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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, [...]
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,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 [...]
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, 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, 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, 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 [...]
The breakfast meeting opened with talk of the county board meeting last night, June 3rd. The county board of commissioners “found” more money by increasing their estimation of the sales tax revenue. Some wonder if this is a good idea. Disappointment might follow in a few months if all of this [...]
Ballantyne Scoop is proud to announce our newest contributing reporter Susan Spaulding. She will be covering the weekly policy meetings at the Ballantyne Hotel. You can follow Susan on Twitter @susanjspaulding.
Ballantyne, NC – The breakfast meeting opened with talk of the new Captain Jack statue on the main campus of C.P.C.C. [...] 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 [...]
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Republic Development Group has filed a new site plan reducing the Ballantyne Affordable Housing site to 86 units. Click here to download and print the revised plan. Ballantyne, NC – The rezoning issue in the news for the Ballantyne area has gained a lot of community attention. Many are saying that Ballantyne residents [...] 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 [...] 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 [...]
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