<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<rss version="2.0"
	xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"
	xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"
	xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"
	xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
	xmlns:sy="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/syndication/"
	xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/"
	>

<channel>
	<title>Charlotte Real Estate, Development, and Construction News: Mecklenburg Times &#187; David Swindell</title>
	<atom:link href="http://mecktimes.com/news/tag/david-swindell/feed/" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml" />
	<link>http://mecktimes.com</link>
	<description>Real Estate, Development, and Construction News in the Charlotte Area</description>
	<lastBuildDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 20:35:20 +0000</lastBuildDate>
	<language>en</language>
	<sy:updatePeriod>hourly</sy:updatePeriod>
	<sy:updateFrequency>1</sy:updateFrequency>
	<generator>http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1</generator>
		<item>
		<title>Government officials defend grants for expanding businesses&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/01/07/government-officials-defend-grants-for-expanding-businesses/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/01/07/government-officials-defend-grants-for-expanding-businesses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jan 2011 12:27:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Bill James]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Brad Richardson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Business Investment Program]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Swindell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Greg Ferguson]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Allen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SPX Corp.]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/01/07/government-officials-defend-grants-for-expanding-businesses/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[You have to spend money to make money. Such seems to be the logic behind the Business Investment Program, in which Mecklenburg County, usually in conjunction with the city of Charlotte, awards grants to businesses building new facilities in the county. The grants function like a tax rebate. The company signs a contract agreeing to [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mecktimes.com/news/2011/01/07/government-officials-defend-grants-for-expanding-businesses/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>As stimulus money runs out, work force training programs to get pink slip&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/12/10/as-stimulus-money-runs-out-work-force-training-programs-to-get-pink-slip/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/12/10/as-stimulus-money-runs-out-work-force-training-programs-to-get-pink-slip/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 10 Dec 2010 14:39:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Central Piedmont Community College]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Swindell]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/12/10/as-stimulus-money-runs-out-work-force-training-programs-to-get-pink-slip/</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[When Von Chance got laid off from her job in finance, she decided to get back into the medical field, where she knew jobs were available. But at 33, she couldn&#8217;t spend a lot of time out of the work force in order to go back to college. She finally enrolled in one of the [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/12/10/as-stimulus-money-runs-out-work-force-training-programs-to-get-pink-slip/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>End of the line?&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/23/end-of-the-line/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/23/end-of-the-line/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Nov 2010 13:54:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Uncategorized]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dana Fenton]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Swindell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[John Szmer]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Lynx Blue Line]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Metropolitan Transit Committee]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Department of Transportation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[North Corridor Commuter Rail Project]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Red Line]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mecktimes.com/?p=1893</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[As Republicans regain the majority in the U.S. and North Carolina House of Representatives and the state Senate, it&#8217;s not known what the political changes will mean for major transit projects in the Charlotte region. Some hear squealing brakes. For John Szmer, assistant professor of political science at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/11/23/end-of-the-line/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
		<item>
		<title>Platform Practicality&#160;</title>
		<link>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/10/28/platform-practicality/</link>
		<comments>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/10/28/platform-practicality/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Oct 2010 19:36:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Caitlin Coakley, staff writer</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Government and Politics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Charlotte Regional Partnership]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[David Swindell]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harry Bowen]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Queens University]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Kravchuk]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ronnie Bryant]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[University of North Carolina at Charlotte]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://mecktimes.com/?p=1466</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With Mecklenburg County&#8217;s unemployment rate at 10.5 percent and the economy still sluggish, it&#8217;s no wonder that nearly all candidates in the upcoming Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners races have vowed to make the economy their No. 1 priority if they take office. But experts suggest that such promises may be easier said than done. [...]]]></description>
		<wfw:commentRss>http://mecktimes.com/news/2010/10/28/platform-practicality/feed/</wfw:commentRss>
		<slash:comments>0</slash:comments>
		</item>
	</channel>
</rss>
