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	<title>Charlotte Real Estate, Development, and Construction News: Mecklenburg Times &#187; Bill Gupton</title>
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		<title>ReVenture will no longer burn county trash. Opinions differ on whether that&#8217;s a good thing&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/06/14/reventure-will-no-longer-burn-county-trash-opinions-differ-on-whether-thats-a-good-thing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Jun 2011 15:28:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Scott Baughman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ReVenture Park&#8217;s plan to burn Mecklenburg County&#8217;s trash to produce electricity has gone up in flames. In a city that&#8217;s trying to diversify its economy from one focused mostly on banking, the loss of a project that would have generated energy in a new way could be seen as setback. To some, it is. To [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Outdoor ad industry sees hopeful sign in legislature&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/05/09/outdoor-ad-industry-sees-hopeful-sign-in-legislature/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 17:05:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kevin Madrzykowski, general manager for Adams Outdoor Advertising in Charlotte, says he hears it from his clients daily: complaints about trees growing in front of billboards. The foliage gone wild makes it hard for motorists to see the advertisements, which companies can pay tens of thousands of dollars for a month. When his clients call, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Industry officials bash regulations during hearing&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/04/01/industry-officials-bash-regulations-during-hearing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Apr 2011 18:20:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In 2005, the state Division of Water Quality slapped Karla Knotts and her husband&#8217;s Pineville-based real estate brokerage company, Knotts-Greylock, with a $57,816 fine. The basis for the fine: A tire rut in their Greylock subdivision development in Matthews. In the eyes of the DWQ, the rut was a temporary stream that helped the development [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Board calls for outside firm to ‘bring credibility’ to ReVenture review</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/03/16/board-calls-for-outside-firm-to-%e2%80%98bring-credibility%e2%80%99-to-reventure-review/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 19:32:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Saying the review process for the ReVenture park energy plant &#8220;has been compromised by local political and financial interests,&#8221; the Mecklenburg County Waste Management Advisory Board wants an internationally known waste-management firm to study the proposed project. On Tuesday, the WMAB said the review process, which has involved local businesspeople and residents with ties to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Waste management board adopts conflict of interest policy</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/02/15/waste-management-board-adopts-conflict-of-interest-policy/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 22:46:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jessica Halvorsen]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ollie Frazier]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Mecklenburg County Waste Management Advisory Board today adopted the county commissioners&#8217; conflict of interest policy after conflicts of interest concerns arose regarding the ReVenture Park plant. County attorney Marvin Bethune told the WMAB to continue weighing the pros and cons of the proposed plant, which would convert the county&#8217;s garbage to fuel to power homes using a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advisers face scrutiny over project ties&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/02/15/advisers-face-scrutiny-over-project-ties/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Feb 2011 15:31:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Allison Warren]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s a question of conflicts of interest. On the one hand, some are wondering why two people employed by Calor Energy, a consultant for developers of a proposed plant that would burn Mecklenburg County&#8217;s trash, are allowed to sit on panels tasked with vetting the project. On the other hand, the county&#8217;s Waste Management Advisory [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Future of ReVenture Park permit hearings unclear</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/02/09/future-of-reventure-park-permit-hearings-unclear/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 17:40:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[In a revelation that is angering environmentalists, the state is not required to hold public hearings before it awards an air-quality permit for ReVenture Park&#8217;s controversial waste-to-energy plant proposed for western Mecklenburg County. That doesn&#8217;t mean there won&#8217;t be any hearings before the permit is awarded. Officials say it&#8217;s up to the director of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nonprofit wants to plant green-minded residents near river&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/01/11/nonprofit-wants-to-plant-green-minded-residents-near-river/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 11 Jan 2011 13:25:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rhiannon Bowman, contributing writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Catawba River generates electricity, fuels the Charlotte-area economy and provides a place to play and drinking water for most of Charlotte, Mount Holly and Belmont &#8212; all with little fanfare. Even the land surrounding the river has yet to experience the expansive development that&#8217;s enveloped the rest of the Charlotte metro region, thought that&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Advisory board learns about power plant technology</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/05/advisory-board-learns-about-power-plant-technology/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 21:20:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Tara Ramsey, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The ReVenture Park Advisory Council met today to hear from a North Carolina businessman involved in research and development of the type of technology that is likely to be used in the proposed 30-megawatt renewable-energy biomass power plant planned for western Mecklenburg County. Richard Tucker of Locust, N.C., based-Tucker Engineering discussed pyrolysis gasification, a process being discussed for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Movers and shakers back visionary’s ‘Sustain Charlotte’&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/05/movers-and-shakers-back-visionary%e2%80%99s-%e2%80%98sustain-charlotte%e2%80%99/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Nov 2010 20:57:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Sam Boykin, staff writer</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shannon Binns&#8217; message isn&#8217;t new, but he&#8217;s hoping how he delivers it and who helps him will make people take notice. But first he has to get the Charlotte community, particularly the business community, to financially back his vision, a goal that might not be easy as nonprofits everywhere are dealing with funding challenges in [...]]]></description>
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