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May this warm your heart with warm heat
It’s happened to all of us. You’ll be driving to work on Interstate 77 and that jingle for Charlotte-based heating and cooling company Morris-Jenkins comes on the radio. You know […]
Make us laugh, make us laugh
The Comedy Zone is a Charlotte company. It’s part of Heffron Talent International, which you can find at 1000 Seaboard St., Suite B14. The Comedy Zone is the largest comedy […]
The perfect storm for more housing woes
Warm ocean water and low barometric pressure are the ingredients to make a nice, powerful hurricane. And a sky-high amount of properties in foreclosure and Gov. Beverly Perdue pulling the […]
The five-points area’s pesky perception problem
Drive along the so-called five-points intersection near Johnson C. Smith University and you’ll see in an area that could use, well, some sprucing up. It’s run-down in places — some […]
Airport report released and we’re none the wiser
I’m in no way comforted at the moment. Like many people in Charlotte, I’m unsure whether it’s safe to fly out of Charlotte/Douglas International Airport. A report dated Feb. 9 […]
When homeowners are left holding the bag
Last week, Meck Times reporter Tara Ramsey wrote about one of the ugly byproducts of the housing crisis. Believe it or not, there are subdivisions in the Charlotte area where […]
GPS helped me find my courage
I told myself I wouldn’t get a GPS. Having moved to Charlotte last year, I planned to try to learn the city on my own, without the aid of high-tech […]
Atlanta hopes to avoid NASCAR hall ‘mistakes’
As the first birthday of the NASCAR Hall of Fame approaches, officials in Atlanta are studying Charlotte’s success – or lack thereof – with the NASCAR Hall of Fame. According […]
Looking at performance-based pay in a new way
Many Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools teachers are in a bad mood this week, and it’s no wonder why: Superintendent Peter Gorman is talking again about messing with their salaries. Gorman is giving […]
Affordable-housing policy raises funding questions
It’s a new day in Charlotte for affordable housing. The city has a new policy, adopted by the City Council last month in a 9-2 vote, that says where affordable […]
City’s taxicab drama keeps rolling on
What started out as an idea to reduce the number of cab companies servicing Charlotte/Douglas International Airport from 12 to three has turned into quite the mess for city officials […]
For some property owners, an unappealing deadline
Last week was an important one for anyone who owns commercial real estate in Mecklenburg County. It was when the county began mailing such owners the results of its 2011 […]
Latest News
- Rail Trail Bridge to Connect Uptown to South End over I-277 work begins
- Construction employment rises in 32 states and D.C. with North Carolina adding 13,600 jobs
- ATTOM reports home purchase loans at 12-year low amid rising mortgage rates
- NCDOT unveils six design concepts to reconnect I-77 South corridor in Charlotte
- ATTOM report finds home prices grew in nearly half of opportunity zones
- Foundry Commercial Brings Uptown Charlotte Site to Market
- Construction Employment Rises By 9,000 In April As Nonresidential Hiring Offsets Residential Declines And Average Hourly Pay Rises To $38.73
- Foreclosure activity rises 18 percent annually with Delaware and South Carolina hardest hit
- Homeowners face plumbing and radon as top repair stressors across states
- Averitt Announces New Commitment to Charlotte
- PlayNation to Bring Purpose-Driven Indoor Playground to Eastway Crossing
- Construction Jobs Increase In 33 States And D.C. Between March 2025 And March 2026
Features
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Ryo Yamamoto’s Professional Engineer Licensure in North Carolina
- Thomas & Hutton Grows Charlotte Team With Two New Project Engineers
- City of Charlotte Introduces New Deputy City Manager and New Director of Housing & Neighborhood Services
- JLL strengthens Charlotte capabilities with top Agency Leasing team hire from Foundry Commercial
- Thomas & Hutton Grows Charlotte Team With Two New Team Members
- Nick Schirato Joins Thomas & Hutton As An Environmental Designer In Charlotte
- Foundry Taps Alex Olofson to Lead Capital Markets Growth in Charlotte
- Tony Lathrop Strengthens Parker Poe’s Infrastructure, Transportation & Public Policy Services
- MVA Expands Economic Development & Incentives Group, Appoints Beth Buckner as Head
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Kaylee Neal’s Professional Engineer Licensure In North Carolina
- Thomas & Hutton Announces Sixth-Generation Leadership Transition as Firm Enters 80th Year
- Movement Mortgage welcomes Justin Caplan as East Coast Growth Director
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