Habitat staff, volunteers, sponsors and the new homeowners posed outside the home Friday. (Our Towns Habitat for Humanity photo)

Our Towns Habitat for Humanity press release

MOORESVILLE – Our Towns Habitat for Humanity, Lowe’s Corp. and the Mooresville community dedicated a home at 332 Clover St. in Mooresville on Friday – the Habitat group’s first “green” home certified under the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) program.
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Board also OKs hot dog cart on Main Street

The Design Review Board on Wednesday approved design changes on a planned 2 1/2-story duplex at Jetton Street and Davidson Gateway Drive, and gave the go-ahead for a hot dog cart on Main Street, between the library and CVS. The board deferred a vote on renovations to a home at 625 South St., for the Davidson Friends Meeting. Read the full story

Revisions would add two commercial buildings and athletic fields at the proposed Davidson Commons East site.

Updated with additional information Wednesday, Oct. 20
The Davidson Planning Board meets next Monday, Oct. 25, with an agenda that includes a public session on a proposal to change the use at Davidson Commons East, a mixed-use project off Griffith Street near Community School of Davidson. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 216 S. Main St.
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Drawing shows proposed renovations on the exterior of 625 South St. for the Davidson Friends Meeting House. The Design Review Board votes on the plan this week.

Davidson’s Design Review Board meets Wednesday, Oct. 20, with an agenda that includes votes on design of a 2 1/2-story duplex at Jetton Street and Davidson Gateway Drive and on plans by Davidson Friends Meeting to convert a house at 625 South St. into a meeting house.

The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Town Hall, 216 S. Main St. Read the full story

Tour this "green" home under construction on Saturday, Oct. 9. (John Marshall Custom Homes photo)

John Marshall Custom Homes Inc. of Davidson will offer tours this Saturday, Oct. 9, of a “green” home under construction near downtown Davidson. The home, at 631 James Alexander Way, off Walnut and Spring streets, is the builder’s second project using the U.S. Green Building Council’s LEED for Homes standards. The open house will run from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.

LEED stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design. It is one of a several building-industry programs that set environmentally friendly building standards and recognize Read the full story

Geoff and Deborah Bowen of EFC builders won builder of the year honors at the N.C. Homebuilders Assocation STARS awards.

Lake Norman Home Builders Association
Several members of the Lake Norman Homebuilders Association were among the award winners in the N.C. Home Builders Association annual STARS Awards, announced Sept. 15 at a dinner at the Hilton Charlotte Center City Hotel.

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