Posted on November 14th, 2008 by David Boraks
A special commemorative ornament depicting the landscape of historic downtown Davidson will be sold during Christmas in Davidson next month. The annual festival, organized by Downtown Davidson Inc., is scheduled Dec. 4-6 along Main Street, South Main Street and the Exit 30 area.
Also in this column: Another seafood market springs up in Davidson; holiday farmer’s [...]
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Posted on November 7th, 2008 by David Boraks
Davidson-based classical public radio station WDAV-FM will resume its fall on-air fund-raising campaign next week, after halting the campaign a month ago amid a flurry of bad economic news. The campaign is set to resume Thursday, Nov. 13, and run through the following Tuesday, or until it reaches its target, a spokeswoman said.
The Davidson College-owned [...]
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Posted on November 4th, 2008 by David Boraks
Davidson merchants will welcome the 2008 holiday shopping season with a Holiday Open House Sunday, Nov. 9, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stores downtown, along South Main Street and at Davidson Commons off Exit 30 will participate.
Also in this column: Hatties Fresh Market opens on Highway 115; new magazine Lake Norman Currents is in the [...]
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Posted on November 2nd, 2008 by David Boraks
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
About a dozen West Side residents met again Thursday night, Oct. 30, to discuss concerns about asbestos and plans for redeveloping the Metrolina Warehouse, at Sloan and Depot Streets. It was the third neighborhood meeting on the issue. The group made no decision to support or oppose the developer’s proposal to clean up [...]
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Posted on November 1st, 2008 by David Boraks
Davidson kids (and maybe a few trick-or-treaters from surrounding towns) marched along Main Street Friday night collecting treats from local shopkeepers and businesses. The annual Halloween march started at Town Hall on South Main Street after 5 p.m. and progressed north on Main. Meanwhile, kids all over town dressed for the occasion.
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Posted on October 30th, 2008 by David Boraks
Potential revenue losses
$45,000 from property taxes
$71,000 from sales, occupancy and prepared food taxes
$4,000 reduction in taxes from miscellaneous beer, wine and ABC fees.
$21,500 in planning fees
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$141,500 total potential shortfall
Davidson officials are reevaluating spending plans for the current fiscal year as the economic slowdown takes a bite out of revenues from taxes and fees. Town Manager [...]
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Posted on October 28th, 2008 by David Boraks
A couple of announcements are out from Downtown Davidson Inc. today:
Davidson merchants will welcome the 2008 holiday shopping season with a Holiday Open House Sunday, Nov. 9, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Stores downtown, along South Main Street and at Davidson Commons off Exit 30 will participate.
McIntosh Law Firm has signed on as the presenting [...]
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Posted on October 24th, 2008 by David Boraks
We have a correction to our Thursday story about that Davidson-Concord Road home up at auction this week. Based on information available at Monday’s auction, we reported the home had sold. On Friday, the head of owner/builder J.D. North Construction told us his company had decided not to accept the $635,000 offer, which was well [...]
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Posted on October 23rd, 2008 by Brenda Barger
CORRECTION, Friday, Oct. 24: We originally reported this home had sold at auction. The owner told us Friday the offer had not been accepted. A revised version of the story follows.
Iron Horse Auction Co. was in Davidson again this week to sell another new but unoccupied private home just east of town, at 20105 [...]
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Posted on October 22nd, 2008 by David Boraks
Sabi Asian Bistro, a new East-West fusion restaurant serving everything from sushi to steak, opens this weekend at Harbour Place, on the first roundabout off I-77’s Exit 30. The restaurant grew out of a friendship between Charlotte entrepreneur Rob Mitchell and Chinese-born chef Tau Keung “Ken” Yung. We talked to the men Tuesday as they [...]
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