Thunderbird Preparatory Academy‘s request to rezone a site on NC 115 south of downtown won unanimous support from the Planning Board Monday night. The charter school’s rezoning request now goes to the Cornelius Town Board, where it’s scheduled for a public hearing and possible vote on Jan. 6. Read the full story

Maupin Stewart points to a spot on a map of Potts Street in Davidson Monday during the first day of a two-day meeting at Town Hall. With him is Jeanne Neumann and at right, Don Morris. At left is Wade Walker of Alta Planning (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)

Updated 4:51pm Monday, Dec. 9, 2013
Planners and consultants held a two-day workshop last week at Davidson Town Hall to help develop a vision for the Potts, Sloan and Beaty Street corridor in Davidson.  The study comes as the town builds a case for reallocating up to $2 million in Charlotte Regional Transportation Planning Organization (CRTPO) funds for the work. Originally budgeted for a downtown parking deck associated with the stalled Red Line Regional Rail Project, the money could be shifted to transportation improvements along the corridor, Davidson Public Works chief Doug Wright said last week. Read the full story

Strata Solar’s solar farm in Kings Mountain, in Cleveland County. The company wants to build a similar facility in eastern Lincoln County, on Lake Norman. Click to see the company’s other projects. (SOURCE: Strata Solar)

Votes by two Lincoln County boards over the next two weeks could determine whether Strata Solar can build a planned 36-acre solar farm on land near Lake Norman. The plan has been at the center of a zoning battle over the past few months, with lakefront homeowners in the nearby SailView neighborhood organizing to try and stop the company. Read the full story

This holiday decoration uses natural elements.

With the beginning of the holiday season and cold weather, it is time to focus on your home’s seasonal décor. Some things are constant: putting up a green Christmas tree and using favorite ornaments. Beyond that, you can select a different color palette and scheme each year. That gives you something interesting to plan for. And makes your interiors exciting because they are new and fresh, a change from last year. Read the full story

An architect’s drawing shows the design of the planned Harris Teeter in downtown Cornelius.

Harris Teeter expects to break ground in April for its planned 53,000-square foot grocery in the Antiquity neighborhood in downtown Cornelius, and the store could be open in early 2015, the neighborhood’s developer said Tuesday. Meanwhile, developers also announced plans to break ground this spring for a senior housing complex of 86 apartments. And they’re talking to potential developers for another 300 apartments on a site next to the Harris Teeter. Read the full story

Click for the town’s map of the Potts-Sloan-Beaty corridor.

The Town of Davidson will host a public information session Monday and Tuesday, Dec.2-3, on plans for improvements and street connections in the Potts Street-Sloan Street-Beaty Street corridor. Questions include how and where to connect Sloan and Potts streets and what amenities do citizens want along the road connection.

The town is studying how best to create an alternate route to NC 115/Main Street, that will help traffic flow around downtown Davidson.  Read the full story