Posted on 14 March 2011. Tags: interior design, teal michel
Purple can be used successfully in any room, like this bathroom.
Purple is a color that results from mixing red, a color evoking excitement, and blue, which is considered a tranquil color. It has long been associated with royalty, reverence and creativity. Leonardo deVinci included it in his religious paintings. Wagner composed his operas in a room which had purple curtains. And Queen Victoria favored the color for her gowns, thus establishing it as the color to be seen in during her long reign beginning in the mid 1800s. Read the full story
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Posted on 14 March 2011. Tags: Industry news, lake norman realty, real estate
Lake Norman Realty Property Management Manager Tim Caryl (left) welcomes Mark Myrick (right).
Lake Norman Realty is continuing its expansion, announcing Monday that it has acquired brokerage and property manager Myrick Realty of Charlotte.
Read the announcement below:
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Posted in Industry news, Real estate market
Posted on 09 March 2011. Tags: business, chain stores, Davidson town board, drive-throughs, planning
- Town Manager Leamon Brice (right) and town planning manager Lauren Blackburn discuss drive-throughs. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
This article also appeared on our front page on 3/8/11.
By DAVID BORAKS
DavidsonNews.net
Should Davidson allow drive-up windows at restaurants and shops? The Town Board on Tuesday put that topic on the table for a lively discussion that was part history and part debate over what kind of town Davidson wants to be.
Davidson Town Manager Leamon Brice told the board developers have asked recently whether the town might change its rules to allow drive-throughs. Proposals could be on the way for the Exit 30 area or for yet-to-be designed projects on the horizon in the N.C. 73 area east of town.
LISTEN to an audio replay of the discussion below.
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Posted in Planning and development, Real estate market
Posted on 09 March 2011. Tags: arbor day, natural assets and tree advisory board, tree city usa
Eric Muecke, an urban forester with the NC Division of Forest Resources, shows the Town Board the award naming Davidson as a Tree City USA. (David Boraks/DavidsonNews.net)
Davidson’s efforts to preserve and protect its trees have earned it a new title, as a Tree City.
The designation came at the Tuesday, March 8, Town Board meeting, when Erick Muecke, an urban forestry specialist with the N.C. Division of Forest Resources, delivered news that Davidson has been given a 2011 Tree City USA Award. Read the full story
Posted in Natural Assets & Tree board, Planning and development
Posted on 07 March 2011. Tags: drive-through, fast food, mayes property, planning
Tuesday’s town board agenda came out Friday, and among the more intriguing items scheduled is a discussion on drive-through windows at businesses. Town officials say they called for the discussion because new proposals could be on the way soon from developers that could challenge the current ban on drive-throughs. Read the full story
Posted in Design Review Board, Planning and development
Posted on 07 March 2011. Tags: community one, Davidson East, fences, n.c. 73, planning, rezoning
Also Tuesday, board seeks comment and plans vote on new fence standards
Davidson’s Town Board will resume a public hearing Tuesday, March 8, on proposed changes in the town planning ordinance and planning maps that would include a rezoning of the former Davidson East site on N.C. 73. The town said the proposals have been revised since the February meeting.
A second public hearing is also planned at Tuesday’s Town Board meeting, on a proposed changes in the planning ordinance section on fence. And the board plans a discussion of drive-through windows at commercial developments. Read the full story
Posted in Planning and development, Planning board
