The new parking lot with the ‘Four-Mile Green Way’ [...]
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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.
Ballantyne, NC – Who is getting the large salaries in Charlotte? This Monday night is ‘dinner meeting night’ for the city council. A few of the topics are: Gang Of One, Hall Of Fame and a closed session on economic development. The breakfast meeting on December 10th opened with items being discussed by [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Where will affordable housing be built? The November 19th breakfast meeting opened with talk of the upcoming city ‘dinner’ meeting agenda. Larry Huelsman, Tim Newman and others from the Charlotte Regional Visitors Authority(C.R.V.A.) will be presenting to the city council this coming Monday night. The city is expecting a [...]
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 [...]
Ballantyne, NC – What surprises occurred in this weeks election? The election was the subject of the November 5th breakfast meeting. Councilman Warren Cooksey was happy to help with Representative Bill Brawley’s campaign on election day. One polling judge was upset with the layout of the ‘Meck G.O.P’ voter guide. Michael Dickerson is [...]
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, [...] Ballantyne, NC – This week has been a study in tragedies of police families. Demeatrius Montgomery was found guilty of two counts of first degree murder this week. Also this week was the capture and arrest of Michael Harvey. He was with Valerie Hamilton just before her death. Valerie Hamilton is the daughter [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Will the new tree ordinance impact the carbon footprint of the city? The September 24th breakfast meeting opened with talk of the upcoming Monday night dinner meeting for the city council. First on the agenda is the design/build concept for the ‘McAlpine Water Treatment Plant Filter Upgrade Project’. This is [...]
Ballantyne, NC – The hot topics for the September 3rd breakfast meeting were the Charlotte Housing Authority, the salary for the city manager and the taxi controversy. Charlotte City Council’s meeting date has been altered due to Labor Day. The next city meeting will not be on a Monday, per usual, but on [...]
Ballantyne,NC – What will long city council meetings yield? The August 20th morning meeting started with talk of the next long agenda day for city council. Starting with a noon meeting, a 3:00 pm meeting, a dinner meeting, a regular meeting and a lastly a closed door meeting, Monday’s schedule will be a [...]
Ballantyne, NC – Susan Burgess, Charlotte City Council, said an emotional goodbye at last Monday’s council meeting. Councilman Burgess stepped down from Charlotte City Council due to health problems. The question now is, whom will the city choose to replace Susan Burgess? Two city council members recently flipped on which way to vote [...]
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 [...] 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 [...]
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 [...]
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