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I have seen that mill building and it is very large for such a small town.  Gaston County is coming back and really starting to grow now and it is cheaper than Charlotte.  For too long Gaston grew much slower than any county around Charlotte but that seems to be changing.  

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20 hours ago, KJHburg said:

I have seen that mill building and it is very large for such a small town.  Gaston County is coming back and really starting to grow now and it is cheaper than Charlotte.  For too long Gaston grew much slower than any county around Charlotte but that seems to be changing.  

SSSHHHHHH!!!!!  We don't want to become the next Union or Iredell County!!!  :tw_grimace:

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On 8/30/2018 at 10:57 AM, KJHburg said:

Concord's old Phillip Morris plant old Alevo plant has a new marketing website for its huge facility.   Take a look and you will see how massive this facility is.

http://www.thegroundsatconcord.com/

Aside from lack of direct interstate access, this is perfect for an auto assembly plant.  It's already got the rail spur in place, the water and sewer, zoned heavy industrial, and is 1500+ acres.  And with respect to interstates, it's less than 4 miles away from 85 and less than 6 away from 485, so despite its lack of direct access to an interstate, it's still pretty close to two.  Concord (or whoever owns it)really should sell off the warehouses on the southern end of the site, pursue a megasite certification for the rest of the site, and go after an auto assembly plant.  

Automakers probably couldn't reuse the existing building so the city could also offer to remove it free of charge as an incentive should it land an auto plant.  Also the city could build a truck only roadway to 85 as an additional sweetener.

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15 hours ago, QCxpat said:

CABARRUS COUNTY  -  Story from the UNC Charlotte Urban Institute, "Rare, unspoiled Piedmont prairie wins protection," by Crystal Cockman, September 6, 2018.

Wonderful story about how 250+-year-old Tar Heel families (the Ritchie's and the Suther's), Cabarrus County, and the NC Plant Conservation Program have partnered to save what may be the only remaining natural Piedmont prairie known to exist in North Carolina. 

"Louis Suther, one of the property owners, says the Ritchie family came to the site in 1738 and settled with a land grant from the British crown. He says the settlers wrote their relatives back home that they had found a beautiful meadow similar to what they left in Switzerland, and were building a log cabin just above it. Although many people think most of the United States was forested before European settlement, there were vast expanses the Native Americans kept open as grasslands by burning."

"The Suther Prairie is significant because the land there has never been worked or plowed. The Suthers have managed it for hay – and only that. As a result, wildflowers and grasses have been allowed to flourish. More than 250 plant species are found on the site. In springtime the prairie is beautiful with white atamasco lilies, orange Indian paintbrush, and purple Virginia spiderwort.  It is also one a few sites in the state where the red Canada lily grows."

"Cabarrus County has purchased the site, and it is being turned over to the state’s North Carolina Plant Conservation Program, which will manage it to protect the prairie and the diversity of species found there.  Today this special place looks the same as it did 150 years ago.  And with the protection, it should look the same 150 years in the future."   

The Suther Prairie in Cabarrus County, blooming with atamasco lilies and Indian paintbrush. Photo courtesy Three Rivers Land Trust          

Photo courtesy Three Rivers Land Trust.

Link:  http://ui.uncc.edu/story/suther-prairie-piedmont-prairie-preserved

Wonderful news and information!  Thanks!.. An early explorer, John Lawson, reported a "25 mile" diameter field just south of present day Salisbury. Yes, the Woodland Indians burned but we also has some animals that foraged.....like elk and buffalo that helped perpetuate them.  It would've been really cool to have seen this land before we Euros arrived.  We just can't industrialize fast enough, can we.

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Lincoln County Apple Festival, Saturday, September 15, 2018 - West Main Street, Lincolnton, NC , 9:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. 

Apple Festival

N.B.:  Not yet clear if Hurricane Florence will impact the festival this weekend.

Link:  http://www.lincolncountyapplefestival.com/

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Story about the old Alevo Phillip Morris plant property over 1000 acres now being marketed by JLL

https://www.independenttribune.com/news/friday-five-the-grounds-at-concord-philip-morris-alevo-site/article_d8cd20b8-bd15-11e8-b184-f75d9d4b9ac8.html

the official marketing website

http://www.thegroundsatconcord.com/

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BOONE - Just a 2 hour drive and 101.8 miles from Charlotte via US 321-N - College football games & beautiful fall foliage

Elevation:  3,333 feet     Est. Pop.  18,834 as of 07/01/2016   Home to 19,000 ASU Mountaineers!

Pack a picnic and enjoy the view from Howards Knob Park.

Pack a picnic and enjoy the view from Howards Knob Park.   "Along the way, Boone reminds you, with its twisting, turning, and unpredictable roads, with each push forward moving you closer to the sun, that regardless of mist or dry skies, it's a place that still belongs to the earth.  We are but merely borrowing it from the mountains."

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Doc Watson sculpture in downtown Boone, NC

"College Town Travel: Boone, Home to Appalachian State University, it's a quaint mountain town full of surprises," by Jared Misner, 09/24/2018

Link:  http://www.charlottemagazine.com/Charlotte-Magazine/October-2018/College-Town-Travel-Boone/    

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ROCK HILL.  "Charlotte-area city lands on annual ranking of 'best places to live in America,'" Charlotte Business Journal, by Jenna Martin, September 19, 2018.  

"Rock Hill has secured a spot on an annual set of rankings that seek to determine the best places to live in America based on economic growth, affordability and quality of life.  Money magazine and Realtor.com put Rock Hill at No. 49 on its top 50 ranking."

Image result for image of downtown rock hill sc 

Link:  https://www.bizjournals.com/charlotte/news/2018/09/19/charlotte-area-city-lands-on-annual-ranking-of.html

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Not sure where to put this because it's not quite Pineville and not quite Ballantyne but I drove past the intersection of Park/Johnston and Pineville-Matthews road and noticed a retail/office building going up on the recently cleared tiny lot beside the Walgreens and in front of the Charlotte Catholic parking deck. Got a quick glimpse of the rendering on the fencing and it looks to be four stories and 5,000 sq/ft. Not particularly noteworthy, but this coming up to the sidewalk with Catholic's deck immediately behind it might look surprisingly dense for a second as you drive by.

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So as I skimmed over the Agenda's latest 'review' of Charlotte's burbs something struck me. If we had been able to execute the original transit plan then a substantial portion of the burbs being discussed would have been connected to our core (Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mooresville, Pineville) and our modern plan might connect a couple more (Matthews and Belmont).

Imagine how different our metro would be if seven of our largest suburban communities were no longer completely straightjacketed by traffic (this was the Agenda's top complaint). 

https://www.charlotteagenda.com/107917/charlotte-suburb-power-rankings/

 

 

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9 hours ago, kermit said:

So as I skimmed over the Agenda's latest 'review' of Charlotte's burbs something struck me. If we had been able to execute the original transit plan then a substantial portion of the burbs being discussed would have been connected to our core (Huntersville, Cornelius, Davidson, Mooresville, Pineville) and our modern plan might connect a couple more (Matthews and Belmont).

Imagine how different our metro would be if seven of our largest suburban communities were no longer completely straightjacketed by traffic (this was the Agenda's top complaint). 

https://www.charlotteagenda.com/107917/charlotte-suburb-power-rankings/

 

 

Some of us are still hoping this happens.

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