Posted on 19 December 2011.
Nighttime photo taken Friday at Davidson Pond, off Griffith Street. (Jay Wilson/DavidsonNews.net)
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Posted on 16 December 2011.
Five decorative signs are downtown. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
A collection of whimsical new signs have gone up around downtown, topped with icons of local significance – a fire engines, a gnome and a farmer’s market wagon. They’re among $55,000 in new “way-finding” and parking signage being installed around town this year as the town boosts its self-marketing.
The new signs are already grabbing attention. “There are five with decorated tops,” downtown manager Kim Fleming said Friday. “We just started with five to see what the reaction would be. It’s part of our entire parking and way-finding signage program.” Read the full story
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Posted on 15 December 2011.
Updated Friday, Dec. 16
A 7-year-old boy was injured in a collision with a car as he crossed North Main Street in downtown Davidson around 5:15 p.m. Thursday. His injuries did not appear to be life-threatening. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 December 2011.
Leland Park
Leland M. Park, a Davidson resident and retired library director at Davidson College, has been appointed to the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library Board of Trustees, the library announced Wednesday.
He was appointed by Charlotte Mecklenburg school board, filling a vacancy that opened earlier this year. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 December 2011.
With planning revived for the Red Line Regional Rail Project north of Charlotte, Davidson officials have scheduled a series of meetings this month and next to seek public input on plans for a commuter rail station on Jackson Street, behind the Davidson post office. The first information session is Thursday. Read the full story in REAL ESTATE & HOME»
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Posted on 14 December 2011.
Map shows locations of potential stations and financing districts. Click to download the PDF.
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
MOORESVILLE – Supporters of the Red Line Regional Rail Project north of Charlotte began their sales campaign in earnest Tuesday at a meeting of about 150 area elected and appointed officials. Leaders from across the region were there to hear the pitch, from Charlotte Mayor Anthony Foxx and Mecklenburg County Commission chair Harold Cogdell to town commissioners from the Lake Norman area.
There were plenty of skeptics in the crowd at the Charles Mack Citizens Center: local officials with questions about financing, retirees worried about higher taxes, and conservatives philosophically opposed to rail transit. Read the full story
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Posted on 13 December 2011.
Lake Norman-area leaders were scheduled to meet in Mooresville Tuesday to hear a new proposal to fund construction of the Red Line Regional Rail Project, which would run from Charlotte to Mooresville. The 25-mile Red Line has been discussed for years, but lately it hasn’t had much momentum. Supporters are trying to change that. Scott Graf, the morning host at our news partner WFAE-FM, talked to David Boraks of DavidsonNews.net and CorneliusNews.net, in advance of Tuesday’s meeting.
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Posted on 12 December 2011.
Commissioner Margo Williams and her dog Gracie on the steps of her Concord Road home last week. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
When Davidson Commissioners meet Tuesday night to take the oath of office for a new term, it will be the first time since 1995 that Margo Williams isn’t in the picture. As she steps down after eight terms, her unwavering and Texas-accented pleas for thoughtful planning, preserving Davidson’s unique character, and ensuring affordable housing will be absent. Read the full story
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