By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: October 7,2011
Hi Way Paving is headquartered in Hilliard, Ohio, about 440 miles from Charlotte. Still, the company holds contracts for two of the largest ongoing projects awarded by the city of Charlotte. The two, totaling about $80 million, are for runway construction at Charlotte Douglas/International Airport. One of the jobs, the second phase of construction for [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: June 10,2011
When it comes to promoting Charlotte, economic developers like to point to the treetops. The Charlotte Chamber of Commerce, for one, boasts on its website that Charlotte is known as a tree city. The city has been fighting to protect its tree canopy since it adopted a tree ordinance in 1978. Today, it even dictates [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: April 1,2011
In 2005, the state Division of Water Quality slapped Karla Knotts and her husband’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 [...]
By Tara Ramsey, staff writer
Published: November 23,2010
Stricter water-quality standards being considered by the state would prevent the city from recruiting new businesses or allowing others to expand if they discharge certain pollutants, according a memo and letter from Charlotte Mecklenburg Utilities to the City Council and the North Carolina Department of Environmental and Natural Resources. CMU’s reaction is in response to [...]
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