Davidson’s Town Board holds its monthly work session tonight, where commissioners are expected to review on a conditional rezoning request for signage at Rushco Davidson Market, off I-77 Exit 30. The board also will hear a presentation from economic development manager Kris Krider and Downtown Director Sandy Lemons on a proposed downtown/economic development work plan.
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Davidson’s Planning Board and Town Board both will review a proposal for signage at the Rushco Davidson Market, under construction at Davidson Gateway Drive and Griffith Street, off Exit 30. Read a preview of the two meetings and download the sign proposal in Real Estate & Home, CLICK HERE>

Fifth Third Bank has put up for sale 104 acres at I-77 and Westmoreland Road in Cornelius that once was slated to become a massive mixed-use development called Augustalee. The Charlotte Business Journal reports that Fifth Third completed its foreclosure on the property in August and has hired Piedmont Land Sales and CB Richard Ellis to market the site, possibly for offices.

LINK: Sept. 24, 2010, Charlotte Business Journal, “Fifth Third puts failed Cornelius project site on the block.”

The Davidson Design Review Board meets Wednesday night with an agenda that includes a review of the design for the proposed Mooney’s Corner, a 4-story commercial building in the town’s historic district on South Main Street, next to Town Hall. The board also will consider design and signage for an Aquesta Bank ATM at Knox Realty, on Main Street and a proposal by developers of Davidson Bay Phase 2, off Beaty Street, to replace three garages with offices. Details in Real Estate & Home, CLICK HERE>

Davidson officials are planning another new park, this one at the end of Armour Street on Lake Davidson. Planners are collecting ideas through an online survey. See a map and read more. Also, the latest home sales, and a link to a thought-provoking commentary about the real cost of free parking. In REAL ESTATE & HOME>

Young cyclists cross Main Street last week. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Town officials, residents and local cyclists will take a bicycle ride through town on Saturday, Sept. 25, to promote bicycle safety, an issue much in the news recently because of collisions between vehicles and bicycles. The 10 a.m. ride will cover about 3 miles of Davidson’s South Prong Greenway as well as town streets, and coincides with the official marking of the greenway as part of the Carolina Thread Trail.

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Davidson’s Town Board on Tuesday endorsed a proposal for high-occupancy toll lanes on I-77, which could help ease congestion and provide money to widen the highway between north Charlotte and Cornelius. The board also approved historic landmark status for a modernist house on Lorimer Road and a Jim Crow-era store on the West Side. And the meeting saw a rare 3-2 split vote on final item of the night – a Davidson Lands Conservancy request to allow a “beer garden” on the Village Green after this Saturday’s Run for Green road races.

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By DAVID BORAKS and KAREN CIMINO WILSON
DavidsonNews.net

Updated 11:53 a.m.
Davidson IB Middle School on South Street is among 14 schools that could be closed as Charlotte Mecklenburg school board rethinks the way the system does business. That was one of the points to emerge from a 3-hour school board work session Thursday in Charlotte.

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