People stopping by the new Cafeccino at Cochran Commons may feel at first like they’ve stepped back in time. Little has changed, visually, since a national coffee company closed its store here last spring. But the coffee, lattes, cappuccinos and coffee-shop experience...
Our two big interstate road projects are finally coming to completion! State engineers say they will finish widening I-85 through Cabarrus County in April. The last leg of I-485 and the I-85/I-485 interchange should open in December. Road planners and taxpayers should...
Almost as soon as the state completes the long awaited widening of I-85 in April, work will begin on another much-needed improvement to a key University City artery. The state will replace the North Tryon Street bridges over Mallard Creek starting this spring....
Efforts to shape the development surge expected to accompany light rail has reached a critical juncture. Planners presented their first draft of area plans for three North Tryon Street transit stations at a community meeting on March 11. The vision contained in the...
Transit officials are using the Internet to help us dream of a bright Blue Line future while avoiding some of the construction pain now. CATS recently launched a map at charlottefuture.com that shows the latest road and lane closures, bus detours and turning...
The region’s newest networking center for entrepreneurs has opened for business near UNC Charlotte’s North Tryon Street entrance. Gov. Pat McCrory and Chancellor Phil Dubois led the Feb. 28 dedication of the PORTAL building in Charlotte Research Institute. “The PORTAL...
University City Partners hosted a Road and Rail Construction Briefing last week to help local businesses understand the breadth of the many projects either under way or coming soon. These range from the LYNX Blue Line Extension on North Tryon Street and our I-485...