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Autobell says carwash would make SouthPark shine, but not everyone thinks so (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: August 5,2011

In 1969, with the first location on South Boulevard, Charles Howard founded Charlotte-based carwash company Autobell. The company, which has 62 locations, boasts on its website that it has never closed an Autobell. The Howard family has been itching to have its iconic yellow bell towering over SouthPark for as long as the neighborhood has [...]


Planning commission’s influence not so influential after all (access required)

By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 26,2011

Earlier this month, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Department Director Debra Campbell asked the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Planning Commission to sponsor the filing of an amendment to the city’s height rules for residential districts. It was not an unusual request. Whenever the planning department is ready for amendments to go before the City Council, they are routinely presented to the [...]