North Carolina’s economic development leaders hope a lot more guys like Charlie Rice turn up in these parts. He’s CEO of a growing company – a job creator who recently moved his business to North Carolina. And he didn’t need a big incentives package to do it. He and his partners recently bought a
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07/31/2013
The number of Americans who signed contracts to buy homes dipped in June from a six-year high in May, a sign that sales could stabilize over the next few months. The National Association of Realtors said Monday that its seasonally adjusted index for pending home sales dropped 0.4% to 110.9 in Jun
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07/30/2013
GREAT NEW PROGRAM Beginning in Iredell-Statesville Schools ... A new program starting at the Iredell-Statesville Schools' Career Academy and Technical School next month promises to deliver real world experience. Iredell-Statesville Schools' heavy equipment diesel training program will become the
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07/29/2013
" Ten Lessons From the Best School District in the Country"! TEXTBOOKS??? WHO NEEDS 'EM! There's a NEW BETTER WAY TO TEACH OUR CHILDREN IN SCHOOL! If they haven’t been tossed already, textbooks at Mooresville Graded School District sit unused, piled in corners of classrooms. Desks are no longe
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07/28/2013
Can you get your BIG BREAK in Mooresville??? The North Carolina Film Office reports a production tally of $250 Million in Direct In-State spending and 25,000 Job Opportunities for North Carolinians so far in 2013 and we are only a half way through the year! With it being only 6 months into the
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07/25/2013
In June, 58% of the sales in the state of Nevada were made in all-cash, according to a report by RealtyTrac. But it's not just Nevada. All-cash deals in Florida comprised 57% of home sales during the month; in the state of New York, it was 51%, and in Vermont, a whopping 80%. WOW!! In markets
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07/25/2013
TOWNS FIRST "DOGGY PARK" IS ALREADY A HUGE HIT! Dog parks have always been a part of the town’s recreation department comprehensive plan, said Ward 2 Town Commissioner Thurman Houston. Dog parks were included in other projects, only to be scrapped, he said. With the Academy Street park, whi
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07/25/2013
It's a "SOLD OUT" crowd again this year at the Charles Mack Citizen Center in Mooresville, NC. Four hundred educators from across the Country are in Mooresville July 23rd to 25th to learn how to emulate what has worked so beautifully for the Mooresville Graded School System. The school system
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07/23/2013
GET READY! It's COMING SOON!! The first of two planned "Tax Free Weekends" are coming soon to North Carolina. The first tax free weekend applies to general merchandise ... things typically associated with needs for "Back To School" and is scheduled for August 2nd - 4th. The second Tax Free W
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07/21/2013
It was a UNANIMOUS DECISION by NBA Owners to give Charlotte back their HORNETS! Although it won't become effective until after the 2013-2014 season there is still much excitement among fans from all over. “True-blue fans of the old Hornets said, ‘Give us our name back,’ ” Stern said at a news co
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07/19/2013
