Randy Powell's (randypowell) Blog

Forget the price of gasoline, or the price of milk! Neither of those commodities have kept pace with the rate of inflation on the per lot fees being charged to home site developers in Cabarrus County. From $1,008 in 2003 to $8,067 today is an 800% increase in four years! Here is a link to the art...

The Poplar Tent bridge in Concord, NC re-opens today, which will make showing houses in that part of the city much simpler. It opened just in time for the NEXTEL AllStar Week, which will make showing houses more aggravating. It's an aggravation that NASCAR fans tolerate well. The rest of the popu...

Have you recently seen the work being done to the old textile mill and mill houses in downtown Concord? As an ex-employee in the textile industry, it's hard not to be impressed with the business offices that now occupy the old mill at 1 Buffalo Avenue. Here's an article about someone who purchase...

The impact of the new bio-tech center in Kannapolis, North Carolina will be tremendous. By the year 2013 there will be 5,535 jobs. Not just jobs, but good, high-paying jobs! Within 25 years, there will be a cumulative job impact of 37,450. This is great news to an area recently ravaged by the det...