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Catawba County permits drop for November (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: December 27,2011

Catawba County Building Services issued fewer permits in November than in October and the value of those permits dropped, as well.


Catawba County could build nearly $3M library (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: October 25,2011

Catawba County commissioners are considering building a library on Sherrills Ford Road to replace one on that same road. The county plans to construct it on 2.5 acres that are part of a 40-acre tract bought from the Connor family. The project has a budget of about $2.9 million. Construction costs are expected to be [...]


Catawba 
commissioners back animal shelter 
construction (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: October 25,2011

Catawba County Commissioners have decided to move ahead with a plan for a new animal shelter. The project would cost about $3.4 million, and county officials hope to start the bidding process in February with a projected opening by the end of 2013. The location would be behind the Catawba County Justice Center at 100 [...]


Catawba commissioners rezone land for shopping center (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: October 21,2011

Catawba County commissioners have agreed to rezone land along N.C. Hwy. 150 to make way for a shopping center. At their Monday meeting, commissioners supported changing the zoning of the 1.84 acres from residential to highway commercial-conditional at the request of Scott Gilleland. The site, at 5436 Hwy. 150 East, is expected to become home to the Oliver [...]


Stanly, Cabarrus 
waterline construction project to begin in spring (access required)

By Mecklenburg Times staff reports
Published: October 11,2011

Residents of Concord and Kannapolis are thirsty for more water, and the nearby town of Albemarle is ready to sell it to them across the Stanly County/Cabarrus County line. No bids have been announced for the project yet, but work is slated to begin in the spring. Meanwhile, in the city of Hickory, in Catawba [...]