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Woodlawn School plans to add classrooms and athletic facilities as enrollment increases by 15 percent next year. The school also announced this week the appointment of Angela McKenzie as the Assistant Head of School.  Read the full story

By DAVID BORAKS
CorneliusNews.net

The local citizens group Widen I-77 is pressing its case against the NC Department of Transportation’s $655 million plan to widen I-77 using toll lanes. Leaders will make another public presentation at a meeting in Cornelius Thursday night, and they said this week they’ve hired an unnamed lawyer to explore whether they can sue to halt the project. Read the full story

By LINCOLN DAVIDSON
DavidsonNews.net

While sexual assaults at Davidson College have been grabbing headlines in recent weeks, national statistics show that the reported rate of sexual offenses at the college is close to the average at similar campuses and part of a national trend of campus sexual assault. Read the full story

Davidson Lands Conservancy will host its annual meeting, including a nature program on butterflies, a tour of 75 acres of newly conserved land, and election of officers, this Sunday, Nov. 2, 2-5 at The Pines at Davidson, 400 Avinger Lane, in Davidson.

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With new businesses  setting up shop and Davidson’s population expected to grow by 50% over the next five years, the layout of the town is changing at a rapid pace. As town planners and residents debate the ways Davidson should grow, it is easy to forget that the town has been changing continuously since it was founded in the 19th century.

In a presentation at town hall on Sunday, Anelise Shrout, postdoctoral fellow in digital studies at Davidson College, will explore the town’s evolution from the 19th century to the present, using both historical and contemporary maps. Her presentation “Mapping Davidson’s Past” begins at 4pm. See the event listing in the calendar.

Davidson Town Hall is located at 216 South Main St. 

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By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net

A fire early Thursday destroyed a large home under construction on Maddy Lane, off June Washam Road, in east Davidson. Officials valued the home and land at $1.4 million.

As of 3pm, fire officials listed the fire’s cause as “undetermined.”  The Mecklenburg County Fire Marshal’s office is investigating, and fire officials on the scene said state and federal fire investigators also have been called in to help determine the cause.  Read the full story

By JONATHAN COX
DavidsonNews.net

To keep pace with growth, consultants say the town of Davidson needs to nearly double its amount of retail space. An estimated 6,000 people are expected to move to the town’s trade area over the next five years, increasing demand on Davidson’s limited number of stores.

The University of North Carolina School of Government has done a market analysis of downtown Davidson, and found that existing retail options fall far short of demand. The average American town has 45 square feet of retail per person – Davidson has just 17. So shoppers from the Davidson area spent $177 million outside the area last year, driving to Huntersville or Mooresville, for example, to do their shopping.

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