The chamber project is building this house on Poole Place, off Bailey Road in Cornelius, for the Patterson family.

CORNELIUS – Lake Norman Chamber of Commerce members have hit their goal of raising $71,500 to pay for construction of a Habitat for Humanity House for a family in Cornelius. The group hit the target thanks to a recent fund-raising party and last-minute pledges from local businesses, according to Denis Bilodeau, chair of the chamber board’s community affairs division.

The chamber had been raising money and planning the Business Build project since last fall, according to Mr. Bilodeau, who also is president of Aquesta Insurance Services Inc. Wells Fargo kicked off the effort by committing $50,000, of which $20,000 was set up as a matching challenge: The Chamber had to raise another $20,000 to get the rest. Read the full story

The Antiquity Heights Apartments, nearing completion. (Christina Ritchie Rogers / DavidsonNews.net)

By CHRISTINA RITCHIE ROGERS
DavidsonNews.net

The much-anticipated Antiquity Heights Apartments, in the Antiquity neighborhood off N.C. 115 in Cornelius, should be ready for tenants by mid-June, according to Solstice Parters Manager Cathy Connors. Read the full story

The sky is ominous. Programing for the evening is preempted. Screens are filled with maps with bright colors and directional tracks and forecasters are relaying watches and warnings and calling for neighborhood after neighborhood to “take shelter immediately!”

It’s tornado season.

I’ve spent most of my life in the north, where storm planning consisted of gathering provisions, gassing up the snow blower, and hunkering down until the worst was over. I always knew that we might be inconvenienced, but my family would be safe. As I sit in my Cornelius home with tornado watches in the air, I don’t have that sense of security. I’ve seen too many photos of concrete slabs wiped clean and homes made into match sticks.

Knowing that I needed more information, I got in touch with some experts, and what I learned made be feel better. So for this column, I want to share that information with you. Read the full story

This home on Lake Norman sold for $1.4 million. Click to read a related story about this and other homes: "Outside reading: Homes with unbelievable garages."

Based on information from the Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. for the period 03/19/12 through 03/25/12 in Cornelius. Properties reported can be listed or sold by various participants in the MLS. Listings include properties in the Cornelius Zip code

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Based on information from the Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. for the period 03/12/12 through 03/18/12 in Cornelius. Properties reported can be listed or sold by various participants in the MLS. Listings include properties in the Cornelius Zip code

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Based on information from the Carolina Multiple Listing Services, Inc. for the period 03/05/12 through 03/11/12 in Cornelius. Properties reported can be listed or sold by various participants in the MLS. Listings include properties in the Cornelius Zip code

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