Posted on October 17th, 2008 by David Boraks
Want to help plan for our town’s future? The Town of Davidson is seeking volunteers to join study groups that will help develop a new comprehensive plan – a town-wide vision that will guide future development and policy decisions. The deadline for applications is Wednesday, Oct. 22. Details below.
Meanwhile, in other news from Town Hall: [...]
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Posted on October 15th, 2008 by David Boraks
The Town Board Tuesday night approved a pair of zoning-related requests – one after a lengthy discussion about conflicts-of-interest among board members. Commissioners also gave their blessing to the Bicycle Master Plan and the final report and recommendations of the Natural Assets Stakeholders Committee, or Greenprint Committee. The committee spent the past year studying the [...]
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Posted on September 30th, 2008 by David Boraks
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
The MI-Connection cable and internet system, owned by Davidson and Mooresville, finished its first fiscal year June 30 with better-than-expected financial results, the system’s chief financial officer said Thursday. At a meeting in Mooresville, the general manager also told the system’s board that a badly needed system upgrade is on track to [...]
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Posted on August 13th, 2008 by David Boraks
The Town Board Tuesday approved an amendment to Davidson’s cable TV interlocal agreement with Mooresville that will allow the two towns to borrow an additional $12.5 million for upgrades to the town-owned MI-Connection cable TV and internet system.
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Posted on August 11th, 2008 by David Boraks
Davidson’s Town Board meets Tuesday at 7 p.m. for its regular monthly meeting, with an agenda that includes a long list of key issues, including a possible fall bond referendum, cable TV financing, the purchase of land on Potts Street, N.C. 73/Davidson-Concord Road planning and public art.
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Posted on June 11th, 2008 by David Boraks
The Town Board on Tuesday approved the $8.7 million budget for the 2008-2009 fiscal year, which begins July 1. The new spending plan raises taxes by 2 cents per $100 of valuation and boosts the town’s vehicle privilege tax to $20 annually. It leaves out many projects on the town’s wish list, but funds essential [...]
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Posted on June 4th, 2008 by David Boraks
Davidson and Mooresville elected officials met Thursday, May 29, in Mooresville for an update on the town-owned MI-Connection cable system and a discussion of how to come up with an extra $12.5 million needed to complete a planned upgrade of the network.
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Posted on May 9th, 2008 by Davidson News Staff
The MI-Connection cable system, owned by Davidson and Mooresville, has issued its first quarterly progress report, including a review of financial results that it says shows the sytem is ahead of budget. The report also says subscribers have risen 4.9 percent since the towns acquired the system in December, to the current 15,826. And officials [...]
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Posted on April 11th, 2008 by David Boraks
The board of the town-owned MI-Connection cable system plans to ask Davidson and Mooresville for an additional $12.5 million. The towns had said previously they would need more money because the price tag to buy the system last December was $11 million more than expected. But the extra capital also includes money for new, unanticipated [...]
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Posted on January 10th, 2008 by David Boraks
Time Warner has received cable franchises from the state so it can legally serve new customers it has inherited in north Mecklenburg, Davidson and Mooresville, The Charlotte Observer reports this morning (Jan. 10). The paper also reports that cable rates are rising again this year for Time Warner’s Mecklenburg customers.
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