The area is getting another Saturday fish market – this time at the Bradford store – as one local purveyor expands. Also in this week’s BizNotes column:

• Lake Norman Regional Medical Center CEO quits.
• March 19 workshop for food vendors at public events
• Sparqware leases office at Harbour Place.
• Open that Bottle at Campania Feb. 28
• New fast chicken restaurant “Tenders Fresh Food” debuts
• BUSINESS CALENDAR, including a South Main Square Business Network kickoff, MI-Connection board meeting, free seminars at Healthy Home Market.

FISH AT BRADFORD STORE

David Meeks and son Josh Meeks, who run Hattie’s Fresh Market at N.C. 115 and Presbyterian Road north of Davidson, are expanding their local fish sales to a second location. Beginning this weekend, they’ll be at The Bradford Store, off N.C. 73 east of Davidson, on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.

Operating in the Bradford barn as Carolina Seafood, they’ll have fresh fish and seafood they pick up weekly from the Carolinas coast. Here’s what’s on the list this week: N.C. red snapper, N.C. southern flounder, N.C. shrimp, scallops, hand-picked N.C. blue crab lump meat and N.C. oysters.

More about the business at www.hattiesfreshmarket.com/ or call David and Josh at 704-562-7052.

Hattie’s is one of two local weekly markets for fish lovers in Davidson. Mike Casagrande, who goes by The Fish Guy, drops off fish orders to customers in the parking lot outside Campania Café on South Main Street. He’s there from 11 to noon. He’s at cltfishguy@gmail.com.

LAKE NORMAN REGIONAL CEO EXITS

Lake Norman Regional Medical Center in Mooresville is looking for a new chief executive. The Charlotte Business Journal reported this week on its website that Michael Cowling has been replaced on an interim basis by Vicki Briggs. Ms. Briggs is a division vice president with the hospital’s parent company, Health Management Associates of Naples, Fla.  Mr. Cowling was named CEO in April.

WORKSHOP FOR FOOD VENDORS

The Mecklenburg County Health Department will hold a public workshop about outdoor food vending March 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Davidson Town Hall, 216 S. Main St. The workshop is for anyone who sells or is thinking about selling food at public events, and will cover temporary food permits and other requirements.

It’s open to businesses and non-profit groups. The meeting is mandatory for any non-profit organization that wants to sell food at an event sponsored by Davidson Parks & Recreation. Register at www.d-recs.org or call 704-892-3349.

SPARQWARE MOVES TO DAVIDSON

Online data services firm Sparqware has moved into new offices at 130 Harbour Place, Suite 340, in the One Harbor Place development off I-77 Exit 30.

The firm, led by technology entrepreneur Jeff Fink, has leased 2,000 square feet, according to a press release. Sparqware offers cloud-based data services that enable small businesses to more effectively manage finances, customers, processes, and employees.

The property is owned and managed by Childress Klein of Charlotte. Tom McMahon of Sperry Van Ness assisted Sparqware with the lease.

OPEN THAT BOTTLE AT CAMPANIA

Campania Café in South Main Square off South Main Street will have an “Open That Bottle Night” in its new Trattoria dining room on Feb. 28 from 5 until closing (10 p.m.)

Open That Bottle Night was devised a decade ago by the wine writers at The Wall Street Journal to give readers a special occasion for those bottles that have been waiting for just the right moment to open.

The night “gives everyone the opportunity to enjoy their own beloved wine with their favorite cuisine and most importantly, share the experience with the special people in their lives,” Campania says in an announcement.

Reservations are recommended, but not required. For details, call 704-987-5111.

131 MAIN OWNERS TRY FAST CHICKEN

The owners of the 131 Main restaurants in the Charlotte area have launched a new fast-food chicken restaurant concept called Tenders Fresh Food on Highway 21/Statesville Road at Westmoreland Road in Cornelius.

The group said in a press release that Tenders will focus on fresh chicken tenders, chicken and pork tenderloin sandwiches, hand-cut fresh fries, four types of milkshakes, fruit cups, and fountain drinks.

“Everything is fresh,” Chief Operating Officer Mike Vaughn said in the press release. “No freezer. The sandwiches are available grilled or fried. We like the term ‘fast food fresh’ to describe what we’re offering.”

The first Tenders Fresh Food restaurant opened recently on Highway 21 in a building that formerly housed another restaurant. “This lets us test and refine our operations before designing a new building prototype which we hope to use in several spots around the Charlotte Region, then beyond,” Mr. Vaughn said.

Tenders Fresh Food and 131 Main are owned and operated by Captiva Restaurant Group based in Cornelius.

BUSINESS CALENDAR

SATURDAY, FEB. 21, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Healthy Home Market, Sadler Square Shopping Center, Griffith Street – ZuZu Lux Vegan Cosmetics makeover (RSVP for an appointment). Renee Graham, a licensed makeup artist, will perform makeovers using ZuZu Lux Vegan Cosmetics, which are animal cruelty free. Renee will spend 15 minutes with each customer to help select foundation, eyeshadow, blush, mascara, lipstick, lip liner and eye liner for your skin type. We ask that you arrive to your appointment with a clean face.

TUESDAY, FEB. 24, 6-7 p.m., Healthy Home Market, Sadler Square Shopping Center, Griffith Street – Medicinal Tea Party sponsored by Bija Teas. Learn from an herbalist about the ways you can use these herbs as teas to better your health. Participants will have a chance to taste the teas and go home with samples. Light food will be available.

THURSDAY, FEB. 26, 7:30 a.m., MI-Connection Board Room, 420 S. Academy St., Mooresville – MI-Communications System board meeting, including a report from General Manager Junior Miller, info on the stimulus package from Nick Milller, and a closed session with attorney.

THURSDAY, FEB. 26 8:30 a.m., South Main Square Executive Offices, 442 S. Main St. – South Main Square Business Network event. Davidson business owners welcome.

Engel

FRIDAY, FEB. 27, 8 a.m., Lake Norman Chamber, 19900 West Catawba Ave., Cornelius – Lake Norman Chamber Focus Friday program on “How are Lake Norman’s Banks Responding to the Credit Crisis?” With Jim Engel From Aquesta Bank, Woody Washam from CommunityOne Bank, and Richard Pappas from Regions Bank. Details on the Chamber website.

TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2 to 5 p.m., Healthy Home Market, Sadler Square Shopping Center, Griffith Street – Aubrey Organics Facial and Body products presents free facials and skin typing. Aubrey is a 100 percent natural skin and body care line. Renee Graham, a licensed makeup artist, will help you to determine what type of skin you have and the proper products to solve your skin issues. Each appointment will be 15 minutes.

SATURDAY, MARCH 28, 1-4 p.m., Healthy Home Market, Sadler Square Shopping Center, Griffith Street – Natural Health Fair, an annual event where you can meet local natural health practitioners, sample natural foods, taste organic wines, get free product samples and meet others interested in natural living. If you are new to natural living, this is a perfect introduction for you.