Board representative Tim Morgan, City Councilman Warren Cooksey and Michael Barnes are also expected to attend. The meeting will be at the Ballantyne Hotel in the Fairway Ballroom on the second level. Presentations will [...]

Ballantyne Public Policy Update - City/County Consolidation?

Ballantyne, NC – The hot topic for this August 6th morning meeting was cutting budgets. Former School Board member, Ken Gjertsen was talking about C.M.S. and ideas to save money. Can schools be used as community centers? What about using libraries as community centers? Several people talked about ideas on consolidating local [...]

Ballantyne Public Policy Update

Ballantyne, NC – Time Management is always an issue for government officials. Charlotte is no different. The breakfast meeting on July 23rd started with talk of the Charlotte City Council Dinner Meetings. There are a large number of agenda items to cover in sixty minutes. The city council will be having [...]

Ballantyne Public Policy Update - Funding Approved For First Phase Of New Street Car

Ballantyne, NC – Locally, The City of Charlotte has received $24.99 million dollars from federal stimulus money to fund a portion of a new street car project in the uptown. This first phase is a one and a half mile stretch from the transit center to Presbyterian Hospital. The buses will still [...]

Ballantyne Public Policy Update, Affordable Housing Back on the Agenda and CMS Updates

Ballantyne, NC – July 2nd, 2010: The opening discussion was of the new North Carolina State budget that just passed in Raleigh on July 1st, 2010. The old formula would have given Mecklenburg County $20 million dollars and the new formula gives $11 million to the county. Unfortunately for our county, [...]

Ballantyne Breakfast Club Hosts County Manager Harry Jones & Hugh Hattabaugh, COO of CMS On April 10

Ballantyne, NC – The Ballantyne Breakfast Club will host Mecklenburg County Manager Harry Jones and Hugh Hattabaugh, COO of CMS on Saturday, April 10 at 9:00am in the Ballantyne Hotel Fairway Ballroom. Jones and Hattabaugh will discuss “Our Budget Crisis…where are we and what are we doing about it”. School Board representative [...]

Officials: Turner Linked To Foxx E-mail

Charlotte, NC – 3 sources say his behavior led to sexual harassment warning; council member has denied wrongdoing.

The e-mail said:

Dear City Council Members:

We owe the citizens of Charlotte our very best effort every day, and I appreciate all of you for your investment of time and energy in making our city a better [...]

Commissioner Bill James Files For Re-Election In District 6

Charlotte, NC – County Commissioner Bill James has filed for re-election for county district seat 6. In a recent interview James spoke about what he considers being his greatest accomplishment over the past 14 years mentioning his role in changing the policy of CMS busing plan. This issue took place during his early [...]

Republic Development Group Kills The Ballantyne Public Housing project

Ballantyne, NC – The developer planning to build subsidized apartments in Ballantyne said he is no longer pursuing the project, ending a quest to bring the first subsidized housing to the affluent area.

Republic Development Group said late Tuesday it’s withdrawing a rezoning request because it can’t get money from the city’s Housing Trust [...]

No Cameras Allowed At Ballantyne Rezoning Meeting on Monday Night

Ballantyne, NC – As of this posting, Harrison United Methodist Church will not allow cameras inside the scheduled meeting Monday night. Reporters will be allowed entrance to the meeting, however they will have to leave all camera equipment outside. Ballantyne Scoop had planned to live internet video stream the meeting, but when we [...]

Ballantyne Rezoning Meetings Scheduled

Ballantyne, NC – Two meetings have been scheduled to discuss the upcoming rezoning petition for the mixed income housing development at the intersection of Providence Road West and Johnston Road (see related articles http://ballantynescoop.com/ballantyne-residents-turn-out-for-planning-board-meeting).

Monday, February 15 at 6:30, Harrison United Methodist Church – for area homeowners to discuss what impact this rezoning petition [...]

Ballantyne Breakfast Club Hosting Mayor Anthony Foxx On February 13

********************Note From Ray Eschert, Ballantyne Breakfast Club Founder********************

As the founder of the Ballantyne Breakfast Club, I would like to put to rest the rumor that Mayor Foxx was invited to address this meeting on the rezoning. That is incorrect. Mayor Foxx had agreed to speak to the Ballantyne Breakfast Club [...]

Ballantyne Residents Turn Out For Planning Board Meeting

Ballantyne, NC – Residents from the Ballantyne area turned out to ask questions of the planning board and a representative from the Charlotte Housing Authority. Also on hand was a representative for the landowner of the tract of land that is up for rezoning on the corner of Johnston Road and Providence [...]

Councilman Warren Cooksey & Cheryl Myers Discuss Charlotte Center City 20/20 Vision Plan

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 [...]