City Council Update – Greenway, Rezoning Request

Ballantyne, NC – Will local governments consolidate? The Martin Luther King Holiday is January 17th so the city council meeting has been altered. This week’s council meeting will be on Tuesday, January 18th. Zoning will be one topic on the January 18th agenda.

The new parking lot with the ‘Four-Mile Green Way’ [...]

What Now For CMS?

What will be cut in this new budget cycle? C.M.S. District 6 School Board Member Tim Morgan was happy to answer questions about this budget. Friday, November 19th, the C.M.S. Board of Education had their first meeting about the budget for 2011-2012. The board has been told to brace for millions in [...]

CMS and Zoning Updates for South Charlotte

Ballantyne, NC – The November 12th breakfast meeting opened with talk of the upcoming dinner zoning meeting for the city council. This zoning meeting is a short meeting. Childress/ Klein constructed a building in the South Park Mall Area in 1953. This building is now being remodeled by the city. Piedmont Town Center [...]

Understanding the New NC Real Estate Process

Charlotte, NC – Effective January 1, 2011, the contract used to buy and sell houses in North Carolina will be changing. While a lot of contract changes are legalisms, this particular change is going to change the process buyers and sellers experience, so I thought it might be helpful to explain it.

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CMS: What Changes Will Come From November 9th Historic Vote?

Charlotte, NC – What really is going on with the Butler High School Football Team? There have been three team members arrested since May 2010. C.M.S. District 6 Board Member Tim Morgan explained that the football coach is Mike Newsome. Mr. Morgan went on to say that he would “hope we would [...]

City Council Updates

Ballantyne, NC – Can The Charlotte Chamber Help The City Grow? The public policy breakfast meeting on October 22nd, 2010 was opened by talk of the most recent chamber planning retreat. The Charlotte City Council is scheduled to be at the League of Municipalities Conference in Winston-Salem, October 23rd – October 26th. [...]

Inspire! Ballantyne Arts Festival This Weekend

Ballantyne, NC – CHARLOTTE, NC. The Morrison Family YMCA in Ballantyne will host Inspire! Ballantyne, an art and culinary festival highlighting area artists, performers and restaurants, Saturday, October 23rd through Sunday, October 24th.

This is the 3rd year for this annual event. The YMCA hopes to make this festival a South [...]

Deciphering the Foreclosure Headlines

Ballantyne, NC – The past week has presented us with a constant stream of headlines about foreclosure moratoriums. I thought it might be helpful to discuss this topic and what it might mean to you in this week’s article. There are many unknowns right now, and I don’t have all the answers, but [...]

Ballantyne Country Club Junior Program Tennis Honored

Ballantyne, NC – In a recent study conducted by USTA Southern, Ballantyne Country Club has been selected as having an outstanding record in retaining players in the USTA Jr. Team Tennis program. Ballantyne Country Club was found to have 14% of all juniors who played four or five years of USTA Jr. [...]

Greenway Connectivity for Ballantyne?

By Aimee Burns Local Editorial Contributor

Have you ever walked, run or ridden you’re bike along the Greenway? Now that the Four Mile Creek Greenway connects to the McMullen and Lower McAlpine Greenway everyone wants to include an outdoor activity as part of a healthy lifestyle…and they should! It’s exhilarating, healthy, [...]

CMS Board Approves Guiding Principles

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Aug. 10, 2010 – The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Board of Education adopted guiding principles at its Aug. 10 meeting. The principles were created and revised during the first phase of a comprehensive district review that began in June. Board members held work sessions and public forums to get input from the [...]

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 a dinner [...]

24 Hours of Booty Hops and Vine Party This Weekend

Back by popular demand… the 5th annual “Hops & Vine” party to raise money for the 24 Hours of Booty.

Always a fantastic event… the party will, again, be hosted by E. J. Gallo Winery, Constellation Wines and New Belgium Brewery. In fact, the only change from years prior, will be location. [...]

Ballantyne Host Hendrick Marrow Program Golf Classic

Ballantyne, NC – On Monday, May 24, the Hendrick Marrow Program hosted a Learn Live Hope Celebration and Celebrity Golf Classic at The Golf Club at Ballantyne. The event raised $770,000 for the Hendrick Marrow Program and Levine Children’s Hospital, and 216 players participated in the tournament. Player Casey Seitz shot a 173-yard [...]

Mommy Blogger Ivanna Campbell Joins Ballantyne Scoop

Ballantyne Scoop is proud to announce our newest Mommy Blogger Ivanna Campbell of Empowered Mommies. You can follow her on twitter @EmpoweredMommy. Here is her first article…….

Parenting Philosophies and Discipline Approaches 101 As a mom of three young children (two of which are now toddlers), I’m constantly looking to learn about different [...]