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Real Estate: Construction of luxury homes under way on Washam Potts
By Dave Vieser. Site preparation has begun for Washam Potts Reserve on the south side of Washam Potts Road, a short distance east of Westmoreland Road. According to the developer, Classica Homes, there will be 22 single-family ranch homes on the 7.32 acre plot. Projects such as this are considered “infill development” where homes are built […]
Newly published fantasy author lives in Cornelius in real life
By Dave Yochum. Michael Liguori is a mild-mannered e-commerce guy by day, and a mild-mannered fantasy novelist by night. Hydra Publications just published “Virtue and Vengeance,” a 500-page fantasy novel. Hydra has also published fantasy novels from New York Times bestselling author Richard A. Knaak and Amazon bestselling author Stuart Thaman. Louisville-based Hydra is the […]
Amadeo siblings score college milestones
Gabriela Amadeo and Sal Amadeo, sister and brother from Cornelius, are racking up honors in college. Gabriela is among several students who have been nominated for Outstanding Student of the Year at Campbell University’s School of Education. Gabriela, a member of the PSI CHI International Honor Society, is a psychology major and will graduate in […]
Is a cycling-friendly Cornelius within biking distance?
By Dave Yochum. Cornelius is getting serious about making the town bicycle friendly. More than two dozen bike signs are expected to go up this month. The signs will help cyclists—and motorists—get to know five key routes around town. The goal is to make cycling a meaningful way to get from Point A to Point […]
Eat This Up: Clean Juice growth spurt
It turns out that the little organic juice bar in Birkdale Village is one of the hottest franchises in the country. Clean Juice, based in Huntersville, has been named the NextGen in Franchising Global Competition Winner of 2018 and Franchise Gator’s fifth fastest-growing franchise of 2018. Their first location is in Birkdale. Since 2015 they […]
Are ‘Facebook Memories’ a white-washed version of our lives?
By Jon Show. While sitting and contemplating life one morning in February in the only room a parent is guaranteed solitude, I grabbed my phone and popped open Facebook to see what people I used to be friends with, people I’ve never been friends with, neighbors, and people I’m somehow connected to because are somehow […]
Real Estate: Reggie White home to be auctioned March 12
Looking for a big waterfront home in Cornelius? The 16,430-square-foot home built by former Carolina Panther Reggie White will be auctioned online March 12. with a starting bid price of $1.5 million. The home at 17235 Connor Quay Court has nine bathrooms, five bedrooms, a gym with a home theater, and an elevator. Connor […]
Sexual harassment in the workplace — When is a hug a good thing? When is it bad?
By Kate Stevens. A hug between two co-workers can be interpreted quite differently if the work environment is rife with crude jokes and sexual innuendos or if it is an open one with respectful communication and behavior. If the office culture is hostile, that hug could be interpreted as sexual harassment, according to human resource and […]
Burned out but still strong
By Dave Yochum. January 29 was like most mornings: Paula Wolfe was making breakfast and coffee, getting organized for another day as a popular licensed massage therapist, one of the first in Cornelius. Her historic home, an architectural gem with perfect proportions and a big front porch on Catawba Avenue, was cute as a button—and […]
Affordable housing: What’s the impact of rising property values
Affordable housing—better known as workforce housing in the world of economic development—will be the topic of the Business Today Newsmakers Breakfast March 21 at The Peninsula Club. Workforce housing is a term used by planners and economic developers to describe suitable living accommodations for people like first responders, single parents, teachers and service workers whose […]
