Local real estate industry employees will help repair a home on Westside Terrace in Davidson and several residences at Barium Springs Home for Children on Friday, April 19, as part of the annual Realtors Care Day, organized by Charlotte Regional Realtor Association’s Housing Opportunity Foundation. For the fifth year, volunteers will be helping homeowners with exterior home repairs, and adaptive and safety modifications for the elderly or disabled, and other projects. Read the full story

The 29th annual Davidson Horticultural Symposium is scheduled Tuesday, March 5, at Davidson College, this year on the theme “Beyond the Garden Gate: Exploring Creative Spaces.”

What do you find when you open the garden gate? What’s being done to expand and enrich the garden, to make it a sanctuary from the everyday world? Join fellow gardeners to explore creative solutions and inspired garden designs. Renowned horticulturalists and garden gurus will be speaking on topics ranging from the private spaces of leading designers, creating contemplative gardens, vertical gardens, and terrariums. Read the full story

Davidson Design Review Board will meet Wednesday, Aug. 15, with an agenda that includes a review of material samples for Mooney’s Corner building, at 212 S. Main St., and presentations about two proposed projects: an expansion to Davidson College Athletic Center, and an expansion at Hoke Lumber on Jetton Street. The meeting begins at 7 p.m. at Davidson Town Hall Board Room, 216 S. Main St., Davidson. Read the full story

Here's a shot of the roundabout at Jetton and Griffith streets. Davidson Day is on the lower left, the Exxon station on the upper right. (Kris Krider photo)

The Davidson Planning Department will host a public workshop Wednesday night to begin discussing a new small area plan for the area off I-77 Exit 30, which town officials have dubbed “Circles at 30.  The meeting is Wednesday, June 13, at 7 p.m., in the Town Hall Board Room, 216 S. Main St. It begins with a presentation, then breaks up into groups to review and discuss area maps. Read the full story

Allen Tate Realtors will open a new Huntersville office on Tuesday, April 24, with a reception that includes a food drive to benefit the Angels & Sparrows soup kitchen in Huntersville and the Loaves & Fishes food pantry at Davidson’s Ada Jenkins Center. Read the full story

Speakers ranging from former EPA administrator Carol Browner and Duke Energy CEO James Rogers to former World Bank chief Paul Wolfowitz and retired Bank of America CEO Hugh McColl will appear at the Urban Land’s Institute’s 2012 Spring Meeting in Charlotte May 8-10.  They’ll be speaking on a variety of land-use and real estate related topics. Read the full story