Mecklenburg County goes deep undercover – and deep into the numbers
The operation’s codename was Project Sunset, and John Allen was Mecklenburg County‘s agent on the case. He runs the numbers. The 2009 Project Sunset assignment was one of his first […]
More expensive software may not yield more answers
CHARLOTTE – Mecklenburg County officials are looking at a proposal to spend $50,000 in upfront costs and $10,000 annually to replace $500-a-year software that models the economic benefits and drawbacks […]
Buildings spring up in The Park: Huntersville mixed use center revived following recession
Rooftops+Recovery+Recent Hospital Expansion=Commercial Real Estate Revival. That appears to be formula at work in The Park-Huntersville – and its joined-at-the hip spin-off, the Gilead Center – where seven new construction projects are underway or in the pipeline.
Government officials defend grants for expanding businesses
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 […]
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