Cornelius News
131 MAIN will open pop-up beer garden
Oct. 1. By Dave Yochum. Capitalizing on the growth industry that is craft beer, 131 MAIN is opening a pop-up beer garden across Bailey Road next to the Cowboy restaurant. Restaurateur Joe Douglas says the seasonal operation will include beers from Primal, Triple C, Catawba and Birdsong among others. The 3,750 square foot LKN Beer […]
Pipeline project about 3/4 complete
Sept. 29. By Dave Vieser. For months heavy duty machinery has been operating on the west side of Hwy. 21/Statesville Road, working on something underground. No project had ever been announced for this area, a portion of which is adjacent to the Augustalee property, so inquiring minds at Cornelius Today reached out to various municipalities […]
Transportation planning organization looking for input
Sept. 28. The Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO) is developing future transportation projects for Iredell, Mecklenburg and Union counties, and is requesting resident input on potential transportation priorities. Three major Cornelius projects are included and town officials urge residents to support the proposal. “All of these are great projects for Cornelius,” said Mayor Pro […]
Griffins buy building for ZoomUp HQ
Sept. 26. That mysterious, but good-looking building with the awesome cars at the corner of Liverpool and Sefton Park has been sold to members of the Griffin family who will use it as a home base for ZoomUp. ZoomUp is a new business venture that focuses on acquiring businesses in traditional lines of work—a plumbing […]
Cook Out buys KFC site in Cornelius
Sept. 26. By Dave Vieser. The Cook Out fast-food chain has purchased the KFC building on West Catawba Avenue for $1.8 million. The, chain, which launched in Greensboro in 1989, will open in Cornelius later this year. The sale of the old KFC took place Aug. 27. Assistant Town Planner Aaron Tucker said Cook Out […]
Bethel BBQ Sept. 26 will be the last one
Sept. 9. By Dave Yochum. The 25th Annual Bethel Presbyterian Church BBQ Sept. 26 will be the last one at the historic Cornelius Church. Rising costs and changing demographics and tastes are to blame. But this is not the church’s final mission event by any means. The barbecue has helped more than 20 local charities […]
Firefighters will train tonight at old Rite Aid
Sept. 24. What do you do with a late-1990s big box that will soon be demolished? You use it as a training prop. Fire Chief Guerry Barbee says the Cornelius-Lemley Volunteer Fire Dept. is using the roof of the old Rite Aid at the corner of Jetton and West Catawba to simulate what to do if an […]
It’s only a test, but sirens will sound Oct. 9
The outdoor warning sirens around the McGuire Nuclear Station will be tested at 11:50 am Wednesday, Oct. 9. The 67 sirens within 10 miles of the McGuire Nuclear Station will sound for three minutes. The test is performed in cooperation with emergency officials in Mecklenburg, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln and Catawba counties, who are responsible for sounding […]
20 new houses worth more than $40 million in construction
By Dave Yochum. Cornelius may be getting wealthier and grayer. An informal survey of new building permits shows more than two dozen single-family homes are under construction or were built between Jan. 1 of 2017 and mid-August of this year. Construction values of three individual homes—one on Freshwater, one on Mollypop and one on Belle Isle—weigh […]
School options: Committees lay out choices for local towns
By Dave Yochum. The Cornelius Educational Options Study Commission was created to evaluate options related to HB514 and the ability of local jurisdictions to establish charter schools. HB 514 gives four Charlotte suburbs—Cornelius, Huntersville, Matthews and Mint Hill—the authority to create and operate their own charter schools. The suburbs can limit enrollment in the new […]
