Town budget retreat at Graylyn conference center in March
Screen shot of a room at Graylyn
Feb. 15. By Dave Vieser. After a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic, the Town of Cornelius will hold its annual budget retreat at the Graylyn International Conference Center in Winston-Salem.
The retreat, a special town board meeting that is open to the public, is a strenuous, two-day work session where the mayor, members of the Board of Commissioners and key staffers take a deep dive into the details of municipal budgeting and goal-setting.
Attend
This year, the workshop runs from 9 am to 5 pm on March 30 and from 9 am to noon March 31. 
Background
Graylyn is the former home of Bowman Gray, a son of the founder of Wachovia, who went on to become chairman of the board of R. J. Reynolds. The Norman Revival mansion is now an executive conference center owned by Wake Forest University.
The town’s off-site budget retreat at Graylyn costs about $6,000.
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Ridiculous that we are paying for a vacation at a luxury resort for the town board. $6000 could be better spent elsewhere.
What $6,000 for a vacation. For two meeting both 9 by 5 . Come on guys you can do better than this. How about the conference room in town hall.Then support our local restaurants in Cornelius for Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner Then go home to your family. That will be more counterproductive and a sense of pride helping our local restaurants.
I agree with the comments regarding a retreat at a luxury resort.. it is unnecessary when they could meet for free in the mayors office or the conference room at the town hall! The meeting is composed of public officials and employees not CEOs and corporate officials who take meeting retreats as corporate ‘write-offs’!
I assume our tax dollars will be paying for this very important meeting! Rooms, food, etc!
What a waste of tax dollars!
Huge waste of taxpayer money for luxury overnight accommodations. I agree with the comment about supporting local restaurants for their meals and going home to sleep in their own homes. If they feel the need to leave Cornelius, how about using a conference center in Davidson or Huntersville, maybe even Charlotte? But forego the expensive overnight stays.