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Cornelius Police Department

Town leaders expected to look at options for a new police station

Jan. 15. By Dave Vieser. If planners have their say, there’s a good chance that the current Cornelius Police Dept. headquarters  will be replaced in the near future. The issue […]

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Town planners get first look at plans for 13-acre project

Jan. 14. By Dave Vieser. A plan to build “barn-dominiums” and flex warehouse space on 13 acres on Statesville Road/Hwy. 21 will get a “soup to nuts” review by the […]

Residents prepare to speak at the Town Board meeting on Lightbridge Academy

Plans for pre-school withdrawn, office building coming instead

Nov. 12. By Dave Vieser. Plans to build a pre-school facility at the intersection of West Catawba and Edinburgh Square Drive have been withdrawn and a commercial office building will be […]

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Any way you look at it, thousands of new residents are coming

Nov. 8. By Dave Vieser. There’s plenty of construction in Cornelius, most of it residential. Using data provided by the town, Cornelius Today estimates that, conservatively, more than 3,000 people […]

Downtown master plan: Citizen input needed

Add your thoughts to what downtown should become over the next 15 years

Oct. 24. By Donna Randazzo. There’s still time to provide input on how downtown Cornelius should grow and change over the next 15 years. Go to Cornelius.org/downtown to take the […]

Planning Board: Words of wisdom from the planning director

July 3. By Dave Vieser. At the June 5 Planning Board meeting, Planning Director Rox Burhans welcomed the new members and offered some interesting advice. “Over the next several years […]

Cornelius will choose firm that will do Downtown Master Plan

March 19. By Dave Vieser. The choice of who should craft a Downtown Master Plan is down to two firms: Kimley Horne and Bolton & Menk. Both firms have extensive […]

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Conditional zoning procedural changes will streamline the process

HOW OUR GOVERNMENT WORKS | By Dave Vieser Dec. 18. The newly adopted streamlined conditional zoning process should provide applicants, residents and board members with vital information sooner than previously […]

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There’s lots of developable property available in Cornelius

Sept. 20. By Dave Vieser. Cornelius Today reported exclusively back in June that construction on more than two dozen previously approved projects in the town has never begun. The projects […]

Mills Market is a transformational project planned downtown

Planning Board approves Mills Market

Aug. 15. By Dave Vieser. The Cornelius Planning Board unanimously approved Mills Market, a 250,000-square-foot mixed-use project planned for downtown Cornelius. The approval last night comes with conditions, most of […]