Charlotte Observer reports the City Council extended the deadline for Mecklenburg County to sell property it had obtained in a 2007 land swap with the city that opened space for…
A lot going on here between the City of Raleigh and Wake County regarding allocation of tourism dollars funded by hotel-motel taxes. More about that later, but the bottom line…
In a marathon meeting that featured strong opposition from a local activist group, the Greensboro City Council approved two parking decks that will each cost $30 million and will primarily…
High Point University president Nido Qubein updated a crowd of 900 at the university’s Hayworth Fine Arts Center on the proposed downtown baseball stadium/mixed-use development. Much of the project, according…
Charlotte Observer reports the Mecklenburg County Board of Commissioners to provide funding for a proposed $175 million Major League Soccer stadium. The stadium proposal is part of Charlotte’s bid –headed…
Barry Smith reports for Carolina Journal Online on taxes, bonds, and other interesting issues that will be decided in local elections across North Carolina. Julie Tisdale’s Daily Journal explains why…
A cynical observer might find it not-so-coincidental that the Sunday News & Record ran a front-pager on North Carolina’s still-struggling middle and lower class right next to an analysis on how well…
From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed says a renovation of Philips Arena, key to keeping the Atlanta Hawks in downtown, could be a $200 million to $300 million…
An article in the local daily suggests all the urban development going on in the River Arts District is transformational all right. It is leading to gentrification, which is sprawling…
It’s way early in the process, but there’s talk that MGM Resorts International may be interested in building a casino in downtown Atlanta. Given how Charlotte wants what Atlanta has,…
In today’s front-pager on Greenway at Fisher Park apartments, the N&R reports “work will begin in early July on the new home for Deep Roots Market, which will go up…
Talk of a new stadium for the Falcons. And maybe a Super Bowl there as a reward. If this happens, especially the Super Bowl part, it will up the pressure…