The Stoney Creek Boys from Cornelius will provide the music for Flatiron’s first Fall Festival

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

For the past couple of years, Davidson College’s Connor eating house and Flatiron Kitchen + Taphouse have teamed for a “Drink Pink” fundraiser for breast cancer research. This year, they’re going in whole different direction – trading a night of drinking for a daytime festival in Flatiron’s back parking that organizers hope will raise more money for the cause. The Flatiron Fall Festival will run Saturday, Oct. 20, from 11 a.m. to 3 pm, out back at 215 S. Main St., Davidson.

Several hundred people are expected at the event, which will feature music by The Stoney Creek Boys of Cornelius, a cornhole tournament, a silent auction, pumpkin and face painting and more. Read the full story

Dogs can dress, too. Costumed kids and parents strolled up Main Street collecting candy from merchants in the 2011 Halloween March. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Put on your costume and join hundreds of fellow marchers for downtown Davidson’s 2012 Halloween march on Friday, Oct. 26 along Main Street. The parade begins at 5 p.m., with lineup beginning at 4:45 p.m. at Town Hall, 216 S. Main St.

Davidson’s shops and businesses will be handing out treats along Main Street. The march starts at Town Hall and heads north to to Depot Street.

Meanwhile, planning has begun for the next major Main Street event, Christmas in Davidson, running Nov. 29-Dec. 1 in downtown Davidson: Read the full story

The new Shoe Zoo children’s shoe store is planning an Oct. 27 grand opening and fundraiser at the shop in Davidson Commons. Meanwhile, deadlines approaching for businesses and organizations that want to participate in both the 25th annual Christmas in Davidson festival Nov. 29-Dec. 1, and the North Mecklenburg Christmas Parade on Dec. 1. Also below: News about a home-based business networking meeting in Davidson Nov. 9, a location change for Fifi’s Fine Resale in Cornelius, a new hotel at I-77 Exit 33, and the closing of Roxy’s Coffee and Wine in Cornelius. Read the full story

The Chinese parent of Denver Global Products Inc. announced this week that it plans to build a $30.2 million plant for manufacturing, distribution and research and development in Lincoln County, on the west side of Lake Norman.

The company currently has 27 workers at the site on North Pilot Knob Road, but expects to employ 450 when the plant is completed. Read the full story

The Davidson Think Tank, a group of local residents that explores local issues through video and events, takes a look this week at the role of this website in the community. Paul Studtmann, a Davidson College professor and Davidson Think Tank member, interviewed David Boraks, the founder and editor of Davidson News LLC. Read the full story

The Davidson Village Green has seen just about every kind of gathering in recent years, from candle-light vigils and concerts to a bass-fishing tournament weigh-in and even a Guinness world record paddle-ball gathering. Get ready to add one more unique event: Yoga on the Green. The free festival and fundraiser is this Saturday, Oct. 13, on the Green. Read the full story, including an interview with Kelley Gardner, The Bindu founder and event organizer, in HEALTH & FITNESS»

Ninth Congressional district candidates Democrat Jennifer Roberts and Libertarian Curtis Campbell offered diverging views of government in an election forum Thursday night at Davidson College. The forum also included candidates for Mecklenburg County Commission. Listen to audio replays of the three sessions on our ELECTION2012 page»

Also on our Election 2012 page today:

• Voter registration ends Friday; early voting begins Oct. 18 – information for voters about the upcoming election.
• Mooresville commissioner proposes switching to partisan elections

Work has begun at the 14.7-acre site off Harbor Place Drive, near the Homewood Suites, where MSC is building a new $31 million headquarters. See a rendering of the planned building below (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

Town officials this week gave final approval to a $14 million package of state and local incentives that helped lure MSC Industrial Direct Corp. to choose Davidson for a new “co-headquarters.” The approval came as workers have begun grading the site off I-77 Exit 30 in preparation construction of the $31 million office project. Read the full story