Cornelius News
Town budget talks get under way Wednesday with marathon session
March 22. The town’s budget workshop/retreat will be held again this year in the assembly room at Town Hall, not the fabled Graylyn International Conference Center in Winston-Salem. The intense financial planning session will run from 9 am to 5 pm on March 24. What happens is a department-by-department discussion of capital spending and staffing […]
March 22 COVID update
March 22. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,248 new COVID-19 cases, down from 2,133 new daily cases a month ago on Feb. 22. Hospitalizations were at 924 today, down from 1,7567 exactly one month ago. There were 16 new COVID-19 related deaths statewide, one in Mecklenburg County. Beginning this week, […]
CMS superintendent to recommend Plan A next week for middle, high schools
March 19. Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools Superintendent Earnest Winston will present a recommendation for moving middle and high school students to Plan A (minimal social distancing) to the CMS board at their meeting this coming Tuesday. That recommendation is likely to mirror the current Plan A for elementary schools, with students whose families opt for them […]
Amidst fast growth, how to update the 2014 land use plan is the critical question
March 19. Dave Vieser. The March 18 special joint meeting between the Cornelius Town Board and the Cornelius Planning Board—the first such meeting since 2017—began a deeper dive into how to deal with the town’s land use plan and burgeoning growth. Last updated in 2014, the plan has come under fire from residents and some […]
March 19 COVID update
March 18. The median of new coronavirus cases over the past seven days (1,998) in North Carolina is running 4.5 percent below the median during the past 31 days (2,093), based on COVID-19 data supplied by Johns Hopkins University. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 1,915 new COVID-19 cases, down from […]
Townhomes planned for Feriba Place
March 19. By Dave Vieser. A nine-unit townhome project proposed by Blue Heel Development would occupy a half acre of vacant land on the west side of Feriba Place north of Townwood in downtown Cornelius. To be called The Towns at Feriba Place, the project would bring affordable townhomes within walking distance of downtown. The […]
Mooresville Main Street Champion
March 19. Long-time volunteer Hugh Sykes, the treasurer of the Mooresville Downtown Commission, has been named Downtown Mooresville’s 2020 Main Street Champion. A former business owner, Sykes has been a board member for more than a dozen years, managing the Downtown Mooresville Cruise-In event for many years which regularly attracted as many as 600 classic […]
Town leaders looking for consensus-building in Smithville revitalization plan
March 18. By Dave Vieser. The Smithville neighborhood is facing the same challenges other historically black communities are facing nationwide: Gentrification taking advantage of what is now blight and lower home values. Complicating this is the fact that the town owns more than a dozen lots in the area. “We are in trouble folks,” said […]
COVID update March 18: Statewide positivity rate 3.9%
March 18. The median of new coronavirus cases over the past seven days (1,998) in North Carolina is running 6.3 percent below the median during the past 31 days (2,133), based on COVID-19 data supplied by Johns Hopkins University. The NC Dept. of Health & Human Services today reported 2,004 new COVID-19 cases, about the […]
New COVID cases over the past 7 days down 13.2% compared to previous 31 days
March 17. By Dave Yochum. The median of new coronavirus cases over the past seven days (1,861) in North Carolina is running 13.2 percent below the median during the past 31 days (2,145), based on COVID-19 data supplied by Johns Hopkins University. As of Feb. 17, the median of the prior week was 21.7 percent […]
